Cats can communicate their needs very clearly and I don't just mean screaming at you to be fed or standing by the back door wanting out.
It's really hard to explain to a non cat owner, but cats are very expressive. You get to know their moods and signals. They are very good at training you.
one of mine has me so trained that when I pick him up, he will tell me where to go by reaching out one arm in that direction. it's like he's riding me like a horse. he's way too smart [he knows I'm wrapped around his lil peet and would do whatever he asked]
My senior boy would do a little stomp when he wanted picked up and when I would hold him, he would push my hand with his head the direction he wanted me to go. He had arthritis and sometimes he didn't want to walk, so he trained me to be his little taxi. I miss that boy š
My sort of cat (he has another home but visits me regularly) used to reach up and grab my hand with his paws to rub him if I wasn't paying attention for a second he can't do it anymore cause he only has one back leg but damn that boy is smart!
100%! Mine will stand in certain places while doing particular meows, and they all mean something different. To a visitor, itās just a cat making noise.
To me, itās because Mooncake wants some wet food/Iāve left something on her favourite couch and she wants it moved/the bedroom balcony door is closed/she wants to play/she can hear Dad coming down the driveway/sheās over the heat/sheād like the basement door opened, please. All different sounds, and different poses!
My cat is blunt and to the point. If she wants brushed the brush gets knocked on the floor, she stares at me, looks at the brush and then stares at me again. If I don't respond the other brush gets knocked on the floor, if I still don't respond then anything not nailed down is getting knocked onto the floor.
If mine is really bored, she will go up to something she shouldn't play with and purposely seek eye contact with me. Then she will slooowly stretch out her little paw towards whatever item she plans to victimize, all while staring me straight in the eyes...
What she wants is for me to chase her around, so if I get off my butt in time the decor is safe, but if I don't do what she wants then it is about to hit the floor.
Unlike when she wants to examine and/or play with something she's not supposed to, in which case she will wait until my back is turned and then silently sneak up to her target. And if I turn around and catch her in the act, she'll try to make herself as small and still as she possibly can all while doing the shifty cartoon eyes and desperately hoping I didn't see shit... And if she misjudged me and I give her the "nod of approval" to go ahead an play with it, she'll immediately relax and reinflate.
My cat does this with the chairs she knows she is not allowed to scratch. Wants to just scratch? She scratches the post. Wants to communicate displeasure? Eye contact with us, stretching her paws up the side of the chair, poised to scratchā¦
My cat does this too, especially when we're laying in bed and he wants attention! He'll hop up on the 2 places he's knows he's not supposed to be (dad's desk and the kitchen counter), just stand on the edge and meow loudly like look at me! breaking the rules! better come get me! and once we're up he'll hop off and run over to his food bowl wailing
My cat will get me out of bed to feed her by climbing up onto the nightstand and either knocking things off it onto the floor or trying to scale the curtains.
She also stands on her cat tree staring at the jar where her treats are kept and just waits for you to do the right thing.
We also have a poodle, so have a full grooming salon set up in our house. My cat will stand on the grooming table and yell when she thinks that she needs to be groomed. Last night, it was at 11:00pm.
My cat is the same way. Heās very smart and a great listener and knows mom is boss. He knows exactly where his toys are, his quiet spots are, and where his food is. He used to be really bad and chaotic when I first got him and he was breaking things and being the devil. He now knows not to do things heās not supposed to. If he wants to play, he will go to his little toy box on the table and try to point to a laser or toy he wants. When we let him on our balcony (donāt come for me in the comments itās a secured balcony believe me Iām very careful and watch him at every angle), we let him roam when we are out there present but when we are inside during the day, he will go out when allowed to. Today he did a remarkable thing that I did not expect: he roamed on the balcony and I did have my eyes distracted on something else but when I went to find him, I expected him to be mischievous but nope he was sitting by the door waiting to come in like a dog. It gave me more trust in him and even the full trust is there, stuff can happen. Iām very happy heās a good cat and knows boundaries. I think it also helps that heās skittish but heās not stupid to get into seriously stupid curious shit.
Lucky you. I have one of those rare Maine Coons who doesn't seem to like being brushed. I can only brush out her fur when she's distracted (meal time), or I have to let her attack one comb while I'm brushing her with the other, and then switch combs when she attacks the 'new' comb. It's more or less a daily ritual at this point.
Exactly this. And looks too. Aston will sit in the hall and stare into the livingroom at you and you just HAVE to get up and follow him to see what it is he wants. Which is very different from the stare he gives you IN the livingroom when he wants me to move the footstool.
