My two littermate brothers, tabbies have completely different voices. Flearoy has a soft little voice, he calls to me to scratch him while he eats or to refresh his kibble. He never gets loud. Lynyrd must have meezer blood because he hits just about every vocalization possible except for chatter. AND...he never stops lol I recently took on three siblings from a neighbor, a ginger Tom and his two tortie sisters. They purr like cold diesels but have the tiniest sweetest high pitched voices! I swear they are part bat!
Oh yeah, neither Lynyrd nor Flearoy purr. Lynyrd does get a pyramidal ridge down the length of his back when he is exceptionally happy. I've never seen anything like it and I've been around a lot of kitty faces in my 67 years.
One of my 2 cats has me trained, she calls me when she has used the cat box. I once heard her call when she used the box and I cleaned it right away, that’s all it took for her to decide that I’m expected to clean her box as soon as she calls me. I’m well trained!
Mine too. He tells me when he wants to deficate or urinate first. He prefes to go outside and it saves me the task of cleaning the box. If I ignore it, then I clean the box. It is a distinctive sound if he wanmts to deficate. It can't be mistkaken for anything else.
One of mine wants company while he goes to the litter box. And since that was cute I started to get up when he meowed to join him in the bathroom. But he started to meow for getting candy, cuddle or play and since I work from home I can't always drop everything and play with him or go and cuddle on the bed even if I wanted to so I stopped getting up unless he was sitting near the bathroom... He quickly learnt that so he started to sit outside of the bathroom and call for me, and when I got up he ran to the kitchen or the bedroom 😆So I soon caught up on his plan so I started to only get up if he actually was in the bathroom... So he started to go in to the bathroom and meow and then run to the bedroom or kitchen... So now I started to only get upp if I heard him go in one of the boxes.... (he always digs a bit before he does his thing so I usually hear that...) But he understood that too and started banging och the box and fake dig sitting outside of the box just making sounds so I would come and then he ran off to the bed or the kitchen🤣. So I had to start ignoring that too🙁. I just couldn't dropp everything while in a meeting to go and cuddle even if I wanted to... So now I ignore it unless I'm off work so he stopped doing it daytime and only does it if I'm in the soffa... Now he can wait for me to stop working or for my partner to come home and demand that we walk him to his litterbox and then when he's done he runs to the bed or the kitchen :-) And if he has to go but no one joins him he always comes back meowing very low and grumpy like he's talking to him self muttering about the bad service.😂 He also calls for you when he's hiding under blankets and things like playing hide and seek... he goes hiding and then he wants me to find him. His brother on the other hand is much less vocal. He can sometimes call for attention or food and candy but usually he chatters... when there is birds outside or if I have candy in my hand and are about to put it in one of his activity boxes :-)
I have a 13-year old female, Molly. If I walk into a room she's in, she does this little “brrrrrrr” with a head up nod. It’s like she’s saying, “what’s up?” or “hey.”
Isn't it interesting how the yowl is used for both the pre-fight psych out (seemingly trying to avoid a fight by being perceived as the tougher cat by the other) and as a mating call? What I noticed is that the pitch of the mating call is slightly higher than the psych out. Also my one cat used to talk to me in long "sentences." He would string together 15, 20 or more tones while looking at me. I get the impression that, as I talk to my pets in normal speech and not baby talk, he picked up that this is how his human slave communicates, and tried to do the same. Finally, when the one cat would come into a room I was in, I would always ask, "How are you?" Eventually, he would walk into a room and go "wah-ohh-wah." It hit me one day that he was replicating the sound of the interrogatory "how are you." He wasn't doing the words, obviously, but the sound and pitch of it. He seemed to understand it was a greeting. What we can learn if we just pay attention... Take care.
For what it is worth I had an abscessed tooth and it caused me to be very sick. I was flat out on the couch and my cat sat on my stomach and purred. I am convinced they see purring as a healing thing. He was trying to help.
I have a rescue feral colony. My fur kids are humane society "working" cats, fixed and vaccinated but not considered adoptable It was so interesting that they were so silent. However, one of them has bonded with me and he has started meowing when he sees me and now the oldest and the most feral cat has started meowing to me too. We have spent several years getting them to trust us through the "kitty kiss-slow blink" lots of treats, catnip, fishing pole toys and respecting their boundaries.
Aww man thats cute and cool! The majestic maine cooon! Or is it the calico.. whichever one is the big king like 😃 And yeah its weird and almost indistinguishable between the yowls and howls. But imo i think both is like an aggressive and something with so much energy that they are letting out whilst making that sound, be it fighting or the urge to bang another oops i mean mate.. lol cant get confused with animals and humans here 🤣😂😄
Excellent video! I speak cat with my cat Skit all the time. I use “meh” which i have discovered can be used as acknowledgement like “yeah i know” or “ok” but if i say “meh” with questioning tone she receives it as something curious. I also “purr” in various context. Yes , i am single male lol
I'm allergic to cats, unfortunately, and a friend of mine used to put her cat, Pongo, in the basement when I would visit. One time my friend went to the bathroom before she put the cat away, and as Pongo walked past me, for some reason I purred, just on a whim. Pongo was almost out the living room door and immediately turned around, ran to me, and leapt up into my lap, purring! I realized he had taken my purring as an invitation to be petted, so I petted him, until my friend came. I had to. I'd inadvertently made a kind of promise! Then I washed my hands.
I have 2 Maine Coons and they have a language all their own, something I haven't heard before in a cat. Not a meow or a hiss, they have trills or tribble sounds that are as long as some sentences. Very, very talkative they are, usually when they walk into the room, kinda announce their presence, they might interact if they are so inclined to jump up on my lap 😹
I've had many cats in my lifetime.My present tuxedo darling is so intelligent, she is the only cat that realized she was looking at herself in the mirror ! 💜💕🐱💙
My cat lived to 20 years of age, I grew up with her many different sounds and had a good idea what she wanted (more often than not attention, she was always picky with food and she loved being handled). She would occasionally catch mice, and she used to yowl once she entered the house with a mouse. We always knew when she'd caught something because she used to yowl; she didn't mind us taking her prey and would stop vocalising once we approached her to dispose of the mouse!
One of my cats is a "purr-meow" kinda cat & the other one trills or meows constantly. Usually it's for affection, play, or food. Love all their cat sounds❤️
I have a chatty deaf cat so translating his strange noises to these is fun haha! No cute "meows" here 🤣 lots of "MOW!" And "MERRRR!" And his trilling sounds more like he's just gargling spit at you 🤣🤣🤣
I adopted a four year old cat several months ago and she's a triller. She trills when she jumps up or down, or uses any physical exertion. It's so sweet to hear. The longer we're together, the moment I learn. Hopefully Dr. Wooten will cover non-verbal next!
My cat trills a lot too! Most of the time its when i pat and pet her outta nowhere when shes sleeping or relaxing or touch her.. lol but she trills as a greeting tho which is so lovely.
My little one is a triller too whenever she gets close to me and when I do the slow blink, she trills, rolls onto her back and shows me her fluffy white tummy 😍
Love your energy and contributions here!! I have 2 VERY talkative cats with a hundred variations in their basic meows. They really tell you how it is, lol.
my cat trills as a greeting, even when i’ve only been in other room for a few minutes, and only at me. she also meows when she wants me to stop moving around so much and sit down somewhere so that she can lay on top of me, and it’s my favorite thing in the world
My 19 year old cat likes to wake us up in the middle of the night with a loud meow that sounds like drowning. We’ve mostly noticed it since her sister (same litter) passed away last March. We’re wondering if it’s a mourning meow. It’s 8 months since her sister passed away. They were together for their whole lives, and now she’s an only cat. 😔
Yea my cat wakes me up EVERY morning at 4 am because he is hungry by the way my cat eats better that I do! I have to shut the door to block the noise or use him as an alarm clock.
