do kittens MEOW constantly?

iluvcats

when I first rescued my kitty from petsmart, I noticed how loud/how much he meowed.
it's toned down a little, but is that normal?

he was supposedly 4 mos old when I adopted him on 12/23 and he went to the vet the next day.
my husband is concerned at how much/loud he meows. he is so skinny it is hard to believe he is 4 months old.

I told him we don't know his history since he was at two shelters before Petsmart. I think he was away from his mom at too young (maybe she was killed, we don't know....but he was headed toward death row.)

he plays VERY well and purrs....but the meowing!

Yellow Ledbelly

I know my dad brought home a stray cat for mom, who had just lost one, several years ago and that cat NEVER stopped meowing....never....it was constant and loud as long as she was awake.

After quite a long time of this, dad pawned the cat off on his sister...not telling her how obnoxious it was

81

welcome to my world.



most cats don't meow much, but there are a few crazy ones out there.

our cat can be brutal some days. in the morning if he doesn't get fed by 7 he starts meowing. i get home from work and he meows for food or treats or catnip.

in the summer he will stand by the back door and meow to go outside.

and don't even think about taking him anyplace in a car with out non stop meowing.

dr0ptheleash

81 wrote:

welcome to my world.



most cats don't meow much, but there are a few crazy ones out there.

our cat can be brutal some days. in the morning if he doesn't get fed by 7 he starts meowing. i get home from work and he meows for food or treats or catnip.

in the summer he will stand by the back door and meow to go outside.

and don't even think about taking him anyplace in a car with out non stop meowing.

My cat NON STOP meows in the car, too. I've found that male kitties just happen to be more vocal.. and a bit louder too.

Black Diamond

My cat is a night MEOWER... he wants to be picked up to be put in our bed... and then as soon as we do he jumps off and starts meowing all over again... Good times :?

iluvcats

oh the last time I had a kitten was when I was in high school, I think, so I could not remember.

I found my last cat when he was about 9 mos old, so he wasn't a baby like this. my last cat wasn't that noisey. when he did become noisey, he was sick :(

my kitty meows loudly just if he gets off of the couch, I guess he saying he wants attention.

81

dr0ptheleash wrote:

81 wrote:

welcome to my world.



most cats don't meow much, but there are a few crazy ones out there.

our cat can be brutal some days. in the morning if he doesn't get fed by 7 he starts meowing. i get home from work and he meows for food or treats or catnip.

in the summer he will stand by the back door and meow to go outside.

and don't even think about taking him anyplace in a car with out non stop meowing.

My cat NON STOP meows in the car, too. I've found that male kitties just happen to be more vocal.. and a bit louder too.

brutal....we moved from NW Ohio to NE IL and he didn't stop meowing until the middle of indiana. talk about a long ride.

:?

81

Black Diamond wrote:

My cat is a night MEOWER... he wants to be picked up to be put in our bed... and then as soon as we do he jumps off and starts meowing all over again... Good times :?

is your bed 5 foot off the floor or something.

ours is pretty high, but he still jumps up on it without issue. but i suspect when he gets to be 4-5 years older, we will have to do something about that.

PureandEasy

I’ve been blessed with the sweetest cat in the world. She is 15 years old. I’ve had her since she was about 8 weeks old. The only time she meows is when she puts her beanie baby kitty named Flippo in her mouth and carries her into the living room. I know when I hear her meow, she’ll be coming around the corner with Flippo in her mouth. It amazes me that she can actually have Flippo in her mouth and still meow. Other than that, unless she wants to get into the bedroom and her pushing up against the door doesn’t wake me up, then she’ll meow a bit. But nope, other than that, no meowing.

And she just loves me, she greets me at the top of the stairs when I get home and just loves me to death. As I do her.

Edit: yes, she will CONSTANTLY meow when in the car. I think it just scares the hell out of cats.

dr0ptheleash

PureandEasy wrote:

I’ve been blessed with the sweetest cat in the world. She is 15 years old. I’ve had her since she was about 8 weeks old. The only time she meows is when she puts her beanie baby kitty named Flippo in her mouth and carries her into the living room. I know when I hear her meow, she’ll be coming around the corner with Flippo in her mouth. It amazes me that she can actually have Flippo in her mouth and still meow. Other than that, unless she wants to get into the bedroom and her pushing up against the door doesn’t wake me up, then she’ll meow a bit. But nope, other than that, no meowing.

And she just loves me, she greets me at the top of the stairs when I get home and just loves me to death. As I do her.

Edit: yes, she will CONSTANTLY meow when in the car. I think it just scares the hell out of cats.