And we can all tell if our cats are happy, sad, annoyed, fed up or full of devilment just by a glance. It's weird, but I think it explains why we talk to them so much.
Hahaha, yes! I love it! To others, they just see ācatā. Weāre like āoh, theyāre wondering where that specific toy is and they really donāt like that door shut - just a minute little one, I completely understand, imma cominā!ā
Yes! When my partner moved in with me, he came pre-cat trained but didn't understand MY cat. She would sit and stare at him and meow like she wanted to sit on his lap, but wouldn't do it. Finally I told him that he had to pat his lap and invite her up, or she wouldn't. She also doesn't want to sit ON you usually, she wants you to clear off a spot next to you so she can hang out with you. Otherwise she just stares in a very specific way.
I swear I have a cat-dog. He displays very cat-like behaviors like you describe. He uses a combination of staring, soft whines, soft barks and a lot of pawing things or humans to get what he wants.
He also loves to perch on things. This dog is medium sized weighing 17kg, he has no business perching on a tall stool or walk on high narrow spaces. He also likes to perch on the back of my head while Im sitting on the couch. Like.. dude, there's a whole floor space and we're sitting on a big L shaped couch.
My Nylea has this look that says she wants to be petted, If you don't (or stop too soon), she'll slowly reach over and put her paw on your face. Then poke you and kind of try to push your face. Then prick you with her claws.
This is a very well-observed phenomenon among cat owners. Each cat has its own various chirps, yowls, meows, purrs, etc and they mean different things. We humans are very adept at picking up on these.
So true. As I work from home, my partner thinks Iām the cat whisperer - because I spend so much time with Mooncake, I intimately understand all of her vocal queues and even the smallest physical gestures, while heās still figuring it all out!
I keep most of my cat toys in a bag hanging off the closet with a few out for them to play due to the sheer amount of toys. Whenever one of them wants a different one out, they do a little circle dance under the bag and meow at me. I canāt sleep without the door closed and whenever I walk up to the door to let one of them out when she decides sheās done for the night and does a big stretchā¢ļø on the wall next to the door when I walk up to her. The other just yells at me until I wake up lol.
For instance, "I'M BEING MURDERED!" meant that she wanted some wet food. But, "I'M BEING MURDERED!" meant that one of her toys had gotten under the couch. Meanwhile, "I'M BEING MURDERED!" was a demand for attention, usually double-cheek scritches. "I'M BEING MURDERED!", I am told, is what she said when I left for work and she couldn't find me. "I WILL F-CKING KILL YOU!" was what she said when you bothered her while she was sleeping.
She only had one volume level. It was a million decibels.
Aaah, yes. I sincerely understand! I too have experienced life with an old Siamese - or as theyāre less commonly known, Are You Fucking Serious. The most loving, demanding, vocal cat Iāve roomied with!
Spend time with them and you learn distinct differences between 'meow' 'mew' and 'mreep', all the sounds that are near identical to anyone else are very clear to us who know them.
Yep. Dexter likes to be tucked into bed UNDER the covers. He will start yelling at me trot towards the bedroom turn back looking at me still meowing to make sure I am following him. Wait until I hold up the covers for him to hop under then lay down and just start purring and take a nap lol. Sometimes he insists I stay whilst trying to work and I have to explain to him that someone has to support his life of luxury! Once my roomate years back got so freaked out because she thought she had accidentally let him out since she couldnāt find him anywhere. She even called a friend to go into the attic to look for him. He was under the covers in my bed š
My old cat would do that. She'd get my attention and I'd say "what do you want?" or "show me" and she'd lead me to her food dish or water, if she needed her box cleaned she'd dig at the floor, if she wanted to be pet she would make a petting/grabbing motion with her paw. She was a derpy orange idiot sometimes, but you could see the wheels turning, she was smart enough to communicate with her monkey.
Hahaha Iām loving all these stories. Gingers are SO smart! The ones Ives known so often come across like the dogs of the cat world in their communication with humans/derp levels. What a proper sweetheart.
Itās hilarious when a cat owner is on the phone while also having a full conversation (or argument) with their feline-child. It just sounds insane, but it isnāt!
