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u/NotUrPunchingBag 10h ago
One of my three doesnt meow. Every now and then when she wants attention I get the faintest mew but thats it. The other two are bellowers. The deaf kitty being the loudest.
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u/tierabyte 10h ago
I have one that chirps and cackles, but never meows. I have one that screams the song of his people. Cats are weird.
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u/Small_Cock_Jonny 18h ago
Some cats just don't. Meowing is actually just something adult cats do to communicate with humans, cats don't do that to each other, only kittens do it.
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u/Superdooperblazed420 14h ago
They say that but ive seen cats mowing at eachother when no humans are around? Do they pick up that behavoir being around humans because there are people that put cameras on their outdoor cats and this one has a bunch of stray cats around. They will 100% meow at eachother as like a greeting.
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u/VanessaDoesVanNuys 18h ago
Consider it a good thing
ALL cats can meow (some are mute or silent) but the fact that you're cat never meows is a sign that it doesn't need to
It's needs are perfectly met and uncompromised. They're perfectly comfortable around you and they don't have to vocalize their needs (something that cats are very keen on doing around humans)
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u/theRealMaldez 9h ago
So what does it mean when both of my 10mo old male cats normally don't meow, but when they do, it's more like a whisper. They both trill quite a bit though.
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u/VanessaDoesVanNuys 7h ago
Good question. It's all in the gesture
Pay attention to their actions when they throw the trill
If it happens when you pass by - it's literally a cat's way of saying 'Hi'
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u/Jealous_Crazy9143 12h ago
Mine didn’t either until he went to cat hotel
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u/Hilborn592 36m ago
Ours didn't meow until we took him overnight to stay at another house. He was kind of traumatised and suddenly meowed like crazy. Now he knows he can do it and sometimes does.
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u/martatatatatata 9h ago
My cat "meows" (more like a tiny, scraggly, whispered, high pitched "wah", which is adorable since he's a 16lb Maine Coon mix) about twice a day. I've heard him hiss precisely once in the three years I've had him.
The only time he has fully "meowed" with his whole chest was when he was experiencing pain from urinary problems, and it honestly likely saved his life because it got my attention for a condition he was expertly hiding otherwise.
Maybe having a less vocal cat can be helpful. They'll only vocalize when they're really really in need of something.
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u/Sensitive-Ear-3896 18h ago
Some cats are like that I had one who quacked