Post AkhpJDMT09WL9SbIrg by helplessduck@mastodon.online
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(DIR) Post #Akhp2Ul54C2gBV8ol6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-06T23:43:49Z
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I have tried to understand this for years. I've read some "cat advice pages" but they tend to just address why cats meow. Eg. the meow gets a reaction they like etc. But why do some cats go into another room (not the room where they are fed) then meow really loudly in that room? There is nothing in there, I've checked. My current theory is Pica likes to be called. Since I do call her when she pipes up and she comes right away. I will try not calling her and see what happens.
(DIR) Post #Akhp8NFTtsdsdCAEgC by CStamp@mastodon.social
2024-08-06T23:44:47Z
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@futurebird Ghosts.🙂
(DIR) Post #AkhpJDMT09WL9SbIrg by helplessduck@mastodon.online
2024-08-06T23:46:49Z
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@futurebird I read they don't meow at each other, either. The argument was it's something they've trained _us_ with.When Ramses starts hollering in the other room it's usually because she's playing with Manfred Manatee (stuffed animal).
(DIR) Post #AkhpMs2SDlOMB7z1ge by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-06T23:47:28Z
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@josh0 Pica is getting up in years and I do think she may get a little confused.
(DIR) Post #AkhpTEQVtakFLqGntA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-06T23:48:36Z
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@helplessduck Pica isn't playing, and she's kind of shocked if I come to her. She seems to like it best if I call her. I have a feeling after tying not doing it we will go back to doing it.
(DIR) Post #AkhpauX1kSmnxsyj7w by cat_news@mas.to
2024-08-06T23:50:00Z
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@futurebird @helplessduck I would be very interested in the results of this experiment. My cat Pippin does this in the washroom, I still don't know what he is try to say...
(DIR) Post #Akhpf4e25fgmUKExrk by EverydayMoggie@sfba.social
2024-08-06T23:50:44Z
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They are very skilled at training humans to do their bidding.@futurebird
(DIR) Post #AkhplVvXZHlwqAV53A by temporal_spider@masto.ai
2024-08-06T23:51:56Z
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@futurebirdOur cats have a hunting cry that can sound like a wail for help (from our older tabby) or the sweetest little mew you ever heard from our floofy sisters. I hear it when they've captured a stuffed squirrel, and sometimes they bring me their kill in case I feel hungry.
(DIR) Post #Akhpn39fVsWMBUqClE by Mtn_Fox@mas.to
2024-08-06T23:51:57Z
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@futurebird I always just assume there's a ghost in that room. I'm kidding.My dog once did a joyful "WooWoo" in an empty room. Like you, I checked. No one in sight, no tv to react to. He was just having a moment of contentment? Or maybe he was recalling something that made him happy? Who knows. It's darling, though.
(DIR) Post #AkhppAKrmqJf2A5Uu0 by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2024-08-06T23:52:28Z
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@futurebird A science-fiction (and even horror I think ?) mind like yours, and that's your theory ?I'm disappointed...
(DIR) Post #Akhq07LjEHSIxSiH0y by oreoteeth@jawns.club
2024-08-06T23:54:35Z
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@futurebird Shortly after my ex-husband's company was sold he was in the second round of downsizing. He used his severance package to spend 6 months growing his freelance side gig. One of our cats got so used to him being home all the time she did the wailing from the other room thing after he took a new day job.I think she wanted proof of love. Once we called her to us, she ran like the wind to grab a lap.
(DIR) Post #AkhqoCVKL14PQO5HYe by Esoteria@social.horrorhub.club
2024-08-07T00:03:37Z
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@futurebird My cat brings us presents of Kleenex tissues. He will yowl until we acknowledge his gifts. 🤷
(DIR) Post #AkhrDiqHF9pCxU3Lqi by thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social
2024-08-07T00:08:15Z
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@futurebird 😳
(DIR) Post #AkhrO1NJC5KrKgPjua by WhippoorwillSong@mstdn.social
2024-08-07T00:10:03Z
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@futurebird I've heard that cats will meow to try to draw out a predator? Just checking to make sure the room's safe? Not sure how that works though.I've also heard that they'll meow a lot for a few days if they move into a new home, but I haven't had a cat do that yet.
(DIR) Post #AkhrwhThA7w7l5wCMS by Callalily@a2mi.social
2024-08-07T00:16:23Z
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@futurebird Our cat Felix does this in the hallway. Sometimes at 3am, or in the evening.
(DIR) Post #AkhsrIs9JlU3x5Mm9I by chestas@aus.social
2024-08-07T00:26:29Z
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@futurebird One of our cats does this. Funnily enough, for years, she barely made any sound. Then she became very vocal and has now taken to bellowing, or yodelling, in the middle of the night 😂
(DIR) Post #AkhtFu8WQFi0TTkstM by Haikyoneko@famichiki.jp
2024-08-07T00:31:00Z
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@futurebird because cats gonna cat? 🤷😹
(DIR) Post #Aki0OcCTB5zJ8Chbma by sbourne@mastodon.social
2024-08-07T01:51:03Z
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@futurebird Hilo will go up to the third floor, as far from us as possible, and (as we say) Sings the Song of Her People. She stops if we show up to check on her, and sometimes she starts up again when we leave.
(DIR) Post #AkiObQcJx7Lds6R8ee by fuzzykb@hachyderm.io
2024-08-07T06:22:16Z
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@futurebird My not-very-smart cat Fred does this. He can end up sounding quite distressed. He generally won't come if I try to call him out anyway, so I've started trying not to react to see if that discourages him.
(DIR) Post #Akie9CgdkZaHpG1KK0 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-07T09:16:29Z
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@futurebird my cat does the "go into the room nobody is in and meow loudly" thing quite frequently. I don't know why. For years I did nothing about it, except to peek in and see that everything was actually ok. But lately I've taken to throwing socks at her. This will probably result in me losing socks, so I should stop, but ...
(DIR) Post #AkixnCvw9O6dIrxqPg by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-08-07T12:56:35Z
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@futurebird You would do something so cruel?Leave her hanging like that?
(DIR) Post #AkizFkk09GIcDZYaEC by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-07T13:12:58Z
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@justafrog Somehow I forgot this place is actually the Pica Uncritical Advocacy Network for More Cat Food and Pets for Pica NowPUANMCFPPN
(DIR) Post #AkizTmfTmRcYFU8Fxw by justafrog@mstdn.social
2024-08-07T13:15:29Z
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@futurebird We're paid in vague promises she'll think of us, sometimes, if she's kinda bored.
(DIR) Post #Akj05PnzEReaLT3Ucy by tantramar@mastodon.social
2024-08-07T13:22:18Z
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@futurebird @justafrog How could you?
(DIR) Post #Akj0qlrN3EseMBDeWO by stepheneb@ruby.social
2024-08-07T13:30:41Z
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@futurebird Meow, more please!@justafrog
(DIR) Post #Akj2sVtNaajZK07L0a by sigsegv@hachyderm.io
2024-08-07T13:53:23Z
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@futurebird one of ours likes doing this in the middle of the night in the bathroom. Makes us crazy some nights. Neighbors 3 houses down car hear her if windows are open. Grrrrrrrr