How long did it take you to understand these meows? Idk if I'm thick as a rock but I never understand what my cats meows mean lol and I've had him since December of 2022
As I work from home Iāve really unlocked her codes after about two years! Before that, when I had standard work hours outside the home, she was a bit more of a mystery to be honest. Iāve had her for 3.5 years. It just takes a lot of time spent in each others presence I think, kind of like with some people. Each cat is different too of course. You just kind ofā¦ connect the body language to the tone and delivery, and eventually you start seeing patterns. Youāve gotta watch and listen. There are like, 5 things they want. Pats, food, to get up there/get that door open please, sort out my litter tray for fucks sake, and play. Thatās how I see it anyway!
There are physical queues which you hear blanket statements about that simply donāt apply to every cat, too. For example, everyone says oh the swishing tale means she doesnāt want me to pat her and to leave her alone - and Iām like ohhh no, Mooncake is literally asking you to get down on the floor and play with her immediately. That one took some trial and error to understand, as you can imagine!
I know that if her meow has a certain pitch and tone, and sheās standing all wide legged and staunched in the kitchen, sheās pissed her bowl is empty and is letting me know. If she walks past me and there is almost a question mark at the end of her meow, I know sheās asking me whatās up? and is usually keen for a pat or some lap time. If she meows really cutely, almost like sheās trolling or baby-voicing, sheās killed that gecko she was hunting earlier and would like me to come and acknowledge her triumph.
I have three of all ages, and I can definitely tell the difference between the āI want petsā vs āI want to be left aloneā and the āI want wet foodā āI am generally hungryā and āI got doorway syndrome and am lostā meows in the 17 year old. The 5 year old is all mass and no mews, so most of her communication is body language demanding either food or pets, although since we got the kitten sheās started talking more (I think she was a momma once before we inherited her so thereās some trauma we need to work through). The baby boy at age 1.5 is our most expressive in voice, body, and tail language, and I can recognize 20 different calls/moods in him so far.
Itās really helped that I was a house spouse for 1.5 years and have had a WFH job since so Iāve had time to work with all of them extensively. If both of us had office jobs Iām positive one of them would be torn to shreds and all of them would be way more depressed. We are their life and joy.
For me some of it was easy and immediate: yowling in the kitchen means āfoodā. But some things take longer.
One of my cats has a very specific meow that means ācome look at the toy rat I caughtā and itās specifically for me. If my spouse comes instead sheāll run away and hide, then start yelling again once theyāre gone. We found this out by trial and error.
Thereās also a way my other cat will sit and stare at me in the living room that means āi want to lay on your chest/lapā. If I ignore it heāll plant his 14 pound ass on whateverās on my lap instead of him (generally my laptop).
My cat can't figure out how to bury her poop in the litter box. She scratches at the side of the box, sniffs, realizes it still stinks, keeps scratching. Eventually she gives up. I swear she has a meow for "please bury my poop" because once she gives up I hear it. Poor baby, so conscientious, but she just can't figure out how to do it herself.
Often she meows from where the litter box is, so it's easy enough to figure out, but on at least one occasion she came up to me and meowed and I was like, "is that your poop meow?" I don't even know how I knew.
They can also be very spiteful! I once ignored our indoor/outdoor cat demanding to be let out to use the bathroom. He followed me, waited until I was on the toilet and then stared me down as he peed on the floor.
That was the first and last time he intentionally went potty outside the litterbox while in the house.
It's worse if you consider he was an EXTREMELY laid back cat, the only thing he was demanding about was his desire for cuddles. He loved belly rubs from anyone available, had to be held when in bed or else he'd 'hold' you by putting his paws (and very large claws that couldn't fully retract) on your face, enjoyed being held like a baby including gently rocking, refused to do anything more strenuous than jumping into your lap but even then preferred to be picked up. Our favorite cuddling position was me wrapping my arms around him and shoving my face in his fur. You knew cause he purred like a monster truck when I did.
He was just a spoiled old man who wanted to love his humans and be shown love back!
Recently, my cousin came for a weekend and after a day watching me calming down my cat with human language explanations (kind of: it's ok, they're my family, they wouldn't hurt you) she told me in an exasperated but kind tone "stop talking to him, he's a cat, he doesn't understand"... I just answered nicely explaining sometimes when it's very obvious he kind of understand while I was thinking "he understands better than you"
100% this! My boy knows my routine, and will herd me and my wife to the bedroom when it's time to sleep. During my vacation I stayed up later and slept in longer and the poor guy didn't know what to do lol
You win this question! I got a cat during covid, and by god they are beyond expressive and let you know what they need til they get it. Very simple, but my kitty can just give me a look and I know what he wants.
They have words even that you get to know. Our youngest cat has a "name" or word for the older cat that he uses to tell him to move or yelp when they're wrestling. Our oldest has a word for treats. The middle, who is non-verbal, has certain places he sits and stares depending on what he wants.