I get plenty of Meows from both of mine every time I get home from work. One comes to the door to see me, pretty much every single day. The other doesn't come right away but in a minute or two she will. They both know they'll get some attention including treats before I even change clothes. Earlier, the one who does not come to the door, she woke up from a long nap and had to let me know with Meows she was happy to see me even though she was napping only 5 feet from me!
One of my cat had 3 more vocalisations: when she was in heat, « rrrra-el », when I came back late, « oue-yon », at night, she had a lot of vocalisations for minutes, as if she was talking to?, she was black and she saying « hain » to show her presence in the dark and also when she agreed, « an-an » meaning maman! I miss her so much!!!
2 of our cats have a particular chirp/meow combo they use with a head nod, it sounds very much like the way I say hello to them. Either I trained them or they trained me but either way we say hi to our cats & they say it back!
Every cat (and dog) I've ever had has recognized themselves in the mirror! Not always right away if they've never seen a mirror before, but they learn. My current apartment has tons of huge mirrors along the walls and we even communicate through them, lol 😻
Both of my boys currently are very demonstrative. The quieter of the 2, while still vocal, demonstrates his needs through behavior. The other never stops talking, ever! Although I am very protective of both kitties, I get super sensitive when the quieter kitty talks. I feel like I have heard over 200 different vocalizations. Thanks for the video!
Before I let my cats outside at all, they had a certain set of sounds. Then, when I let them outside, they picked up "alley cat". It was a harsh and vulgar language. After a few days of not going outside, the would go back to gentile language. I have always been sceptical about cats not vocalizing to each other when meeting other cats because I saw this pattern repeated for years. When we moved from the city to the eastern shore of VA, I noticed that they started immitating more bird sounds. It is especially obvious when mockingbirds are vocal which is when the birds are training their young. I wish I could record it but I never know when it is going to happen. They are Maine Coons and once they started talking, they never stopped and the cognitive range is amazing. Below in a response I descibe that mine, too, lets me know when he needs to "go".
I am also skeptical to the idea that cats never vocalize to each other (I'm writing this as I'm listening to my British Shorthair making all sorts of noises because he has slight zoomies and is playing by himself lol). I had this cat who was completely silent until I got another cat that was very vocal and it was only then he realized he could also be vocal. Also, as I wrote, they often seem to make a lot of noise all by themselves at no particular person or thing and you got to wonder what this communication is meant to serve since it just seems to be them talking because they can. They obviously do it because they know someone is around to hear them but it doesn't seem to be directed at anyone in particular outside of them potentially communicating some kind of general "this is what I'm doing/thinking/feeling right now".
I agree! I was fascinated by the descriptions and explanations but would have liked audios of the sounds mentioned. I have also noticed that my cat purrs when she is very content-she likes being near me, being petted, or is very comfortable.
I got two kitties a month ago (they're about 7 months old now, one was a stray and one was rescued from a hoarding situation), and one of them only chirps or hisses. The other gives me the saddest little meow when I am bringing food to them. Like the bowl of food is in my hand as I am walking to the feeding mat. I promise, I do feed them well and they are healthy, but she acts like she hasn't eaten in days. The other barely eats. Oh, my children.
I have 5 cats not by choice but by cats adopted me. One cat cried which might have come under the noise for pain or calling but it was unique and distressing. I summarised it was a call to the previous humans. He wanted them but had lost them. He was upset alone and not happy. Of course I let him stay and after week never heard that sound again.
Not a sound, but - one of my cats makes "silent meows". His mouth opens for the duration of a meow but no sound comes out. He only ever does this while making eye contact with me and I get the definite impression that he's expressing affection. 😻
We have a little guy who vocalizes in only what I can describe as a worried old woman. He does it when he is actively playing. Sometimes it gets sort of low and guttural as if he were scolding his toys. We call him Squeak . 🌙💜☮️
One of our cats does something similar 😂. He walks around making this rowlrowl sound,in a strange rambling tone. It's not pain or annoyance, or any reaction to the other cats - he will usually do it when he thinks he's alone. I would probably describe it as old worried man looking for his keys 🤣
I love learning stuff like this. My kitten just woke up from his afternoon nap, looked at me and said "brrrrrp!" He walked up, said "brrp" again and then jumped into my lap and started purring. Seems I have a happy boy on my hands. :) I agree that editing some vocalizations in would be helpful. I don't entirely understand all of the sounds you're describing.
Excellent! Very informative. Maybe next time you could play recordings of the different sounds? I recognized most but wasn't sure about some. Thank you!
My almost 2 year old girl kitty uses the high trilling sound a lot , especially when she wants her supper . She rubs against me while trilling to get me to feed her. She is a talker too! If you talk to her she talks back, we carry on conversations all the time and I’m the only one she does that with, makes my husband jealous. She’s a “Torbie “ and I have been told they are big talkers! My senior boy kitty is very quiet and only meows if he wants something or sort of “yells” at me if I’m not paying attention and he really wants something.
I have a boy and a girl that I adopted as kittens at the same time. Both 1 year old now. My girl tries to speak human to me. If she wants favorite (wet food she LOVES) I’ll ask her if she’s been a good sweetie. She understands good sweetie and no no no sweetie. If she’s been good she says Myaa! If she’s been naughty she ignores me lol My boy does this thing he’s been doing since a kitten where he hides around the corner and meows ONLY to get my attention. The second he hears me move because he knows I’m going to go to him he makes this happy little trill sound, tail up, trotting over to me. It’s like a game we play. Lol My girl does this other thing when I hide around the corner and peak at her I swear it sounds like she’s laughing and she comes running over to me tail up. It’s so cute 😀
My 12 year old cat will sometimes at night make a sort of mournful cry that sounds like a baby crying. She'll be in another room and suddenly start doing it and it goes on for a minute and then she stops. She doesn't seem in pain. I can call out to her and she'll stop. It's the loudest noise she makes. Even her meow is a silent or very soft meow. This baby cry sound will echo in the apartment quite loudly. At first I thought she was looking for our other cat, but she just sits in the room and doesn't go searching. Our other cat doesn't do this, nor does she respond to the first cat. She only does this at night, usually after I go to bed. And she isn't shut out of the bedroom. She can come get on the bed any time she wants. I don't know what to make of it. She's been doing it several years (I adopted her from a shelter when she was 2.)
Great info. After having cats since I was small I will say you get to understand the different sound variations for ur individual cat as time goes on. Their body language and/or behaviour can say a lot as well. Xx
Thank you! Very informative video. When my cat carries something, he meows in a loud and prolonged way. I imagined that it was stressed or an emotional vocalizing.
