Hi everyone !!
Has anyone had or have a cat that never stops mewowing ? Mine(Marbles) will not stop mewoing, especially when he comes in and sees me . It's driving me nuts. I have tried the water , and he likes water ! So any help would be great !
Thanx,
Dolfinz

LOL it must be his name
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I have a cat named Marbles too - and he also likes to constantly meow.

He meows to get my attention, to ask to be picked up, to ask to play, when he wants a treat or catnip, he meows when his bedding area is all messed up and he needs me to fix it... essentially, he meows anytime he wants something from me (which is quite often).

I have found the the quickest and easiest way to shut him up is to make noises back to him... I'll meow or whine or just make weird noises that are not normal talking and when I do that he looks at me all confused and then he shuts up
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It is interesting how some cats can train US so well!

My son just adopted 2 cats. They were very quiet souls...one was an adult, and one a kitten.

Within 6 months BOTH have become talkers (meowers). And I don't think it is only because of his talking to them. I talk to my cats all the time, and they are NOT meowers.

It must have something to do with "reinforcement" behaviors.

Let me give this example. We have a very quiet cat Tippy, who will not
meow for anything (except for me to turn on the bathroom faucet for her).
I tried for 3 years to get her to meow at the front door of our cabin up North.
She won't do it! But I did succeed in somehow training her to turn around once before coming in! This I will never understand. (And I can still not stand
her "picking--plucking" the screens..she does this to get my attention-I'd much rather prefer the meow.)
She also scratches the windows...a very odd thing.

I read an interesting book long ago.. The Silent Miaow... where the author stated that cats communicate with kittens and each other subsonically..It takes them time to understand we cannot hear them that way.
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And I personally think some Siamese blood leads to more meows..Some .Siamese will meow for ANY REASON!
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My Marbles is part Siamese
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My other cat is a Maine Coon cat, and he meows just as much as Marbles does, but most of the time he is doing it to communicate to the other cats - he usually only meows to me when he wants food or when he wants to play "chase the laser pointer". The rest of the time, his meows are directed to the other cats or to things he sees outside when he sits in the window.

Having had Siamese most of my adult life, I can guarantee to you that Siamese are "talkers". They just like to hear the sound of their own voice. I really don't know of anything that will shut up a cat with Siamese blood in it.

Billye

Hi everyone..
Interesting how I am not the only one with a Talker ! Marbles will talk to me.. I to talk to him as well,( no we are not all wierd !) But it is the sitting at the counter looking up and constanly crying till someone gets up, or talking to let him out or talking the minute he walks in and he is soaking wet , or going into any empty room and meowing so loudly that it wakes me up..

But I love my Marbles.. Does anyone have any other ways of dealing wit this ? And Yes I do make strange sounds too ! hehe

Have you ever lived in an apartment or dorm? or lived in an area of town/city that is loud?

I live in a condo, which is similar to an apartment because I have neighbors on the other side of my wall.

My point is that when you live in an apartment, you eventually get so used to the sounds your neighbors make that you don't notice them anymore.... same thing if you live on a busy street with lots of traffic, at some point you get used to the traffic noises and you basically stop hearing them.

I have gotten used to the noises my cats make the same way. Whether they are meowing, or chasing each other around, or scratching their scratching post, or playing with their toy balls that jingle -- I don't notice any of it unless I am intentionally paying attention. If I am sitting at the computer or sleeping, I just don't hear the noises because I have gotten so accustomed to hearing them all day.

So, if you have never lived in a loud area and if you have never had to get accustomed to tuning out noises before then it might take a little while to learn to tune out the meowing... but if you have lived in a busy/loud area, then you most likely have already learned to not hear some noises, so learning to not hear the cat meow shouldn't be too hard
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I love reading all the stories people post here.
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But I just remembered this medical factoid.

I was told by my vet... that one of the first signs of feline hyperthyroidism in cats is excessive vocalizations. It usually shows up in an otherwise quiet cat, who suddenly starts meowing ALOT. It also shows up at night, with cats howling in the dark, when they never used to. So if your cat (usually older) suddenly changes habits..it is best to get him/her checked out.

well, no chance of that in my Gravy cuz she has been a talker since kittenhood. I have learnt to understand her various sounds and so enjoy chatting with her..
Strange thing tho is that she is a very petite tabby with a rather gentle meow.....however, if she wants to go out or come in, she releases amost unusual sound that I have never heard before from a cat..........it is deep throated and very loud! when she first did it as a young cat she really scared us
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Her mom, Snowball, is a lot quieter