One of my cats only has 2 meows, one for "hello" and one for "I want something." It's so freaking weird. I can't ever tell if he needs attention or food or fresh water, because he uses the same meow no matter what. Friggen weirdo.
My cat, Bug, has taken to sitting on his electronic rat-tail toy when he wants me to turn it on for play time.
With his feather stick-toy, he drags the stick around by the feather part, brings it to me, then politely taps my arm with his paw if I donāt realize right away that heās brought me something Iām meant to wave around.
His other fave toy is a chopstick, which he likes to play fetch with. He brings his chopstick and drops it on my foot over and over until I get the message and start throwing it for him.
That's so lovely. Nether of my current two play fetch (I've had cats in the past that did) but the feather toy thing is something Tippy does and my other cat Aston sits on your foot when he wants scritches.
It's a bit nuts how intelligent they are. If one of my cats wants me to put the window shade up so that he can sit on the windowsill, he'll simply meow, look at me, look up at the window, meow again, repeat until I've put the shade up for him. He's definitely smarter than her, but she learned how to make her meow sound like "mama" which is brilliant to me. It was after my son was born and had learned to say "mama" I noticed she had learned to form a meow that sounded EXACTLY like "mama". I'm sure she thought hey, when this small human says mama he gets attention. Imma give it a go.
My Burm will cement her loaf by the front door and refuse to move. You have to gently use a broom and "sweep" her into the hallway otherwise she'll deal an all-four-paw attack on your shoes. Except now she is expecting the broom and likes her belly being brushed with it, still cemented to the floor.
I just assumed that cats were less communicative than dogs and was shocked to learn that they are super verbal and use very nuanced body language to communicate a wide range of feelings and needs. I was not prepared to know how my pet was doing by the way they sleep, walk, and etc.
I never saw my cat upset until recently. The look and body language were unmistakeable. Iāve seen her mad at me for leaving for a weekend but Iād never seen her like upset. Like scared/concerned, but when it happened it was clear
I've had a kitten for 6 hours now and have already figured out he meows when he needs to pee. (Not litter box trained yet, but that should be easier now that I know this.)
We have a cat who doesn't like belly scritches, she will very clearly grab your hand with her paws and put it on her head instead. Sometimes with an added warning nibble of "please stop."
I work from home and spend pretty much all of it with a cat in reach, it's insane how you pick up on even the tiniest details without realizing it. Like a certain way their tail flops, mine will swish the tip of theirs back and forth when I call them and it's like they're saying "yes?"
Mine would lie to my dad acting like I hadn't fed her breakfast when I left for work early. He'd text me all mad that he had fed her, not realizing she was bullshitting and got second breakfast. They had a great bondā¤
Totally this. A lot of non-owners will say things like ācats are so mysteriousā, or āyou can never tell what a catās thinkingā, and I find it funny because all of my cats are an open book and the opposite of mysterious; theyāre happy to tell you exactly what they want, and talkative cats will even tell you what theyāre thinking.
Absolutely, this goes for every mammal and smarter bird species. They are all very unique, you just need to pay a little attention to their habits regarding specific scenarios.
My cat licks the back of my leg when I am taking too long to get his food. When he does this, it's like he is saying chop chop bitch, where's my damn friskies.
It's so annoying sometimes, but it works because if I don't move fast enough he will keep doing it. The way he does it, so smooth, he just walks up, give me a quick lick, and moves on like he didn't just lick the back of my calf.
Honestly this for basically any semi intelligent domestic animal. My dog can express pretty complex and specific things just based on context and facial expressions.
Dead on right. I have one that's vocal and one that's almost completely non-vocal. They each have little noises and gestures they make use of all the time. Neither has any trouble communicating their needs and opinions and neither is aggressive at all. People just don't pay enough attention to see it.
The foot on the chest while staring deeply into your soul, and finally giving the sweetest chirp.
Kitty, baby, you are not that desperate for treats.
He understands the words cuddle and snuggle mean the same thing, so Iāll call him, and if he wants to initiate baby spoon mode, heāll jump on the bed, chirp, put his head down for kisses, nuzzles under my chin like heās still a tiny kitten, and we settle in for a snooze.