One of my cats, Josie - one of two sisters - and will sit at our glass door, looking outside - and chirp and chatter. Once Josie get locked onto something, I can get her to really get vocal about it by chattering at her. We'll take turns chattering, while she locks on something outside. But, it's now taken to being in the house, too. Josie has anxieties and very skittish - even with us. My daughter and Josie have a strong bond and me and Josie have a strong bond, too, but not quite as strong as the bond with she has with my daughter. When Josie is in my daughters bedroom - either on her bed or in her lap - and I'll walk by. We'll start chattering at each other. She'll see me and chatter and I'll chatter back. And then she always jumps down and comes and rubs around my legs. I was surprised to find all the advice is about cats chirping and chattering as a sign of fixating on their pray. I mean, she does do that 100%, too. But when she and I are chattering and chirping at each other, nothing about it feels aggressive or hostile. It's like a special conversation between us. We often joke and say she doesn't like "being caught" with her tiny hooman by her big hooman. Like she's afraid one of us will get jealous. Or that she has to reassure me that she loves me, too - because she always jumps down and comes and rubs against my legs.
Omg this answers my question nobody can answer! She never meows unless something is wrong but other peoples cat would be so vocal and meow so much! Like I was thinking something was wrong with my cat cause the only noise she ever makes is the murmur which is a mix of purr and meow and just purr. Good to know that she’s always happy! 😂 I would like to hear her vocalize more cause it’s so cute but every cat is different 🥲 I love mine so much
Just talk to your kitty 🐈 constantly. Leave space after a question for them to answer and look at them as you wait for their "reply"!! Be patient, this really works!! ❤🐾🐈🌹🐾😻💜💙💚🤍☮️🌿🕊️🍁🇨🇦🌟
My cat tends to make a yowling sound, usually at night, often when the lights go out or almost exclusively if we are not in the room with him. It is exceptionally loud. He is an elderly deaf cat and I think he has poor eyesight, he also appears to be a bit socially-inept. It appears to happen when he is looking for us. Usually, when he does this, we will go to the room he is in or pat him to show him we are there, if we are behind him or surprise him with a pat, this usually turns into a trill. I presume much of this is because he is sensory deprived. We adopted a little sister for him a month ago after his big sister died last year (although his big sister never took to him) and he no longer yowls as much, if at all, he just chirps / trills for her when he wants her attention and she will come running. There is a lot more trilling going on in this household at the moment. He loves his little sister
@@jc.1191 Thank you, thankfully, he no longer yowls as much. He now has a little sister and a brother who come when he calls and I think this has made him much happier. Now there are lots of happy chirps and trills happening in our house.
Ive been feeding a stray who occasionally hisses, but then quickly subsides and begins head butting my hand as I put down her food. Still unsettling when she does it, but I put my fears aside and feed her anyway. Slowly,slowly, she is becoming more comfortable with me.
Some cats also purr when hurt & scared, as if to say to another cat, "please don't hurt me." Goes with the "I'm no threat to you" thing too. At least in my observations of my many kitties over lifetime (7 currently - rescues find me). Have seen it most after spayed or other surgery ~ they're kinda' helpless & in pain & are pleading with us, or another cat, that they're hurting & please don't hurt /touch them right now.
Loved hearing this . Just wondered about the death growl which my cat gave me two years ago just before she passed over. I think she was making sure I would go ahead and let her go, which I did. I know humans sometimes make a sound before they pass and I am sure she was telling me not to weaken, it was her time. She had had s stroke.
I have two male 8 month old male brother cats, one growls at his brother if he tries to take his food or toy he’s playing with. Neither of them are super vocal, easy to figure out their meows. I think they are sleeping somewhere in the house and I’ll go to do something without them messing about, but I’ll turn around and there they’ll be, like the twins from The Shining. 😂
It's funny how different cultures think cats sound. I'm from an Italian background and over there, cats apparently say "mao" rather than "meow"😸 I'm sure there's many examples out there.
My Maine Coon mix only squeaks when I come home, rarely I'll hear him squeak-chirp in the other room to himself 😂 but overall he doesn't really talk. The new kitten on the other hand will just talk to us all day & will sing when he knows it's breakfast time lol 💖
This video was very informative. I adopted a kitten back in October and he meowed a lot. He doesn't do it as much but he still meows obviously. Haha My kitten does the "greeting" meow all the time. Hahaha and the meow that you roll your tongue with. The one meow he does, I have no idea what it means. It sounds like, "eh!" but in kitty form. He also purrs a lot. He's such a happy kitty. I think the other sign he shows he's happy is that he rolls on his back a lot. Hahaha Like dogs do in the grass but he does it on the floor. lol My only complaint is that you didn't use audio for the cat meows. It would've been helpful. Other than that, this video helped a lot. I just wanna speak cat so I know what he's saying. lol
I’d like you to talk about kitten fur vs adult fur. And when do kittens get their permanent teeth? And how long to kittens tend to keep growing? Thank you! And on todays, my cats are trillers not meowers, for the most part. But if they are hurt by someone or something, the shriek is loud and very sharp! I know to come running!
I watch a lot of these videos, but comment on few. This was well presented, but in the future maybe add sound clips of actual cats vocalizing? I understood and recognized all but one sound, but that was a tough one. Overall a great video! I'll have to check more from this channel.
Thank you so much for the wonderful share, friend! This is very valuable to know!!!!! I wish you the best, my friend. May you know continued success and happiness.
Our rescue cat has a few meows... the "I think its food time" the "I'm glad youre here to play with me" and the "I want to go outside with the dogs" meow. The last is notably more pleading than the others.
I have a cat that “meows” very very low, like almost undetectable… but his not voiceless or mute… because when I put him on his cage and drive to the vet he does “meow” strong the first couple of minutes because he doesn’t like the car that much. Now, when we’re at home… he only make like a very small whisper and he rubs against my legs and do that.
I had to smile when you were talking about the yowl. I’ve been a cat mama to Siamese kitties much of my life; as I’m sure you know, they yowl as conversations :-)
I enjoyed the video!! I have a cat Bilbo that does a bbbrrrttt. He does it when he walks around, jumps, or gets up. You can make the sound by starting with a b then roll the rrrs and roll up to a high pitch t. He seems to always be happy when he makes this noise. Out of our 9 cats he's the only one that makes that sound. One of the others just makes little adorable meep sounds. We've heard her give 2 sad little meows when she really wants something. Her meeping also appears to be a happy sound.
My daughter likes to say “Hello” when she’s annoyed trying to get something from me when I’m not paying attention…..We got a kitten who is now 9 months and on my days off work where I sleep in till 9 am instead of the normal 5-6 am I get up he will very loudly get in my bed in my face meowing “HELLO!” Until I get up and feed him his breakfast. It’s so cute that I can’t be annoyed by it …
Loved this video. I knew most of the sounds but nice to hear from a doctor. I know EXACTLY what my cat is saying and we have convos all the time. My cat is king of my House and I wouldn't have it any other way❤❤
Hello, besides the fact that i find you very helpful with all the info you are throwing at us, thank you for that, i wanna also add that you are as cute as they come ☺ keep it up,. you fix my mood and my wife"s also. be good and God bless 🥰
This is so helpful. Now I know that the noise my cat makes at light reflections and shadows and mosquitos and flying insects and certain crawling insects and Go Cat Branded products in the house and things outside the window is called chattering and it’s involuntary. My cat bites me so hard, it leaves a circular mark like a great white shark bite.
There's one other sound I could add: the "steam train". When either of my cats catches an unfortunate animal they will run off to a part of the garden away from their brother and me. If either of us come near, not only will they growl they'll also huff like a steam train. It's like that sound a steam train makes when it's pulling away: a huge huff followed by a pause and repeat. They do this until we withdraw and frankly we have all learned by now that it's too dangerous to approach while they think we are going to take their prey away.
