It goes both ways. I just leaned over and said “mrrow” to my cat, which she immediately responded to with her own “mrrrrow”.
There’s the little meows…but then there’s an entirely different “I’m hungry” meow.
I used to have a semi-outdoor cat. She could come and go from the basement through a cat door. That little shit knew where my bedroom was and every morning she would climb up on the shelf as high as possible and meow loudly as if to say, “Hey! Hey Dumbass! Are you gonna feed me or what!? Heeeeyyyy!”
yeah that’s because the little ones mean “hii” and the big ones mean “HELLO???!!”
“HEY! HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY!! I CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF MY FOOD BOWL! HEY!! YOU HEARING THIS?? THE BOTTOM OF MY BOWL!! I CAN SEE IT!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THIS???”
And the “I don’t like being in a car and I don’t want to be put in the MRI machine” meow.
Heard a lot of those yesterday =/
And the “i need pets so bad out of nowhere that I’m in a crisis” meow.
Mine does a “Look at the huge turd I just dumped in the litterbox!” meow
I just yell “shut up slut” but it probably translates to “hi” as well
Hey
Hey
Wassup
NM
Cool
Cool
Yeah
Dude?
Dude
Nice
Bruh
Yeah, I’d like to see a source for this. There have been many proposed theories for why cats vocalize to humans, especially because “meowing” is not common between cats except for kittens. How do we know that it isn’t a request for food or attention?
As a cat person, I find most explanations of cat behaviour generalised and ingomplete; scientific or not. My Siamese cat yells at me when I have not met my side of our obligations.
Consistency is important for children and animals.
- We get up at sunrise, so he will nuzzle or meow to be let in if he’s locked out of my room.
- We get wet food at 7am, and if I’m late he will not be impressed and yell until we are in the kitchen. However, if I’m on time, he will sit on the counter and say a quick meow to let me know he’s ready and a good boy.
- He will bring his toys to me when it’s time to play, if I don’t notice he’ll let me know.
- When there’s something outside and I come watch he’ll look at me and do a little chirp, approving my presence and proud of what he’s found
- And when we get home he greets us with the back and forward calling and a nuzzle.
There’s much more nonverbal communication than verbal. Everyone knows when their cat is scared or excited, but with a good relationship you can tell when they’re anxious or in pain. Cat’s know human non-verbal communicotion; they know when you’re sad, it just depends on the cat if they’ll cuddle or knock you’re nick-nacks off a shelf.
It can be both. I think it really depends on the specific cat and person. My cat “barks” for needs, “whines” when he loses us, and meows for attention or to get vocalization back. I think attentive cat owners probably know their cat and because it’s adaptive behavior it’s not the same across the board.
I always interpret it as “I NEED”
Feed me or you go on the menu
“demand” isn’t spelled as r-e-q-u-e-s-t.
Meowing is very common among cats. Go look up videos on YouTube where people attach GoPros to their outdoor cats and see them interact with other cats in the neighborhood.
(duh)
— cat owner
My cat is very nonvocal, i hear her meow maybe once a week and that is usually a fallback way to get my attention when nonverbal ways dont work.
I’m fine with that.
If you think about it that entire diatribe was that person’s really long Hiiiiii!
this feels true but sometimes my cat makes such sad meows and I run over and go “oh my poor baby what’s wrong who hurt you”
Why does this keep appearing? Cats most definitely do communicate by meowing too. I’d really love it if our village cats didn’t chose the street out my widow a midnight as their debate grounds, shit’s loud af and I always have to climb out the window to break up the fight.
Yeah, you’re gonna wanna eat some catfood, chug a beer and huff some glue. It’ll make you feel really sick and then put you right out.
I have my doubts about that killing me. I’ll need something stronger.
and sometimes this sounds like a crying baby.
cats meows mimics crying baby to get our attention faster
The why do they immediately run away upon realizing a human is near by? Like I’m talking about strays here, they only gather outside my widow when there’s no one around and I’m quite in my room.
We always joke, wondering, “Is it cats or kids” when hearing screaming (like kids playing, or cats fighting). Sometimes, it really is hard to discern
Heeeeeeeey. Hey. HEY!
Every night, one of my cats yells at me, until I give her brushes and attention
That’s one fuckin nice kitty right there.
Prime pussy, if you will
Just shot this pic
Iirc, interpersonal communication between cats is done at a frequency that humans can’t hear, which is part of why they yell at us.
We have one cat with likely brain damage (he got super sick as a kitten) who tries to communicate with us on that frequency, so it looks like he’s silently meowing.
Whenever my cats meow at me it usually means “I love you I love you!! (Please give tummy rubs (but not too many tummy rubs because then I will kill you))”
“Give me tummy rubs until I’m overstimulated! I’ll let you know when the time comes.”
“With extreme prejudice.”
Meoww
Meoww