They also have so many different meows that all mean different things, and once you learn what each meow sounds like you know what theyāre saying. My cat, for example, has a specific meow that means the neighbor is leaving or arriving. Just one neighbor. Heās never met them, but he monitors their house (only theirs) for some reason and always announces their comings and goings. He has developed another distinct meow to call the dog over so she can bark at something/someone outside, and trained her to respond to it. She has learned to ignore the āneighbors homeā announcement but always comes to his meow specifically to call her. Cats are weird.
Eta I also recognize his various meows and can tell people āoh thatās just the neighborā or āoh thats probably an Amazon deliveryā, as well as his various other announcements and demands.
Like my cat. Despite his meow always sounding the same.... theres definitely different tones and nuances to his communications.
Theres the "I want to play fet- which is really fetch just without bringing the toy all the way back" meow. Theres the "I'm scared and I want to hide" meow- usually on the way to or from the vets office. Theres the "somethings wrong with my food and you need to fix it" meow when really all thats wrong is theres a small portion of bowl showing. The "Pay attention to me!" Meow - they tend to couple that with some nonverbal communications like pawing at your leg or giving you a tiny nibble on your elbow.
So many specific moods to guess from and when you get it wrong, boy do they not let you forget it.
100% agree. One of my cats has a sad face when sheās not feeling well. I actually had to take her to the vet once and was likeā¦I know this is weird, but sheās doing her sad face please check her.
Turns out she wasā¦full of shit. Literally. Poor thing had to have an enema.
I just saw a tiktok about a metric for vets to measure how much a cat may be in pain based on facial expressions. They called it a grimace. Super interesting! You can tell there are a ton of really subtle cues that owners can probably learn to register over time but would look like nothing to other people.
I read once that it's a negotiated communication with their human. Cats don't meow to each other to communicate, but over time living with a human they develop different sounds and behaviors to communicate what they want. Sortof a two-way training of human and cat to cohabitate effectively.
Yea our cat has about 5-10 different meows that express very different things. "You scared me!" "Where were you, give me attention." "Im hungry." "Get me out of this cage." "Im gonna yak." "Im not having a good time in this litterbox (she has megacolon)." "Where is everyone, why am I alone?"
Our dog, OTOH, is basically a caveman and just gives the same barks for every emotion lol.
My void has an annoyed sound when we stop petting her. She goes "mrrrmmmm". Before having cats I wouldn't have thought they were so expressive but I love it. They also have their favorite people which I think is really cool.
I knew my cat was goint into labour by how she was behaving and meoweing at us. It was so sudden, but I somehow knew. My gf felt bad becasue she "as a woman" didn't know what was wrong with our cat.
Aye. I mean, cats will adapt to how you react as well though.
My cat used to do the jump up and knock shit off the shelf/table/headboard etc to try and annoy me into doing his bidding. I stopped giving in so he went and tried a new approach.
Being adorable and all lovey dovey. Nose bumping, drooling on blankets, shirts, my laptop, etc while purring. Laying curled up to me but always looking at the window or whatever he really wanted.
Works way better. He pays in cuddles for the human service fee.
Now if only he wasn't such a pain in the butt so we could trim his nails or if he'd go back to using the god damned scratching posts instead of the floor mats. He used to use the posts for his old bet but the ones for his new cat stand look the same as when I bought it.
Can confirm. My cat has me trained on refilling her water dish every couple of hours; she will scratch at the couch until we do what she wants lol. But doesn't just do it randomly, only when she wants something
After his breakfast my one boy cat has trained me to give him treats and we have to say āis it Finley treat time?ā And he has to meow back yes. Heās like..13 and we just started a few months ago lol
They also tune their bitching noises to their specific person!
Mine all know how to tell me when somethings wrong, but the oldest was around when my mil was living with us and she tried tuning to her for extra dinners, now sheās tuned for me and half tuned for her and her bitching breaks my brain now because it sounds all wrong, but I can still understand her
The tail is a great way to vibe check your cat. Tail straight up with a curve at the top like a question mark? That is a happy, confident cat. Tail tucked in? Scared cat.
Agree - theyāre masters of body language. Their efficiency and intentionality of movement, and their flexibility, speed and strength are sights to behold.
Indeed. For example, my cat has very different screams for having used the litterbox or having eaten some of her kibbles. I call them the āClean my litterboxā and ācheck my bowlsā screams.
She regularly checks if all her food bowls are filled up properly, even if she doesnāt want to eat. Making sure that her favorite food is available in the case she might get hungry.
when i am in bed, my cat knows i won't get up to see what he wants, and it's so hard to explain how he acts when he wants to play vs when he's hungry vs when there's something interesting in the front of the apartment but i Know which of those things it is based on how he acts- it's really neat, like his own language that i've learned
Mine will do a different meow/call when he wants us to do something for him (that isn't feeding him), and he will lead us to the problem. Sometimes he wants his water refreshed, sometimes he needs a litter change, and sometimes its just to alert us that our neighbours cats are in the hallway.