I’ve had cats that sound almost human baby-like when they are nauseous and just before they vomit. It is loud and unlike any other sounds they typically make. I’ve had 5 cats and 2 of them made this sound.
My cat Sophie squeaks and purrs. I have not heard any other sound come out of her. One can tell how long and rapid Sophie's squeaks what she is trying to communicate. My other cat Sagacity makes the traditional house cat sounds. When Sophie and Sagacity have mock battles...which happens several times a day...Sagacity growls and hisses. Sophie only squeaks.
I have a kitten that "murmurs" a lot. She does it when she sees me or jumps on/off furniture. She mournfully meows when I've shut the door on her so she can't come in to my office. I nicknamed her "Chirpy" because she's always talking.
My six year old male American Shorthair, Widget, is an in-and-out cat. When he comes in he trills up a storm without the slightest hint of a meow. He keeps that up until he finds where I am in the house. When he's satisfied I'm somewhere inside, he stops trilling and goes off to do some cat thing - usually checking out the food bowl but also sometimes just flaking out on the floor away from me. I always interpreted what he was telling me as a question: "Are you here?" And then when he sees where I'm at and stops vocalizing, I think he's telling me, "OK, just checking."
Very familiar with the growl, hiss and spit from our former stray who is very skittish and seems to have been really mistreated. We give her a lot of space and give her love on her terms and soak up the purrs at that time. Who knows what all she’s been through.
Great and informative! I would love to see an updated video with actual cats making these sounds cut in between sections. I feel like I don't understand what some of these are still and it would be nice to hear what they sound like.
On cats recognising themselves in a mirror, some very clearly do. There is a great video of a cat staring at herself and after several moments she reaches up to her ears and feels them while looking in the mirror. You could see she was putting it all together.
My cats also do the 'worry'. We have a large compound, which is their private kingdom. If someone comes to the gate, I know before they knock because the cats give a little growl, like guard dogs. If the person comes into the compound, they do a very comic slink away, worrying. It's kind of like a high-pitched 'ow' sound. Like, 'sorry mum, you're on your own.' As soon as they recognise the person, they come out of hiding. They can be extremely affectionate, but I'm glad their first response is to leg it. Keep themselves safe. They also chatter a lot. Usually very relaxed with small birds, and I do think it’s to try and lure them closer. But I’ve also seen them doing it to great big kites, twice their size, with their tails all puffed up like they’re afraid, but they were edging closer not away. 🤔
I've just come across this video in my feed, and it being two years old you may not respond, but I hope you do. My cat is incredibly happy and purrs nearly all of the time, she starts up as soon as I approach her. She also makes lots of trilling noises and one in particular that I call a merrrp. I'm really interested in what it means. Thanks heaps, I really enjoy your videos, they're really informative and you have such a joy in what you do.
When I am having pain days, often stuck in bed, My girl will come lay close and purr me to sleep. She also does this when I'm having trouble sleeping. But her position is different for both. Pain, she curls by my low back. Insomnia, she gets closer to My head.
I have two female cats (sisters) which were born from a stray mother at a farm. I got them because the farmer did not want more cats. Every day, when they come home to my house, they meow until we greet or walk to them. After that, they rub against our legs and purr. When we pet them, they purr longer and louder. When I make the food for them, they are waiting without a tone, but when the meal is ready, and I pick up the bowl and bring it to its place on the floor, they make the murmuring / chirping sound. I love that sound so much, that I mimic it and get my cats to do it again 1 or 2 times. I really can hear their joy that it is feeding time. I love them so much. They are now 6 years with us and I hope that they will have a long and healthy life.
I have 3 cats. 2 ginger and white boys and a seal point mitted Ragdoll. My 2 ginger boys are very talkative and drool when they are happy. My Ragdoll boy will be 1 soon. He is always purring and does soft meows. It's so interesting the way they all communicate 🙂🙂
My late Burmese used to "woof" - she would open her mouth and make an abrupt "oof" sound by forcing air out of her lungs with a contraction of her diaphragm, so that her whole upper body jerked forwards. This was only ever in response to humans talking to her, so I think she was trying to talk back! Several of my cats also made the "Hey, look, I caught a prey animal" sound, which is a deep meow/yowl, slightly muffled by having a mouse (or small toy) clamped in the cat's jaws 😂
I have a really big black cat. I should have named him Bob, after silent Bob. He does not like being picked up and has the tiniest mew, you would think it was a kitten. Then there is the growl of disapproval which is for the trash truck, the mail person and construction noise. That's it. I've had a lot of cats but he is by far the quietest cat ever.
My kitten makes a sound when she runs upstairs past me, I think you covered earlier but not positive, sounds kind of like she’s exhaling…I apologize if I didn’t explain clearly enough but I’ve always been curious….absolutely love your videos, I have had cats (and spoiled them all) all my life but never knew how much has been learned
What is your cat's favorite thing to say to you? Tell us about their signature noises!
My cat looking for his brother cat. Long, panicked, quiet guttural howl. Everyone one comes and asks what's wrong pussy cat Bennie!
My two littermate brothers, tabbies have completely different voices. Flearoy has a soft little voice, he calls to me to scratch him while he eats or to refresh his kibble. He never gets loud. Lynyrd must have meezer blood because he hits just about every vocalization possible except for chatter. AND...he never stops lol
I recently took on three siblings from a neighbor, a ginger Tom and his two tortie sisters. They purr like cold diesels but have the tiniest sweetest high pitched voices! I swear they are part bat!
Oh yeah, neither Lynyrd nor Flearoy purr. Lynyrd does get a pyramidal ridge down the length of his back when he is exceptionally happy. I've never seen anything like it and I've been around a lot of kitty faces in my 67 years.
Nice video! It would be easier to follow if there were some audio fragments.
The trilling! And meows when i touch them or greet them by the nose and pet them on the head or cheek at the syart 🐈 😻 🐈⬛ 🐱 🐈 😻
Very informative, although this would be a LOT better if you included some audio clips of the actual sounds
i enjoyed her impressions!
I thought that too
I agree, cat clips of sounds would have been good
The video means nothing without the sounds tbh. I need actual examples
Dr. W. does a great job mimicking cats.
One of my 2 cats has me trained, she calls me when she has used the cat box. I once heard her call when she used the box and I cleaned it right away, that’s all it took for her to decide that I’m expected to clean her box as soon as she calls me. I’m well trained!
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Mine too. He tells me when he wants to deficate or urinate first. He prefes to go outside and it saves me the task of cleaning the box. If I ignore it, then I clean the box. It is a distinctive sound if he wanmts to deficate. It can't be mistkaken for anything else.
Mine does this too. She chirps for a wee and meows loudly for a poop!
@@louisehorsfall9400 Precisely!
One of mine wants company while he goes to the litter box. And since that was cute I started to get up when he meowed to join him in the bathroom. But he started to meow for getting candy, cuddle or play and since I work from home I can't always drop everything and play with him or go and cuddle on the bed even if I wanted to so I stopped getting up unless he was sitting near the bathroom... He quickly learnt that so he started to sit outside of the bathroom and call for me, and when I got up he ran to the kitchen or the bedroom 😆So I soon caught up on his plan so I started to only get up if he actually was in the bathroom... So he started to go in to the bathroom and meow and then run to the bedroom or kitchen... So now I started to only get upp if I heard him go in one of the boxes.... (he always digs a bit before he does his thing so I usually hear that...) But he understood that too and started banging och the box and fake dig sitting outside of the box just making sounds so I would come and then he ran off to the bed or the kitchen🤣. So I had to start ignoring that too🙁. I just couldn't dropp everything while in a meeting to go and cuddle even if I wanted to...
