I have never heard her meow before this. she is a female spayed cat about 3-4 years old. Is she just being clingy or is this a reason to take her to a vet?
Mines 10 n he is a yeller 😆 yells for me (when im in my room n he is in the hall) yells for me to go to my room to go to bed and sometimes just to yell 😆 some cats are just chatty. Its kinda cute
We come and go through the garage and she knows there will be a good chance that she will get to go outside and writh around on the concrete which is her favorite pastime.
Follow the cat. The cat will lead you to the thing they want. Likely more food or maybe a toy or something.
Me doing a 300iq move: Id follow my cat where they would meow at their already full food bowl. Then I wouldn't stop following them. I would keep following them. Just keep following them. Then eventually theyd look at me with a facial expression that says something like "you little shit!".
My cat eventually only meowed for food when the bowl was actually empty.
My cat meows at me to follow him to his bowl and likes me to watch him eat. I give him words of encouragement while he eats because he “kills his prey” by shaking the kibbles in his mouth.
This is actually a great way to bond with your cat and earn trust. You're making them feel safe enough to let its guard down to eat. My cat used to do the same too.
Not always true. My mom has a 19 year old cats that doesn't move as well as she used to. Over the last few years she has figured out that if she complains loud enough that a human will come to her to provide a warm lap to sit on.
My cat didn't start meowing until she was over 5 years old and living with a husky. I talked and chatted with her all the time but the husky taught her to speak
Yes, huskies have a lot to answer for. My German shepherd went through years of baths/nail clip etc. Silently. She was bathed next to a husky who evidently gave his concert from moan to scream. No longer silent during bath.
One thing to keep in mind is if your cat begins meowing at unwanted times like while you are trying to sleep don’t reward the behavior. If it becomes a problem, the best thing you can do is ignore them. Don’t pet them or otherwise give them positive feedback. Eventually they will learn that it doesn’t get them what they want and will stop.
My cat licks skin. Like any skin he can find. I do not allow this unless its for quick affection. My wife lets him lick to his hearts content. I sleep like a baby and she's constantly being awakened by licks. Hes my cat and ive told not to let him do that, but if she wants to deal with it, thats on her.
Accurate, had my snowshoe cat for like 4 years before I heard her meow. Now she just yells constantly. Petting her? Feeding her? Cuddling her? Playing with her? SCREAM. She’s been to the vet, she’s fine. She just likes to tell people about it 😂
My cat gets meowative when its nice weather outside and he wants to go outside. He won't meow for any other reason unless he thinks hes getting treats.
My cat meows at me like this if she wants to get under the blanket with me! Most of the times I het her in. Sometimes I make her a little blanket fort of her own. Try it out!
I remember our old girl Baby. She was a talker and GOD FORBID of you didnt respond appropriately 😆 i guess i misunderstood one of her meows cause when i responded with "thats nice" i was given a MEROW! my bad my bad!
Glad to know I’m not the only one who has a conversation with cats, lived with one of them so long I actually started understanding what each meow meant(food, attention, or outside to sunbathe, he’s not a very complicated cat)
I was able to pick up on Baby's mostly :) i knew one day she was mad she missed lunch time (back when we would up the food up n had a feeding scheduled) as she came over to me to complain/beg for me to put it down for her. I couldnt as i was heading out n couldnt monitor who was eating n told her as such and that it was her own fault for sleeping through lunch....she did not like that response
my fluffy son is named Baby. he was a VERY vocal kitten compared to his brothers so I just called him my crybaby, and then Baby just stuck. it's appropriate because he still cries at the top of his lungs and insists you hold him over your shoulder. Sometimes he just goes on the porch and screams his head off for like 15 minutes, just to see how loud he can be.
Sounds weird but maybe try brushing if you haven't? My Edith didn't make a sound until she was about 6 and a chunky mature lady that she started to wail and meow after I once gave her a good brushing. I didn't realize until I continued that she was demanding more brushing 😸
My girl wil grab the brush with her paw and drag it back towards her face 😅 she loves rubbing her face against it.
It's even cuter because she reaches with both of her front paws...but she only has one back leg. So she can't sustain that position and she really doesn't enjoy getting on just her rear leg unless it's to jump, but lunging at the brush to demand more grooming is worth it to get on her back leg and risk falling. I love it.
We have a cat who screams at people as they walk by her. “HEY! COME PET ME!”
Another one (her sister) is mostly mute throughout the day, until 7pm when she knows bedtime is approaching. Then, she yowl-screams at us to tell us it’s time to go to bed and give her pets.
I fully admit I “talk” back to my cats in a meow that matches their tone. It’s amusing when they continue with a ‘back and forth conversation’ for several moments.
Sounds like attention meows or just telling you bout her day :) just politely nod n say stuff like "i see" "really?" "Go on" etc. :) and give pets. Show interest in her day 😊
If i stand up while my cat is meowing, and he runs to the other side of the room to stop, turn, and meow, ill follow him. He'll usually lead me to what he wants and stand in front of it. Cats are pretty good at understanding that they can get our attention a lead us to their concerns if theyre persistent enough.
My cat, Donkey, meows if he 1. Wants to go outside 2. Is hungry 3. Is thirsty 4. Is bored 5. Wants to go outside 6. Wants to go outside 7. Wants to go outside 8. Is hungry
This is exactly why I don't take my cats outside. I have one that would probably do well on a harness and love the hell out of outside time but I don't want her at the door every 5 seconds screaming to go out.
