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11-08-2006, 11:30 AM | #1 | |||
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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 |
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11-08-2006, 11:41 AM | #2 | |||
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LOL it must be his name
. 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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11-08-2006, 12:20 PM | #3 | |||
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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. . And I personally think some Siamese blood leads to more meows..Some .Siamese will meow for ANY REASON! .
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11-08-2006, 12:29 PM | #4 | |||
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My Marbles is part Siamese
. 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.
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11-08-2006, 02:12 PM | #5 | |||
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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.
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11-08-2006, 04:59 PM | #6 | |||
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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 |
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