That kitty sounds like a keeper.

unlost dogs

The unlost dogs never meow constantly.

eyedclaar

I have a 20 pound Maine Coon male cat that will talk your ear off. He also gets pretty demanding, wants out at 5 every morning. But even when he doesn't want something, he walks around meowing like he's telling us about his day or something.

81

eyedclaar wrote:

I have a 20 pound Maine Coon male cat that will talk your ear off. He also gets pretty demanding, wants out at 5 every morning. But even when he doesn't want something, he walks around meowing like he's telling us about his day or something.

20lbs is it.....ours is part Maine Coon and at one put was up to 23lbs. he was a fat fuck. he's down to about 17 now.

iluvcats

eyedclaar wrote:

I have a 20 pound Maine Coon male cat that will talk your ear off. He also gets pretty demanding, wants out at 5 every morning. But even when he doesn't want something, he walks around meowing like he's telling us about his day or something.

"But even when he doesn't want something, he walks around meowing like he's telling us about his day or something" I'm hoping this is the case for my kitten, bc he meows like somebody pulled his tail!

thanks for all your replies I'm glad I have a new cat and I can live up to my username. I was iluvcats for 3 plus years w/o one.

eyedclaar

81 wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

I have a 20 pound Maine Coon male cat that will talk your ear off. He also gets pretty demanding, wants out at 5 every morning. But even when he doesn't want something, he walks around meowing like he's telling us about his day or something.

20lbs is it.....ours is part Maine Coon and at one put was up to 23lbs. he was a fat fuck. he's down to about 17 now.

Ours might be at 18 now. He was getting a bit too plump so we've been cutting back the food. 23 is huge!

iluvcats

PureandEasy wrote:

I’ve been blessed with the sweetest cat in the world. She is 15 years old. I’ve had her since she was about 8 weeks old. The only time she meows is when she puts her beanie baby kitty named Flippo in her mouth and carries her into the living room. I know when I hear her meow, she’ll be coming around the corner with Flippo in her mouth. It amazes me that she can actually have Flippo in her mouth and still meow. Other than that, unless she wants to get into the bedroom and her pushing up against the door doesn’t wake me up, then she’ll meow a bit. But nope, other than that, no meowing.

And she just loves me, she greets me at the top of the stairs when I get home and just loves me to death. As I do her.

Edit: yes, she will CONSTANTLY meow when in the car. I think it just scares the hell out of cats.

sounds adorably lovable

cincybearcat

81 wrote:

dr0ptheleash wrote:

81 wrote:

welcome to my world.



most cats don't meow much, but there are a few crazy ones out there.

our cat can be brutal some days. in the morning if he doesn't get fed by 7 he starts meowing. i get home from work and he meows for food or treats or catnip.

in the summer he will stand by the back door and meow to go outside.

and don't even think about taking him anyplace in a car with out non stop meowing.

My cat NON STOP meows in the car, too. I've found that male kitties just happen to be more vocal.. and a bit louder too.

brutal....we moved from NW Ohio to NE IL and he didn't stop meowing until the middle of indiana. talk about a long ride.

:?

Feel your pain on the car ride. My cat will literally lose his voice before he stops meowing in the car.

81

eyedclaar wrote:

Ours might be at 18 now. He was getting a bit too plump so we've been cutting back the food. 23 is huge!

vet wasn't too happy with that. he's been on a diet food for the last year or so.

we also get the joy of giving him a twice daily dose of liquid stuff to keep him from getting constipated. a constipated cat is neither fun nor cheap to fix.

eddiec

My cat only meows when hungry or wants to go out. But last year my neighbor went away for a weekend and we watched her kitten for her. She had just found it in some abandoned house or something. It was very young but all it did was meow or attack my hand. Then after it had meowed and attacked itself out it would go to bed. Then it would wake up, meow, and attack my hand. I love cats but that one was annoying. Apparantly the meowing stopped as it got older.

eyedclaar

81 wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Ours might be at 18 now. He was getting a bit too plump so we've been cutting back the food. 23 is huge!

vet wasn't too happy with that. he's been on a diet food for the last year or so.

we also get the joy of giving him a twice daily dose of liquid stuff to keep him from getting constipated. a constipated cat is neither fun nor cheap to fix.

Went through that recently with another one. Bad scene and $300 fix. We were told to feed them canned pumpkin for the moisture and fiber and it really works. They love that shit. Where in their DNA they picked that up, not sure. Sabre-tooth cats must have must have been hell on mankind's early pumpkin farms.