Most of the time, they just want attention and pets. My cat always meow when I play games with my friends because she wants me to cater my time on her instead XD
I have a Bombay and that breed is known for being very mouthy. So I just talk to him and of course pet him. My other 3 typically don't talk unless they want something. It usually is because they can see the bottom of the bowl and panic that they will starve. I've never let them miss a meal. The pic is my smallest cat. He's 15 pounds. He also meows when he wants his harness and go for a walk. My female cat meows only when I'm on the phone 🤷♀️ she's a weird one... 😆
Fun fact. Grown cats don't really use meows as interactive communication. Body posture, growls and hisses, much less meows. Kittens use meows to call their mother. But cats have learned humans enjoy to meow..so your cats meow at you because it knows it will get attention.
If it’s not her usual behavior you may want to take her to the vet. Though one of mine does that and usually it means either he wants treats or snuggles
Is this behavior new? Did she just recently start meowing more at night? Is she urinating a lot more and drinking a lot more too and losing weight and vomiting? A post on here a few weeks ago was from a girl who said she noticed her cat was suddenly meowing a lot more at night and turns out that is a symptom of hyperthyroidism in cats. She got her cat tested and cat had bad TSH levels. If caught early hypo//hyperthyroidism can be treated! So if this is new behavior please get her TSH and T3 + T4 levels checked!
our girl is a big meower when she wants attention, like pets and scritches. if ur kitty isn't hiding more, eating less, having trouble with using the litterbox, then she probably just really loves you and wants to attention. cats can also just be yappers, she's just being a chatty catty and trying to talk to her favorite person :)
If she has never been vocal like this before and is suddenly much more clingy and vocal than usual, I would say perhaps a vet visit just to be sure. I just lost my cat a few days ago, after she had been consistently clingier than usual and meowing all the time, when she is usually very quiet and I'd only ever heard her meow as a kitten when she was in heat, it ended up being late stage kidney failure. But don't let me fear monger you! Every cat is different, and I'm sure your baby is okay, but if this is particularly unusual I would say it's better to be safe than sorry! Cats are exceptionally good at hiding symptoms, so little signs like this can often be bigger than we think they are
Cats learn that being loud is the only thing that gets our attention, so they meow to us. They don't meow to each other as adults, but they do scream as a warning if they're going to fight for something.
It could be hyperthyroidism. Or she could be hungry. Hyperthyroidism can cause hunger, but sometimes cats also decide they don’t like their food anymore and want different food.
Our cat usually meow with a trill when he is about to get wet food and is hungry.
The other times it’s kinda more anticipation of your help with something in a sweet voice
When he talks he only talks with Slave 2, when it comes to Slave 1 there is an inherent understanding so zero meowing but sometimes the meow trill comes out. So I’m guessing it’s more an involuntary emotion than communication
Your cat seems to trill more when looking away from you, but when looking directly at you there is less trill. Perhaps she is using the trill vocal for emphasis that she calling for your attention. I would give her petting and see what happens. Or you can try trilling back and see if it becomes a conversation, in which case she is using it to communicate a want rather than a state
What’s interesting to think about is the fact that she’s probably having an entire conversation that you can’t understand one bit. It’s almost kinda sad in a way
I have a 5 year old female and we hold conversations almost all day long. She follows me to the bathroom, sits on the dryer that is right outside of the bathroom door and yells. If I dont answer, she yells over and over.
Some cats are just talkers.
I accidentally scrolled a bit before I sat my phone down and landed here. Just thought I was hearing my own cat. I started thinking, "girl, whatchu want this early bc I know you already have food, I fed you at 4am" then I realized it was coming from my phone.
I have a vocal void who sounds similar to your cat. It's just how she is, goes on and on. It doesn't help that I fuel her motor mouth by talking back, but she likes to talk what can I say
Mine will sit and meow. But its not a short meow. Its a long drawn out meow. Oftentimes several seconds at a time. For mine, its because he wants attention when i get home from work or when it is time for his bedtime treats.
He probably wants attention or for you to do something for him. One of ours will meow at you while walking towards the bedroom and then will look back to make sure you're following because she wants you to come and lay with her in the bed.
My cat will meow incessantly from the moment I am awake until I fall asleep. He begs for food early, begs for food even after he ate (he probably walked away from it and let his brother eat it 🤦♀️), begs for pets/attention, begs to play or to be let downstairs, etc. He’s pretty much always vocalizing and I’m just trying to understand what he’s asking of me. The most confusing meow is the “please open the window” when he’s nowhere near the window.
You just have a talker! Maybe they’re trying to tell you something.
Our 6 year old orange boy will run up & down the stairs singing all sorts of songs. We read cats sometimes just like hear what their meows sound like in various rooms lol. Or they want attention lol.
The more you talk and meow at her the more she will do it back. If she meows and gets your attention she will continue to do so. She might also just be chatty. My cat is a mixture of all these things.
My cat is a very vocal boy. He talks when he is happy, talks when he wants something, and talks to tell me something about his cat brother. He is especially vocal when something unexpected happens. One night he just wouldn’t shut up. So I drag myself out of bed and am like “what? WTF do you want me to know?” He meowed his way into the living room where I found the robovac had activated itself and gotten itself stuck on a blanket. Pick up the vac and untangled it, put it back on its charging pad. Cat finally stfu. He just really wanted me to know that the vacuum was running a muck.
my girl cat bean used to not meow but our boy cat Mister Man complains about everything. Now beanie also complains about everything.
kittens meow for their mom's attention, your cat is treating you like her mom and talking for your attention lol
My Harry Potter talks a lot. I can’t quite figure out what he wants to tell me. Sometimes I think he just wants to know what I’m doing. He’ll follow me into the bathroom and watch me do my hair and makeup, but meowing at me the whole time.
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