Cat language

I often talk to my cats and they often answer, I try and work out what they're trying to say. Boris my tuxedo cat has a good range of swear words, especially when I put any flea or worm drop on him, it sounds to me like 'FILTH, FILTH, HASSOCKS!' I can get the filth bit as hte stuff does smell a bit, but hassocks!?

He says milk, and if he dosen't it or dosen't get it fast enough, he stretches up and digs his claws in a bit just under your bum cheek and then tries to pull down your trousers!

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Expecto_Patronum over 1 year ago

I'm not a big fan of cats (sorry). But I read something interesting once that said cats don't naturally meow. That is purely for human interaction. In the wild they would communicate for things like danger but they wouldn't just meow to each other for the sake of it.
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A over 1 year ago in reply to Expecto_Patronum

I read that the meow is at the same frequency as human babies crying and that we are hardwired not to be able to ignore it. Clever cats!
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Martin over 1 year ago in reply to A

Kittens of the wild ancestor of domestic cats, Felis sylvestris lybica (a wild cat of North Africa and the Near East), mew to their mothers. So meowing is an infantile trait that cats have retained into adulthood. It also suggests that cats regard their humans as surrogate maternal figures.
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Martin over 1 year ago in reply to A

Kittens of the wild ancestor of domestic cats, Felis sylvestris lybica (a wild cat of North Africa and the Near East), mew to their mothers. So meowing is an infantile trait that cats have retained into adulthood. It also suggests that cats regard their humans as surrogate maternal figures.
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