So now I ignore it unless I'm off work so he stopped doing it daytime and only does it if I'm in the soffa... Now he can wait for me to stop working or for my partner to come home and demand that we walk him to his litterbox and then when he's done he runs to the bed or the kitchen :-)
And if he has to go but no one joins him he always comes back meowing very low and grumpy like he's talking to him self muttering about the bad service.😂
He also calls for you when he's hiding under blankets and things like playing hide and seek... he goes hiding and then he wants me to find him.
His brother on the other hand is much less vocal. He can sometimes call for attention or food and candy but usually he chatters... when there is birds outside or if I have candy in my hand and are about to put it in one of his activity boxes :-)
I have a 13-year old female, Molly. If I walk into a room she's in, she does this little “brrrrrrr” with a head up nod. It’s like she’s saying, “what’s up?” or “hey.”
Mine does that if I accidentally wake her up 🥺
Im convinced it's them saying sup. They respond to me doing it back.
I know that sound. She does it when I get her brush
Isn't it interesting how the yowl is used for both the pre-fight psych out (seemingly trying to avoid a fight by being perceived as the tougher cat by the other) and as a mating call? What I noticed is that the pitch of the mating call is slightly higher than the psych out. Also my one cat used to talk to me in long "sentences." He would string together 15, 20 or more tones while looking at me. I get the impression that, as I talk to my pets in normal speech and not baby talk, he picked up that this is how his human slave communicates, and tried to do the same. Finally, when the one cat would come into a room I was in, I would always ask, "How are you?" Eventually, he would walk into a room and go "wah-ohh-wah." It hit me one day that he was replicating the sound of the interrogatory "how are you." He wasn't doing the words, obviously, but the sound and pitch of it. He seemed to understand it was a greeting. What we can learn if we just pay attention... Take care.
My siamese mix yowls all the way to the vet 😿
I get my cats to mimic me sometimes. It’s super cool when it happens.
For what it is worth I had an abscessed tooth and it caused me to be very sick. I was flat out on the couch and my cat sat on my stomach and purred. I am convinced they see purring as a healing thing. He was trying to help.
I have a rescue feral colony. My fur kids are humane society "working" cats, fixed and vaccinated but not considered adoptable
It was so interesting that they were so silent. However, one of them has bonded with me and he has started meowing when he sees me and now the oldest and the most feral cat has started meowing to me too.
We have spent several years getting them to trust us through the "kitty kiss-slow blink" lots of treats, catnip, fishing pole toys and respecting their boundaries.
We have a Maine Coon who trills a lot. He sounds so cute when he does it.
Aww man thats cute and cool! The majestic maine cooon! Or is it the calico.. whichever one is the big king like 😃
And yeah its weird and almost indistinguishable between the yowls and howls. But imo i think both is like an aggressive and something with so much energy that they are letting out whilst making that sound, be it fighting or the urge to bang another oops i mean mate.. lol cant get confused with animals and humans here 🤣😂😄
Excellent video! I speak cat with my cat Skit all the time. I use “meh” which i have discovered can be used as acknowledgement like “yeah i know” or “ok” but if i say “meh” with questioning tone she receives it as something curious. I also “purr” in various context. Yes , i am single male lol
I'm allergic to cats, unfortunately, and a friend of mine used to put her cat, Pongo, in the basement when I would visit.
One time my friend went to the bathroom before she put the cat away, and as Pongo walked past me, for some reason I purred, just on a whim.
Pongo was almost out the living room door and immediately turned around, ran to me, and leapt up into my lap, purring!
I realized he had taken my purring as an invitation to be petted, so I petted him, until my friend came. I had to. I'd inadvertently made a kind of promise!
Then I washed my hands.
@@sydneykendall7125 awesome!
I have 2 Maine Coons and they have a language all their own, something I haven't heard before in a cat. Not a meow or a hiss, they have trills or tribble sounds that are as long as some sentences. Very, very talkative they are, usually when they walk into the room, kinda announce their presence, they might interact if they are so inclined to jump up on my lap 😹
How interesting!
I've had many cats in my lifetime.My present tuxedo darling is so intelligent, she is the only cat that realized she was looking at herself in the mirror ! 💜💕🐱💙
My cat lived to 20 years of age, I grew up with her many different sounds and had a good idea what she wanted (more often than not attention, she was always picky with food and she loved being handled). She would occasionally catch mice, and she used to yowl once she entered the house with a mouse. We always knew when she'd caught something because she used to yowl; she didn't mind us taking her prey and would stop vocalising once we approached her to dispose of the mouse!
One of my cats is a "purr-meow" kinda cat & the other one trills or meows constantly. Usually it's for affection, play, or food. Love all their cat sounds❤️
My cat likes to go "Brrreow, brrrreow" when he sees me when I first wake up and head downstairs as he tries to trip me the whole way lol
I thought you’d mention the trill when you take them by surprise it’s like ‘hey you’re here? What’s up’ my favorite 🥺
my cat always thril eventho he isn't suprise
I have a chatty deaf cat so translating his strange noises to these is fun haha! No cute "meows" here 🤣 lots of "MOW!" And "MERRRR!" And his trilling sounds more like he's just gargling spit at you 🤣🤣🤣
Awww 😻
I adopted a four year old cat several months ago and she's a triller. She trills when she jumps up or down, or uses any physical exertion. It's so sweet to hear. The longer we're together, the moment I learn. Hopefully Dr. Wooten will cover non-verbal next!
My cat trills a lot too! Most of the time its when i pat and pet her outta nowhere when shes sleeping or relaxing or touch her.. lol but she trills as a greeting tho which is so lovely.
My little one is a triller too whenever she gets close to me and when I do the slow blink, she trills, rolls onto her back and shows me her fluffy white tummy 😍
Wow Dr Wooten you're really good at meowing 👏 👏 👏
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Love your energy and contributions here!! I have 2 VERY talkative cats with a hundred variations in their basic meows. They really tell you how it is, lol.
Are they Siamese by any chance? 😆😆
@@katiekate51 You'd think, lol. They're just plain old American shorthair tabbies, but as talkative as you've never seen.
my cat trills as a greeting, even when i’ve only been in other room for a few minutes, and only at me. she also meows when she wants me to stop moving around so much and sit down somewhere so that she can lay on top of me, and it’s my favorite thing in the world
My 19 year old cat likes to wake us up in the middle of the night with a loud meow that sounds like drowning. We’ve mostly noticed it since her sister (same litter) passed away last March. We’re wondering if it’s a mourning meow. It’s 8 months since her sister passed away. They were together for their whole lives, and now she’s an only cat. 😔
Could it be a bit of kitty dementia and her calling for her sister to join her?
Yea my cat wakes me up EVERY morning at 4 am because he is hungry by the way my cat eats better that I do! I have to shut the door to block the noise or use him as an alarm clock.
I get plenty of Meows from both of mine every time I get home from work. One comes to the door to see me, pretty much every single day. The other doesn't come right away but in a minute or two she will. They both know they'll get some attention including treats before I even change clothes. Earlier, the one who does not come to the door, she woke up from a long nap and had to let me know with Meows she was happy to see me even though she was napping only 5 feet from me!
