Talkative Cats
Anyone know why "some" cats like mine can be so talkative? Mine meows mostly after he runs to the litter box and takes a "crap" which is very often. He talks to me when I get home, when he wants to eat, when he wakes up or wakes me up at 2 and 5 and ODD hours in the morning... talk talk talk...did I say talk.... more like a little SQUEAL..... it is very annoying, I am looking into things to make him stop so that I can sleep peacefully because without the annoying sounds outside my apartment from neighbors, this meowing cat talk is bad enough. I love him to death... the cute little he is, but the annoying squealing has to stop!!! Suggestions??? Or does this just mean he really loves me that much!?! Thankfully there are times he makes me laugh....and priceless looks on my older cat Pepper's face in thought of... " Mom, why won't Hollow shut the BLEEP up!?!" :) Cats....................... most of us love em'???
Pepper Cat 
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I guess some of them are just like people, they never shut up and always have something to say, LOL.
Bessie Pepper Cat, do you know if your cat has some Siamese in him? The Siamese breed is well known for their talkative nature.
Coralie Our cat Amber has way too many sounds to bother counting, and she uses them all constantly. Sam has very specific sounds for various things he wants, while Ripley is very quiet, so, who knows.
Omg I can relate! One of my cats meows CONSTANTLY whenever its getting close to feeding time and close for her is an hour before! She cries pretty much over everything. The most annoying part is she barely takes in air in between its just MEOW..MEOW MEOW.. very loud too! And if I don't respond to her she will go and attack the other cat lol! Sometimes she will start at 3 or 4 in the morning ugh!! DH can't stand it anymore.
SMP I was told that cats reserve "talking" just for their human friend. My cats learned how to open our bedroom door when the meowing got them nowhere.
MCC We have 5 cats - 3 sisters, 1 senior, and 1 boy - they ALL talk at different times in the day - they do it for attention - like "hey you are doing NOTHING - pay attention to me" - they do it when their bowl of food is "low" - one of the sisters will "talk" all around the house, while she has a play shoe string in her mouth - again she wants to play. Sometimes they will walk down the hallway at nite talking - like they are "lost" - all the times they talk to us, we just check on them - do they need attention, food low - someone wants some loving?
It mostly happens during the day / evening / morning - not at nite time, so I don't have any suggestions as to how to stop it - we don't believe any of ours are Siamese and us humans do talk back to them - so ours is not so bad.
Good Luck
BLW lmao mine knock down my door too just to cuddle with me....i hear slam, slam, against the door from the big fat cat or clawing til they got it open.... so silly and yet even though i lose sleep over it, they crack me up and i love them.
Our cats usually only talk to us when they need something. We leave our bedroom door open a bit so they can come in and sleep with us and be able to leave the room if they want to.
jrsemom I am learning my "once scared skiddish cat" is now a mushy talkative cat thanks to my tenderness... he still runs from things but is a big time momm'as boy!!!
When I sit down - be it for the nite or for 5 minutes - I have at least 1 cat that jumps on my lap - purring the whole time.....if I am down for the nite, it is not unusual for 2 cats to be on my lap and one on the back of the chair - the one on the back of the chair is our Sr and she has to be touching me, so paw in my head, I watch TV - Gosh forbid if I talk (to myself or my kids) they think I am talking to them - so they "talk" back to me or purrrrr.
sometimes it is very loud, that I have to turn up the TV - and I am learning (sometimes slowly) that I don't want to yell at the game or guess the answers to the show, cause it just starts them going.
I also leave my door open at nite - if not, I would NOT get any sleep, as at least 3 or 4 sleep with me.
but I LOVE THEM and can't imagine my life without them :)
My Mr. Whiskers has ALOT to say... especially when he wants to come in the bedroom... he's way too funny!
