Maybe I will try striking up a conversation with Kinky. She's kind of vocal. Chaka is too, but he whines and I hate to reinforce that.
Bailey used to talk to me at night in bed. It wasn't like a meow sound it was more like a hmm sound. He always done that while he was purring. Then with Gracie she does it all the time. If we wake her up she starts talking. We had one seven years ago but when he was outside he would come up to the side of the window and actually started saying hello. One time he got stung by a bee and he started saying hewwo help. We still talk about him saying that.
I'm a talker, too. Most evenings, when Mom and Dad are in bed, I will begin my chirping, meowing, louds purrs, etc. It is so hard to explain the noises I make. I did sacrifice a spider to Mom once and chirped the whole way to her (she wasn't happy about the spider but praised me anyways). I just bring toys in now. Mom loves it when I start chatting. I am a quiet kitty during the day and chatter in the evening or when I want to play with Mom or Dad. The more I read about Denny Crane, the more I want to be a tuxedo cat, too! Oh well, I will continue to be happy being a stripey kitty.
Wow Mama M you have almost perfectly described my Kiernan. Every night as soon as all the lights go out (that is a key) he will walk around the apartment talking. He always ends his walk in the bedroom, and he also always ends by bringing a toy to the bedroom. It is actually kinda annoying but if this is a way to show affection I will stop telling him "it's time to go to bed please be quiet." It's funny to wake up in the morning to have 3 different toys strewn across the bed and floor. This is also the only time he talks, but it is very consistent. I am so shocked that someone else's cat also does this!!!
Boomer chirps too, but I guess I was too dense to consider it "kitty talk." Mainly, he chirps during about the ten minutes once I arrive home and when I exit the bathroom. I have no idea what he is saying, but I guess it's some form of bonding. I do envy you in the fact that Denny brings in a "kill." Boomer has never done such a thing.
Both Alvin and foster Ziggy are 'talkers' in the sense they've got a ton of funny meows/chirps/other sounds that they make at various times. Alvin's are the funniest though... he'll get up on the dining room table with his front paws on a chair and start making this weird meow/chirp noise while staring upwards. Methinks he's trying to contact Ceiling Cat?
Amanda - yes, I do that, too! Waking up with random toys in bed is how I keep mom and dad on their toes! There is always something to play with.
I had not thought about it until last night, but I was reading in bed, and he kept staring at me, finally jumped down and left the room. Then came back a few minutes later and stared again. I realized he was waiting for me to turn the lights out! What's up with that? He's never done it any other time except when the lights are out at night!
I do that, but usually when I'm home alone. My owner takes my feather toys and distributes them around the house, and then I find them and take them into the bedroom, and then I usaully leave them with the feathers in an X formation, and I always get praised when they come home and see. Occasionally, I will bring them into a room that my owners are in, and when I do, I'm making odd kitty noises
when the feather toys are still in my mouth.
That is totally cute. I used to have a cat that would make little chirruping noises like that, but they seemed more like love quips, like when he laid in bed with me and I pet him. Once he even gave me a hug. He was laying next to me and just wrapped his arms around me and squeezed. lol He also 'barked.' We had a birdfeeder hanging directly in front of the kitchen window for him to watch and he would sit and making this barking noise at the birds. Too cute. I wish we had a kitty. :(
Mama T on Apr 08 at 11:53 AM