One of my cat had 3 more vocalisations: when she was in heat, « rrrra-el », when I came back late, « oue-yon », at night, she had a lot of vocalisations for minutes, as if she was talking to?, she was black and she saying « hain » to show her presence in the dark and also when she agreed, « an-an » meaning maman! I miss her so much!!!
2 of our cats have a particular chirp/meow combo they use with a head nod, it sounds very much like the way I say hello to them. Either I trained them or they trained me but either way we say hi to our cats & they say it back!
Every cat (and dog) I've ever had has recognized themselves in the mirror! Not always right away if they've never seen a mirror before, but they learn. My current apartment has tons of huge mirrors along the walls and we even communicate through them, lol 😻
One of mine yips and trills while purring. Makes her sound like a tribble.
Sometimes my cat Kaunis yawns while meowing.. it´s the cutest thing!! she´s so vocal
Both of my boys currently are very demonstrative. The quieter of the 2, while still vocal, demonstrates his needs through behavior. The other never stops talking, ever! Although I am very protective of both kitties, I get super sensitive when the quieter kitty talks. I feel like I have heard over 200 different vocalizations. Thanks for the video!
The chirping and the squeaking then the trilling. It's adorable.
Before I let my cats outside at all, they had a certain set of sounds. Then, when I let them outside, they picked up "alley cat". It was a harsh and vulgar language. After a few days of not going outside, the would go back to gentile language. I have always been sceptical about cats not vocalizing to each other when meeting other cats because I saw this pattern repeated for years.
When we moved from the city to the eastern shore of VA, I noticed that they started immitating more bird sounds. It is especially obvious when mockingbirds are vocal which is when the birds are training their young. I wish I could record it but I never know when it is going to happen. They are Maine Coons and once they started talking, they never stopped and the cognitive range is amazing. Below in a response I descibe that mine, too, lets me know when he needs to "go".
Wow, these are fascinating observations! Thank you so much for sharing.
I am also skeptical to the idea that cats never vocalize to each other (I'm writing this as I'm listening to my British Shorthair making all sorts of noises because he has slight zoomies and is playing by himself lol). I had this cat who was completely silent until I got another cat that was very vocal and it was only then he realized he could also be vocal. Also, as I wrote, they often seem to make a lot of noise all by themselves at no particular person or thing and you got to wonder what this communication is meant to serve since it just seems to be them talking because they can. They obviously do it because they know someone is around to hear them but it doesn't seem to be directed at anyone in particular outside of them potentially communicating some kind of general "this is what I'm doing/thinking/feeling right now".
Excellent subject, yet playing a real sampling of each sound would be MUCH more helpful for cat owners to learn the differences.
Good point. I will see if we can at least link to sound samples in the description.
@@AllAboutCatsYT Thanks so much.💕
I disagree. The doctor impersonating cat sounds much more informative and entertaining, and just perrrrfect.
Sami talks nonstop. Mostly trills when I speak to him, meows when hungry and then calls for us when we aren't in the same room.
I agree! I was fascinated by the descriptions and explanations but would have liked audios of the sounds mentioned. I have also noticed that my cat purrs when she is very content-she likes being near me, being petted, or is very comfortable.
I got two kitties a month ago (they're about 7 months old now, one was a stray and one was rescued from a hoarding situation), and one of them only chirps or hisses. The other gives me the saddest little meow when I am bringing food to them. Like the bowl of food is in my hand as I am walking to the feeding mat. I promise, I do feed them well and they are healthy, but she acts like she hasn't eaten in days. The other barely eats. Oh, my children.
I have 5 cats not by choice but by cats adopted me. One cat cried which might have come under the noise for pain or calling but it was unique and distressing. I summarised it was a call to the previous humans. He wanted them but had lost them. He was upset alone and not happy. Of course I let him stay and after week never heard that sound again.
Not a sound, but - one of my cats makes "silent meows". His mouth opens for the duration of a meow but no sound comes out. He only ever does this while making eye contact with me and I get the definite impression that he's expressing affection. 😻
My baby Simpson did the same. I miss her so
@@trinap.8904 Oh I am sorry! It's hard when they leave us. 🙁
We have a little guy who vocalizes in only what I can describe as a worried old woman. He does it when he is actively playing. Sometimes it gets sort of low and guttural as if he were scolding his toys. We call him Squeak . 🌙💜☮️
One of our cats does something similar 😂. He walks around making this rowlrowl sound,in a strange rambling tone. It's not pain or annoyance, or any reaction to the other cats - he will usually do it when he thinks he's alone. I would probably describe it as old worried man looking for his keys 🤣
🤣 So weird. He sounds like a lot of personality.
@@freyamariano106ha ha ha!!! Do you keep a radio on when you are not home so your cat doesn't get lonely?
I love learning stuff like this. My kitten just woke up from his afternoon nap, looked at me and said "brrrrrp!" He walked up, said "brrp" again and then jumped into my lap and started purring. Seems I have a happy boy on my hands. :)
I agree that editing some vocalizations in would be helpful. I don't entirely understand all of the sounds you're describing.
My cat does lots of silent meows. She goes through all the motions but nothing or a really soft breathy meow comes out.
~ I love the silent meow! Usually when walking towards me. ᓚᘏᗢ
I love silent meows too! I thought they were unique to my kitty. They're so adorable!
I'm getting a cat (kitty) for the first time so this is very helpful. "Nobody ever said cat sex was fun" lol, I want her as my vet!
When Cosmo cat sits in front of the window chattering at the birds it sounds like "get off my lawn!"
Excellent! Very informative. Maybe next time you could play recordings of the different sounds? I recognized most but wasn't sure about some. Thank you!
My almost 2 year old girl kitty uses the high trilling sound a lot , especially when she wants her supper . She rubs against me while trilling to get me to feed her. She is a talker too! If you talk to her she talks back, we carry on conversations all the time and I’m the only one she does that with, makes my husband jealous. She’s a “Torbie “ and I have been told they are big talkers! My senior boy kitty is very quiet and only meows if he wants something or sort of “yells” at me if I’m not paying attention and he really wants something.
I have a boy and a girl that I adopted as kittens at the same time. Both 1 year old now. My girl tries to speak human to me. If she wants favorite (wet food she LOVES) I’ll ask her if she’s been a good sweetie. She understands good sweetie and no no no sweetie. If she’s been good she says Myaa! If she’s been naughty she ignores me lol
My boy does this thing he’s been doing since a kitten where he hides around the corner and meows ONLY to get my attention. The second he hears me move because he knows I’m going to go to him he makes this happy little trill sound, tail up, trotting over to me. It’s like a game we play. Lol
My girl does this other thing when I hide around the corner and peak at her I swear it sounds like she’s laughing and she comes running over to me tail up. It’s so cute 😀
My 12 year old cat will sometimes at night make a sort of mournful cry that sounds like a baby crying. She'll be in another room and suddenly start doing it and it goes on for a minute and then she stops. She doesn't seem in pain. I can call out to her and she'll stop. It's the loudest noise she makes. Even her meow is a silent or very soft meow. This baby cry sound will echo in the apartment quite loudly. At first I thought she was looking for our other cat, but she just sits in the room and doesn't go searching. Our other cat doesn't do this, nor does she respond to the first cat.
She only does this at night, usually after I go to bed. And she isn't shut out of the bedroom. She can come get on the bed any time she wants. I don't know what to make of it. She's been doing it several years (I adopted her from a shelter when she was 2.)