NJ2FL05NJ2FL05,
Are you sure Mr Whiskers isn't just pleading with you to not take any more "indecent" photos? LOL
Lori...since '73 He's really been talkin now....we brought a pit puppy home on sunday,,,, he's not too happy...lol
They may be plotting to kill you. Sneaky devils ;-)
This a must read for all cat owners, LOL
http://www.catswhothrowupgrass.com/kill.php
Calico696 My kitties are cute but trouble.... just like me lol. They want to follow my every movement, and go where I go...bathroom, bedroom, anywhere... if I don't let them they claw at the door and try to bust it down... its funny but I do lose sleep..... I leave my door open but lately they have been waking me up at 4 and 5 just as they want to knock something off my dresser for fun........ I am like whatever..... I never sleep through the night but they humor me and it makes up for it.
I have one plotting, and the other protecting. Makes for an active house hold....
Calico - how is it that you take the little quiz and even though you say your cat doesn't do any of those behaviors and there's still a 75% chance your cat is homicidal??? ;-)
A friend sent this to me a long time ago - it has been making the rounds via email again - I LOVE it and infact have a copy posted VERY LOW on the Refreigerator - hehe
Some of the fit my household - ENJOY
The following was found posted very low on a refrigerator door.
Dear Dogs and Cats: The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Racing me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort, however. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out on the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
For the last time, there is no secret exit from the bathroom! If, by some miracle, I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge in an attempt to open the door. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years - canine/feline attendance is not required.
The proper order for kissing is: Kiss me first, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough.
Finally, in fairness, dear pets, I have posted the following message on the front door:
TO ALL NON-PET OWNERS WHO VISIT AND LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR PETS:
(1) They live here. You don't.
(2) If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. That's why they call it 'fur'-niture.
(3) I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
(4) To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours and don't speak clearly.
Remember, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
(1) eat less,
(2) don't ask for money all the time,
(3) are easier to train,
(4) normally come when called,
(5) never ask to drive the car,
(6) don't smoke or drink,
(7) don't want to wear your clothes,
(8) don't have to buy the latest fashions,
(9) don't need a gazillion dollars for college and
(10) if they get pregnant, you can sell their children ...
Yeah Calico, I'm a natural born killer. I'm the body guard around here. Not like the new ninja assassin that showed up here 6 months ago. Ya be nice to her, ya let her sleep in the pet bed, ya let her have the tuna first, ya give her a smooch, and all you get in return is the Scratch of Death Pounce of Hell Technique.
Very cute Tigger, I'm sure the Ninja Assassin has a warm spot in her heart for you. Adorable picture!
Bessie - The supposedly sweet one (ie Sugar) really does, but she's just a year and a half. She doesn't know the difference between paying nice and Ninja practice. ;-)
She'll come around eventually, it's actually way better since the last time they visited Grandma Tuna. They used to have serious boxing matches about 8:00PM after quite quiet days sleeping. Now they just seem to settle in at night like they do during the day. Tigger just wants some quality sleep time. And he's willing to play nice and be Sugar Daddy to get it...
My kitty talks to me the moment I come home. It's like "how was your day -- you wouldn't believe what that dumb dog next door did..." all to the tune of "herrroww, herrow, herrrrowwwww". He goes on like that quite a bit.
I have read that orange tabbys are the very talkative -- and mine talks a lot. I don't know. I do know I love him more than furniture or or anything else he wants. It's all there for his amusement. The cat makes me happy -- not the furniture.
I was never a cat person but this one got to me.
Dolly - I constantly find myself having to say to Tigger "and then what happened" when I come home from work. Either that or he wants to know how *my* day was and I have to go into that. Yet the other one it's all me, me, me - if I don't have tuna for her, little Miss Ninja has got a barrage of throwing stars in my direction....
I know a Tigger that lives by me in my complex of Peachtree... is this that Tigger? He is the most adorable very large cat in the complex. He has been my friend since day one of moving here....and I watch out for him when cars come by because there are a ton of a holes here that drive really fast...It looks like the one in my complex but I don't think he has black on his paws or end of his tail...and this cat looks older... let me know.
Thanks for asking Pepper Cat, I may be large, but no I don't live over there. I live in Brook Hollow in my Empire's Palace. I was born up in New York state a long way from here. It's weird but the human used to live close to where I was born when he was way younger and even had another feline from a place between where he lived and I lived. Now he's far too careful to let me play out with cars or other silly felines that you never know how healthy they are. And yes, if you must know I'm middle aged at this point. ;-)
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