I talk to my cat.

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fuzzybuddy

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I'm 70. I'm disabled and walk with a cane. My cat is 16 years and 7 months old. He's scraggly, and his front paws don't always go the way his back paws go. According to one of those cat/human age sites, we're the same age-him in human years and me in cat years. That's not the weird part. I talk to my cat. No, not "Come here. Kitty, kitty" type of thing.
It's "meow". "No, you got enough food in your bowl".
Meow. "You just were outside."
Meow. "Wait till the commercials."
Meow. " Damn it. I told you there was enough in your bowl".
I know what he means, and he knows what I mean.
So, yup, I talk to my cat.
 

I always talk to my cats like that. They are people too. I also talk to the deer and wild turkeys that live in the yard. They sentient beings. They may not speak English, but they "speak" from the heart. Some of my best experiences have been with my dogs and cats. I don't have dogs now, my husband is allergic. So we have three cats. They are so neat, special and worthy friends.
 
Oh yes, I always talked to all my pets. Now I only have my bird left and talk to him also. Sometimes, if I'm in another room my hubby asks what I want. He thinks I'm talking to him. My biggest fear was that someday they would talk back and know one on the planet would believe me when I told them. I guess I'll have to keep that to myself.lol
 
I think it's healthy actually to talk to something, be it your pet(s), the refrigerator, or a plant. I fondly remember the wall that Shirley Valentine used to talk to in the movie of the same name.
 
I remember this cartoon I saw where this guy was sitting in an easy chair and looking down at the dog on the floor beside him. The man says, "We got along a lot better when you didn't talk."
 
I agree with everyone. I might draw the line at talking to the fish but you never know. It's perfectly natural. No matter if you have one great furry companion or ten, of course we want to chat with them. I really feel they communicate back as well. Not in human speech of course but in the ways they understand. The dogs look quizzically and tilt their heads smiling. Kind words to a cat and they'll chirp and come over to rub against you. The more affectionate rats will climb out to be petted. Our critters are true love:love_heart:
 
I talk to Suzy dog, Danny bird and Bailee bird. Whenever I am walking Suzy down the street I am talking to her and the other day I was talking so much I didn't notice a woman had come up next to us and was listening but I didn't care.
 
I talk to anything... fish, turtles, squirrels, cockroaches, frogs, toads, hummingbirds, inanimate objects. Mostly curse words to inanimate objects and cockroaches.
 
One observation with the fish...even if I'm not speaking to them it's kind of weird. They do try to follow you. I have a thirty gallon tank on the kitchen divider. No matter which side I'm on they all gather to the corner wherever I am...ever feel like you're being watched???
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It's funny at night with the dogs. I spoil them to pieces but when we walk I can sound harsh. Callie just gets happy and pulls like a tank. Sophie tries to kill things. You know it has to startle people in the dark " SLOW DOWN! SWEAH TO GAWD I WILL..."...oh and a good evening to youuuu officer;)
 
I talk to my cat too Fuzzybuddy, and he quietly mews back to me. If I see him looking at me, I ask him wha, wha do you want sweetie? He answers with a soft mew and either comes over for a pet, or walks to the back door to go out, or looks up at the counter for a treat. When he snuggles up with me by my pillow sometimes at night, I'll whisper to him that I love him. His sweet purrs often lull me to sleep. :love_heart: Of course I do a lot of talking to my new pup too, lots of family communication here. :)


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My dog does talk. Had the grocery delivery man in stitches the other day. As he was carrying the bags in, my dog followed behind him muttering "Yum Yum". He laughed at her, and asked if she always spoke like that.
She will also stand over her empty food bowl and moan "More".
 
I had a roommate, Dave, who used to argue with himself. He would do it if he thought I wasn't around. He'd go back and forth. Sometimes he'd get mad at himself.
What amazes me about Fuzzface is that he is the perfect companion for me. And I'm the perfect companion for him. I'm not sure who trained who, but that's the way it is.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
What amazes me about Fuzzface is that he is the perfect companion for me. And I'm the perfect companion for him. I'm not sure who trained who, but that's the way it is.
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If he's anything like my cat, he did most of the training. :love_heart:
 

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