81

unless you go to Banfield, than they try to charge $1k. stop payment fixed their wagon. fuckers.

our cat hated the pumpkin.

dr0ptheleash

eyedclaar wrote:

81 wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Ours might be at 18 now. He was getting a bit too plump so we've been cutting back the food. 23 is huge!

vet wasn't too happy with that. he's been on a diet food for the last year or so.

we also get the joy of giving him a twice daily dose of liquid stuff to keep him from getting constipated. a constipated cat is neither fun nor cheap to fix.

Went through that recently with another one. Bad scene and $300 fix. We were told to feed them canned pumpkin for the moisture and fiber and it really works. They love that shit. Where in their DNA they picked that up, not sure. Sabre-tooth cats must have must have been hell on mankind's early pumpkin farms.

This whole thing made me laugh. Strange creatures. Mine loves petroleum jelly, and the vet says to let him have some every week or so to help coat his throat in case of hairballs. :shock:

PilateOfTheStorm

my cat is around 4 or 5, she is tiny for an adult cat
we got her from this cat shelter place, they didn't know her exact age but they found her. she had been abandoned, hadn't been fed for ages so she is so so small.

anyway back to the point - she'll meow when she's scared like in the car and when she wants to come inside or go out she'll meow too
sometimes she has this really wierd meow - it's so wierd, doesn't sound like her at all. freaks me out when she does it. i always think she can see ghosts or something and is meowing at them. its like a creepy meow - like a child pretending to be a cat or something?

Rygar

99.99999% of cats are not good in cars, so that isn't abnormal.
Ours will meow at regular feeding/treat times, and if they want to go out, or if they really really want pats, other than that they are pretty quiet.

Lizard

Hey ILUVCATS!! Glad you got your kitty. You may be right thinking it was separated from his mother too soon. My kittens (now 8 mos) have never meowed alot. Hopefully your kitty will outgrow it.

iluvcats

Lizard wrote:

Hey ILUVCATS!! Glad you got your kitty. You may be right thinking it was separated from his mother too soon. My kittens (now 8 mos) have never meowed alot. Hopefully your kitty will outgrow it.

Thanks

this afternoon, he raced around the living room like a maniac while I was on the phone! he was so wound up.
then when I sat down, he purred and rubbed up against my face, practically kissing me....the lady on the phone could hear him wailing (meowing.) guess what he wanted? he wanted his feather toy on a stick. he's been so rough with it, the feathers are coming off, so I put it on top of the refrig. When I took it down, he ran with it!

PureandEasy

iluvcats wrote:

PureandEasy wrote:

I’ve been blessed with the sweetest cat in the world. She is 15 years old. I’ve had her since she was about 8 weeks old. The only time she meows is when she puts her beanie baby kitty named Flippo in her mouth and carries her into the living room. I know when I hear her meow, she’ll be coming around the corner with Flippo in her mouth. It amazes me that she can actually have Flippo in her mouth and still meow. Other than that, unless she wants to get into the bedroom and her pushing up against the door doesn’t wake me up, then she’ll meow a bit. But nope, other than that, no meowing.

And she just loves me, she greets me at the top of the stairs when I get home and just loves me to death. As I do her.

Edit: yes, she will CONSTANTLY meow when in the car. I think it just scares the hell out of cats.

sounds adorably lovable

Yes she is, she's my Saffie cat.

and she's affectionate to a fault, always wanting to be touching me when I'm trying to read, or watch tv, always. She'll sit next to me and about every 30 seconds or so she'll put her paw on my leg or push her paw into my leg, like, i'm sitting here, don't you see me - i'm supposed to be sitting on your lap

and you know what, now that I remember, one time years ago she woke me up and she was meowing like a crazy cat and I got up and was like, wtf?? And as it turns out, my front door had blown open. Luckily I had a screen door and that was locked too, but she knew that was not right and made sure she woke me up to alert me.

She's an absolute sweetheart.

eeriepadave

I have 2. One of mine meows if she wants attention. The other doesn't meow too much except when she wants something really bad. Mine are ok in the car though.

I took home this one cat (after my first cat) and she non-stopped meowed in the car but once i got her inside she didn't say anything for a few weeks. She was scared I guess and I felt bad for her. She just wasn't the right cat for me. I took her back and tried a different cat which was totally different and cool and kept her

JaneNY

Ours are noisy too. I think its because we talk to them, and they've learned they get attention if they vocalize. There's one guy and he'll be sitting quietly and if you walk past him you get this big meow as if he wants treats (which he usually gets).

They all complain in the car though - its very unfamiliar to them, and they're not used to the movement.