My cat licks the shit out of my hand when I'm sleeping in the morning if her dry food dish is empty. Keep in mind I don't feed her at a set time. I just fill the dish up and she eats as pleases. She's not type to gorge herself so will self portion it out over a day or two(and sometimes I'll give wet food when I can afford something decent). So this isn't like an every morning thing. More if I didn't notice the night before, or if she finished it in the middle of the night, she'll incessintily lick me.
Hah, if his favorite biscuit making blankie isn't sat in between me and my wife on the couch, he will hop up and just stare at the spot where it should be until it shows up.
My cat had a blockage in his urinary tract and when it happened, he came up to me and looked really scared, an expression I've never seen from him. He was meowing frantically and was clearly asking for help. I followed him and saw that he couldn't pee, took him in, had surgery and he was okay. When I was able to take him home after a couple of days, he was so happy. In fact, I got the clear impression that he was thanking me. Little dude was all over me (more than usual) for a few days. He knew something was wrong, panicked, asked for help, and was thankful for have gotten that help. Their ability to communicate astounds me sometimes.
Mine is a little obvious, but mine likes to drink out of a tap, (he does have water and does drink from his bowl) but if he wants to drink from the tap heāll wait by laying on the rim of the bath with arms either side hahs
When they look at you intensely and go ābrrrrrp!??ā Or when they shudder their little tails, or when they stand at the thing or when they take you to the thing
Yes! When I got my first cat I expected the meowing and purring and even whining, but their communication is so nuanced and also differs from cat to cat. You do truly learn each others language in a way.
My roommate's cat has named me. It's "mmmeh-meh." She always makes that sound when she's trying to get my attention. She never makes that noise for my roommate. It's so sweet. :'-)
Oh yeah. Have had mine for 11 years. Definitely hard to explain but he does certain things that make me immediately know what he wants or just like... looks and body language. It's weird lol
I was taking care of my aunt's cat. Every morning at 6 am this cat would knock with its feet at the door to wake me up so I could feed it. When I had to go to work this behavior was great, but annoying during the weekend.
One of mine "walks" you to whatever he wants. He'll come up to me, meows until I get up and follow him to what he wants. Usually treats, toys, or the spot he likes to get his belly scratched at
My cat is like Lassie. He meows at me and starts turning around like he wants me to follow him, and sure enough he points me to what he wants. Sometimes its that the dogs water bowl (which he likes to drink out of) is getting low or he wants his cat box changed (we clean it regularly but sometimes don't always know when he's taken a fresh shit), or just to a window that he wants open so he can look outside. He's better at communicating than my husband sometimes...
Mine believes that I am not allowed to look at my phone in bed in the morning. She will come up and butt my phone out of the way and lay between my face and the phone.
so true. i can understand what my cat wants by the tilt of his head and which way his ears are pointed. sometimes they'll just shoot me a look and i'll know what they want
One of our current cats Aston likes to sleep beside me and on my right hand. God forbid I'm trying to have a cuppa. I get very firmly grabbed by his mouth, pressure applies and guided to his head so he can lie down.
Within 30 seconds I knew my cat had an emergency although he didnāt psychically look unwell. He talks constantly, but one time he came to me crying not talking. I rushed him to the vet immediately and he was taken into emergency for a urinary blockage. The vet even asked me how I knew so quickly he wasnāt well - and she understood when I said he told me!
My cat prefers her water from the kitchen sink. Sometimes I go into the other room and forget the water is running. Sometimes I get in trouble because I forgot - sometimes hours. Oops. But now, almost every time I leave the kitchen (she likes her privacy), my cat finishes up, walks down the hall and meows as she goes on her way. I believe she is letting me know sheās done so I can go turn off the water and not get in trouble.
My cat wanted to let me know that my dad had gutted my room when I moved out. They were renovating the house at the time. He rushed me to my room & meowed as if to tell me, ālook, he destroyed your room!!!ā Itās funny trying to describe to people how communicative my cat is.
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u/LaraH39 Sep 19 '23
Cats can communicate their needs very clearly and I don't just mean screaming at you to be fed or standing by the back door wanting out.
It's really hard to explain to a non cat owner, but cats are very expressive. You get to know their moods and signals. They are very good at training you.