My cat has this to say...

Pixel has never actually meowed. My DIL told me that's common with feral cats / cats born homeless.

Pixel chirps and makes that brrrr sound a lot, and he also says yeah and a'ight and bro, but never meow or meyou.

Lately, I'm guessing because the wild lady cats are in estrous, he goes to the front door, then looks over at me all bug-eyed and full of attitude, and yells OUUT! really loud.

Because his ear is tipped, and his scrotum is basically just a flap of fur, I assumed the city caught, neutered, and released him back to the feral community that's near my old apartment. So, I guess they can take your balls but they can't take your spirit??
 
Lots of cats don't meow. They chirp or burr or meep meep, etc.

I read that cats don't naturally meow once they're past kittenhood. Domestic cats "learn" to meow (or make other noises) at their humans -- I guess because it gets the results they want.

I'm sure there are lots of theories.
 
NorthernLight said:
Lots of cats don't meow. They chirp or burr or meep meep, etc.

I read that cats don't naturally meow once they're past kittenhood. Domestic cats "learn" to meow (or make other noises) at their humans -- I guess because it gets the results they want.
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Yeah, that's what my daughter said. Guess she read the same article.

But you're right; it's a theory. I read an opposing article that said it's breed, not breeding; the old genetics not environment or nature not nurture argument.
 
Murrmurr said:
Pixel has never actually meowed. My DIL told me that's common with feral cats / cats born homeless.
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My current cat used to be my barn cat and he didn't meow, but I played him YouTube videos of Butters the Bean meowing (I chose Butters because a lot of youtubes of cats meowing is pitiful distressed meows but Butters the Bean has nice confident demanding meows). It took a while but my cat seemed to gain confidence and start doing an occasional meow, and nowadays he is capable of doing a couple demanding meows. Maybe I should start playing him the Two Cats Talking youtube video to see if I can get him to learn conversational meowing.

 
Murrmurr said:
Yeah, that's what my daughter said. Guess she read the same article.

But you're right; it's a theory. I read an opposing article that said it's breed, not breeding; the old genetics not environment or nature not nurture argument.
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My 16 year old Buffy never made a sound. Her brother Max was the loquacious one. He died in March. They've been together since the womb. Now, she howls, and definitely not always tied to me. After I "attend" to her she walks away, howling the same lonely sounding, plaintive loud, very loud, cry. She's doing it right now. Goes on whenever she's awake. He always ate after her, so after she eats she starts..........and the day begins.

I mourn for her and with her. It's heartbreaking to hear.

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Definitely not physical, no signs of any illness, no eating or toilet troubles, just that mournful yowl. The day after the night he died she started screaming and stopped cleaning herself well. Probably keeping beautiful just for him. ❤️
 
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