Great info. After having cats since I was small I will say you get to understand the different sound variations for ur individual cat as time goes on.
Their body language and/or behaviour can say a lot as well. Xx
Cats are just the best. I had a goofy perma smile this entire video due to these complicated hilarious beings. Great video
Thank you! Very informative video.
When my cat carries something, he meows in a loud and prolonged way. I imagined that it was stressed or an emotional vocalizing.
One of my cats, Josie - one of two sisters - and will sit at our glass door, looking outside - and chirp and chatter. Once Josie get locked onto something, I can get her to really get vocal about it by chattering at her. We'll take turns chattering, while she locks on something outside.
But, it's now taken to being in the house, too. Josie has anxieties and very skittish - even with us. My daughter and Josie have a strong bond and me and Josie have a strong bond, too, but not quite as strong as the bond with she has with my daughter. When Josie is in my daughters bedroom - either on her bed or in her lap - and I'll walk by. We'll start chattering at each other. She'll see me and chatter and I'll chatter back. And then she always jumps down and comes and rubs around my legs.
I was surprised to find all the advice is about cats chirping and chattering as a sign of fixating on their pray. I mean, she does do that 100%, too. But when she and I are chattering and chirping at each other, nothing about it feels aggressive or hostile. It's like a special conversation between us.
We often joke and say she doesn't like "being caught" with her tiny hooman by her big hooman. Like she's afraid one of us will get jealous. Or that she has to reassure me that she loves me, too - because she always jumps down and comes and rubs against my legs.
Omg this answers my question nobody can answer! She never meows unless something is wrong but other peoples cat would be so vocal and meow so much! Like I was thinking something was wrong with my cat cause the only noise she ever makes is the murmur which is a mix of purr and meow and just purr. Good to know that she’s always happy! 😂 I would like to hear her vocalize more cause it’s so cute but every cat is different 🥲 I love mine so much
Just talk to your kitty 🐈 constantly. Leave space after a question for them to answer and look at them as you wait for their "reply"!! Be patient, this really works!! ❤🐾🐈🌹🐾😻💜💙💚🤍☮️🌿🕊️🍁🇨🇦🌟
I just love these videos- so informative.
My cat tends to make a yowling sound, usually at night, often when the lights go out or almost exclusively if we are not in the room with him. It is exceptionally loud. He is an elderly deaf cat and I think he has poor eyesight, he also appears to be a bit socially-inept. It appears to happen when he is looking for us. Usually, when he does this, we will go to the room he is in or pat him to show him we are there, if we are behind him or surprise him with a pat, this usually turns into a trill. I presume much of this is because he is sensory deprived. We adopted a little sister for him a month ago after his big sister died last year (although his big sister never took to him) and he no longer yowls as much, if at all, he just chirps / trills for her when he wants her attention and she will come running. There is a lot more trilling going on in this household at the moment. He loves his little sister
Maybe he needs a nightlight or an actual light. Sounds scared. Might help everyone sleep better. Could be confusion or something.
@@jc.1191 Thank you, thankfully, he no longer yowls as much. He now has a little sister and a brother who come when he calls and I think this has made him much happier. Now there are lots of happy chirps and trills happening in our house.
@@erinjanssen8336 Good to hear things improved.
Thank you Dr. Wooten for your videos. We have a new kitten and my wife and I have watched many of your videos and are learning a lot from you!
Ive been feeding a stray who occasionally hisses, but then quickly subsides and begins head butting my hand as I put down her food. Still unsettling when she does it, but I put my fears aside and feed her anyway. Slowly,slowly, she is becoming more comfortable with me.
Some cats also purr when hurt & scared, as if to say to another cat, "please don't hurt me." Goes with the "I'm no threat to you" thing too. At least in my observations of my many kitties over lifetime (7 currently - rescues find me). Have seen it most after spayed or other surgery ~ they're kinda' helpless & in pain & are pleading with us, or another cat, that they're hurting & please don't hurt /touch them right now.
Loved hearing this . Just wondered about the death growl which my cat gave me two years ago just before she passed over. I think she was making sure I would go ahead and let her go, which I did. I know humans sometimes make a sound before they pass and I am sure she was telling me not to weaken, it was her time. She had had s stroke.
I have two male 8 month old male brother cats, one growls at his brother if he tries to take his food or toy he’s playing with. Neither of them are super vocal, easy to figure out their meows. I think they are sleeping somewhere in the house and I’ll go to do something without them messing about, but I’ll turn around and there they’ll be, like the twins from The Shining. 😂
LmAo! I just adopted two sisters 6?months and they are usually always together too
Lol! 🙂
It's funny how different cultures think cats sound. I'm from an Italian background and over there, cats apparently say "mao" rather than "meow"😸 I'm sure there's many examples out there.
Yes! It is interesting!
My little apparently communist kitty says Mao all the time. Lol
French cats say miaou.
Excellent descriptions. Hard work too! Thankyou
My Maine Coon mix only squeaks when I come home, rarely I'll hear him squeak-chirp in the other room to himself 😂 but overall he doesn't really talk. The new kitten on the other hand will just talk to us all day & will sing when he knows it's breakfast time lol 💖
Awh I love this! So interesting!
love your content and your organized approach! you make it so easy!
Great video! Thank you for posting. If you could make a part 2 to this video, that includes the sounds it would be super helpful.
This video was very informative. I adopted a kitten back in October and he meowed a lot. He doesn't do it as much but he still meows obviously. Haha My kitten does the "greeting" meow all the time. Hahaha and the meow that you roll your tongue with. The one meow he does, I have no idea what it means. It sounds like, "eh!" but in kitty form. He also purrs a lot. He's such a happy kitty. I think the other sign he shows he's happy is that he rolls on his back a lot. Hahaha Like dogs do in the grass but he does it on the floor. lol My only complaint is that you didn't use audio for the cat meows. It would've been helpful. Other than that, this video helped a lot. I just wanna speak cat so I know what he's saying. lol
I’d like you to talk about kitten fur vs adult fur. And when do kittens get their permanent teeth? And how long to kittens tend to keep growing? Thank you! And on todays, my cats are trillers not meowers, for the most part. But if they are hurt by someone or something, the shriek is loud and very sharp! I know to come running!
Great requests. Thank you, Jan.
Really needed sounds from cats as examples for this info ❗️🤷♀️
I watch a lot of these videos, but comment on few. This was well presented, but in the future maybe add sound clips of actual cats vocalizing? I understood and recognized all but one sound, but that was a tough one. Overall a great video! I'll have to check more from this channel.
Thank you so much for the wonderful share, friend! This is very valuable to know!!!!! I wish you the best, my friend. May you know continued success and happiness.
This is SO interesting! Thanks for sharing this!
Our rescue cat has a few meows... the "I think its food time" the "I'm glad youre here to play with me" and the "I want to go outside with the dogs" meow.
The last is notably more pleading than the others.
I have a cat that “meows” very very low, like almost undetectable… but his not voiceless or mute… because when I put him on his cage and drive to the vet he does “meow” strong the first couple of minutes because he doesn’t like the car that much.
Now, when we’re at home… he only make like a very small whisper and he rubs against my legs and do that.
