Re: Cats--progress note


Then there is mine that is convinced it is her mission in life to  
"squeak" in my face at 5:30 am! Where did she get the idea that I  
needed an alarm clock??

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Nov 1, 2005, at 2:49 PM, james singer wrote:

> Yeah, me too. I think they are ether asking questions ["Can I go  
> out?"] or telling you something that's important to them ["Hey,  
> bozo! My food bowl needs attention!"]. And once they learn that you  
> will respond to them in a certain way to a certain sound, they seem  
> to do their best to use the same sound that got desired results the  
> last time. Animal behaviorists say cats make something like 109  
> distinct sounds [dogs make 8 or 9], and I don't think any of those  
> cat sounds are without somewhat specific [if primitive] meanings.  
> It's just that we're too dumb, usually, to figure it out.
>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:08 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
>
>> I just love cats that are verbal. I had one once that just  
>> followed me
>> around having little kitty conversations. He even sounded like he was
>> asking questions sometimes. It was so cute.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT



Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index