I had to smile when you were talking about the yowl. I’ve been a cat mama to Siamese kitties much of my life; as I’m sure you know, they yowl as conversations :-)
I enjoyed the video!! I have a cat Bilbo that does a bbbrrrttt. He does it when he walks around, jumps, or gets up. You can make the sound by starting with a b then roll the rrrs and roll up to a high pitch t. He seems to always be happy when he makes this noise. Out of our 9 cats he's the only one that makes that sound. One of the others just makes little adorable meep sounds. We've heard her give 2 sad little meows when she really wants something. Her meeping also appears to be a happy sound.
My daughter likes to say “Hello” when she’s annoyed trying to get something from me when I’m not paying attention…..We got a kitten who is now 9 months and on my days off work where I sleep in till 9 am instead of the normal 5-6 am I get up he will very loudly get in my bed in my face meowing “HELLO!” Until I get up and feed him his breakfast.
It’s so cute that I can’t be annoyed by it …
Loved this video. I knew most of the sounds but nice to hear from a doctor. I know EXACTLY what my cat is saying and we have convos all the time. My cat is king of my House and I wouldn't have it any other way❤❤
my cat talks to me all the time and I can almost tell what she wants from me
Interesting video. I wish you could have provided some real cat examples of the various sounds.
Hello, besides the fact that i find you very helpful with all the info you are throwing at us, thank you for that, i wanna also add that you are as cute as they come ☺
keep it up,. you fix my mood and my wife"s also. be good and God bless 🥰
This is so helpful. Now I know that the noise my cat makes at light reflections and shadows and mosquitos and flying insects and certain crawling insects and Go Cat Branded products in the house and things outside the window is called chattering and it’s involuntary.
My cat bites me so hard, it leaves a circular mark like a great white shark bite.
I would love to understand what my cat is saying so audio clips would have been a great help. 😺
There's one other sound I could add: the "steam train".
When either of my cats catches an unfortunate animal they will run off to a part of the garden away from their brother and me. If either of us come near, not only will they growl they'll also huff like a steam train. It's like that sound a steam train makes when it's pulling away: a huge huff followed by a pause and repeat.
They do this until we withdraw and frankly we have all learned by now that it's too dangerous to approach while they think we are going to take their prey away.
My son's cat will make a loud yowl when he loses the where abouts of my son. It's like he is calling him. He only does it when looking for my son.
Great video Dr Wooten, thanks! One of my cats makes sounds like a tribble from Star Trek….very sweet❤️
The PURRRRRRR!!!! Love it .
I’ve had cats that sound almost human baby-like when they are nauseous and just before they vomit. It is loud and unlike any other sounds they typically make. I’ve had 5 cats and 2 of them made this sound.
My cat Sophie squeaks and purrs. I have not heard any other sound come out of her. One can tell how long and rapid Sophie's squeaks what she is trying to communicate. My other cat Sagacity makes the traditional house cat sounds. When Sophie and Sagacity have mock battles...which happens several times a day...Sagacity growls and hisses. Sophie only squeaks.
Sophie and Sagacity? What a great pair of names. Both are synonymous with wisdom! Are they siblings?
@@emilyx8377 Yes, I chose their names because they mean wisdom. Sophie is Sagacity's adoptive daughter.
@@annaryan4803 That's so sweet! You are so good at naming cats.
I have a kitten that "murmurs" a lot. She does it when she sees me or jumps on/off furniture. She mournfully meows when I've shut the door on her so she can't come in to my office. I nicknamed her "Chirpy" because she's always talking.
My six year old male American Shorthair, Widget, is an in-and-out cat. When he comes in he trills up a storm without the slightest hint of a meow. He keeps that up until he finds where I am in the house. When he's satisfied I'm somewhere inside, he stops trilling and goes off to do some cat thing - usually checking out the food bowl but also sometimes just flaking out on the floor away from me. I always interpreted what he was telling me as a question: "Are you here?" And then when he sees where I'm at and stops vocalizing, I think he's telling me, "OK, just checking."
Very familiar with the growl, hiss and spit from our former stray who is very skittish and seems to have been really mistreated. We give her a lot of space and give her love on her terms and soak up the purrs at that time. Who knows what all she’s been through.
Great and informative! I would love to see an updated video with actual cats making these sounds cut in between sections. I feel like I don't understand what some of these are still and it would be nice to hear what they sound like.
On cats recognising themselves in a mirror, some very clearly do. There is a great video of a cat staring at herself and after several moments she reaches up to her ears and feels them while looking in the mirror. You could see she was putting it all together.
My cats also do the 'worry'. We have a large compound, which is their private kingdom. If someone comes to the gate, I know before they knock because the cats give a little growl, like guard dogs. If the person comes into the compound, they do a very comic slink away, worrying. It's kind of like a high-pitched 'ow' sound. Like, 'sorry mum, you're on your own.' As soon as they recognise the person, they come out of hiding. They can be extremely affectionate, but I'm glad their first response is to leg it. Keep themselves safe. They also chatter a lot. Usually very relaxed with small birds, and I do think it’s to try and lure them closer. But I’ve also seen them doing it to great big kites, twice their size, with their tails all puffed up like they’re afraid, but they were edging closer not away. 🤔
Your videos are so good.
I've just come across this video in my feed, and it being two years old you may not respond, but I hope you do. My cat is incredibly happy and purrs nearly all of the time, she starts up as soon as I approach her. She also makes lots of trilling noises and one in particular that I call a merrrp. I'm really interested in what it means.
Thanks heaps, I really enjoy your videos, they're really informative and you have such a joy in what you do.
When I am having pain days, often stuck in bed, My girl will come lay close and purr me to sleep. She also does this when I'm having trouble sleeping. But her position is different for both. Pain, she curls by my low back. Insomnia, she gets closer to My head.
I have two female cats (sisters) which were born from a stray mother at a farm. I got them because the farmer did not want more cats. Every day, when they come home to my house, they meow until we greet or walk to them. After that, they rub against our legs and purr. When we pet them, they purr longer and louder. When I make the food for them, they are waiting without a tone, but when the meal is ready, and I pick up the bowl and bring it to its place on the floor, they make the murmuring / chirping sound. I love that sound so much, that I mimic it and get my cats to do it again 1 or 2 times. I really can hear their joy that it is feeding time. I love them so much. They are now 6 years with us and I hope that they will have a long and healthy life.
I have 3 cats. 2 ginger and white boys and a seal point mitted Ragdoll. My 2 ginger boys are very talkative and drool when they are happy. My Ragdoll boy will be 1 soon. He is always purring and does soft meows. It's so interesting the way they all communicate 🙂🙂
My late Burmese used to "woof" - she would open her mouth and make an abrupt "oof" sound by forcing air out of her lungs with a contraction of her diaphragm, so that her whole upper body jerked forwards. This was only ever in response to humans talking to her, so I think she was trying to talk back!
Several of my cats also made the "Hey, look, I caught a prey animal" sound, which is a deep meow/yowl, slightly muffled by having a mouse (or small toy) clamped in the cat's jaws 😂
I have a really big black cat. I should have named him Bob, after silent Bob. He does not like being picked up and has the tiniest mew, you would think it was a kitten. Then there is the growl of disapproval which is for the trash truck, the mail person and construction noise. That's it. I've had a lot of cats but he is by far the quietest cat ever.
My kitten makes a sound when she runs upstairs past me, I think you covered earlier but not positive, sounds kind of like she’s exhaling…I apologize if I didn’t explain clearly enough but I’ve always been curious….absolutely love your videos, I have had cats (and spoiled them all) all my life but never knew how much has been learned
Thank you so much.