November 20, 2007
Say Something
We leave for the airport in about fifteen minutes, but before we go I thought I'd leave you with a little homework.
Q: What is Linus's problem? Is he upset because he's not allowed upstairs? Is he in a "phase"? Did Timmy fall down the well again? Or is he just talking because he wants to hear himself speak? You be the judge.
"Hey, Lady. I'm working it. I love it when you take videos of me and put them on the Internet for your readers to see. And I really think you should take more pictures of me, too. I love you."
I'm going with him being upset cause he's not allowed upstairs.
Maybe you just have a fun chatty kitty - I own a petsitting company and these are our FAVORITES!!! we spend half the visit time talking to ourselves anyway (are you hungry? yes you are. Here's your wet food. Yum yum yum. yes that's good, huh?) so it is really fun when the kitties actually talk back to us!
I think he hears the ghost of a cat long past (cue spooky music here) and is trying to find it. Look out, Linus! The Ghost of a Cat Long Past feeds on the lives of living cats!
Or maybe he's just bored.
I hear "Mama mama pay attention to me. I wanna play. But I also want to go to the forbidden area. But pay attention to me."
our orange cat is non-stop with the crying for no reason and then purring. weirdos.
He wants your attention, and is purring because it worked? He probably also wonders why you don't speak back to him in 'cat' language and always make these unintelligible noises at him.
The was a riot! I think he's just a chatty boy.
maybe he's just acting like a cat so that he can get some treats. . . y'know, like these cats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JynBEX_kg8
I don't know about Linus's problem, but on hearing the video my cats started meowing back and sniffing he MAcBook. lol
Seems pretty normal to me. My tabby cat has always been a chatter and I find myself having conversations with her. They usually go something like:
"Rawr"
"I already fed you"
"Meeeeeeee"
"There's still food in your dish"
"Reeeaaar"
"Okay. Just stop"
Either that or she's trying to get me to rub her belly. But she's always making noises of some sort.
Poor, forlorn little feline.
By the way, your recorded voice is melodious. Mine sounds like a rhino in labour.
One of my cats is a talker like that. He has a bit of Siamese in him -- maybe Linus does, too -- and they are notorious meowers.
Your voice! I love it!
I want to pick him up and nuzzle him!
And you, too :)
Sometimes my cats cry for food even though there's food in the bowl still. If you take the bowl and shake it so it sounds like you're adding more, they usually calm down.
One of my cats is also what we call a Lassie cat, and long crying either means one of the other cats is in trouble, the litter box is dirty, or she really really wants someone to crawl in bed with her.
We pretty much talk to them like they're people though so I may just have made all of that meaning up in my head...
Ginger cats are well known for being talkers - Ginger cats are also well known for being rabid attention seekers ( hence the 'crying'), My mums ginger cat has been known to jump on guests laps while they are having dinner and meowing in their faces as if to say " My Mum doesn't love me and she never feeds me pleeeaase save me! "
It's such a tabby/tabby point thing. They're total attention whores and can be very chatty-probably the chattiest variety I've noticed other than siamese cats. Out of the 4 tabbies I've had (1 ginger point, 1 red point, 1 cream and my current ginger), only 1 hasn't been chatty but he's totally got the attention whore "my owners hate me and keep me locked up in a dungeon" attitude when guests come over.
I like it, I can talk and he responds even though most of the time it sounds like a complaint. Teenagers!!
I have no cat wisdom to impart upon you. I just wanted to wish you some safe travels to England!!
I played it for my cat who does the same stuff. I thought maybe he'd have an expert opinion but he wouldn't even pay Linus the courtesy of a peek. Probably I should have waited until I wasn't holding a plate of gravy in my hand.
He's saying he wants some different food in his dish. That's what I think.
The little dude has to poop! Take it from me. I am a professional in the animal poo industry... Seriously though, my cat Cosmo has to announce it to the world for at least 10 minutes prior to his little trip to the litter box to make a deposit. Then he spends almost as much time in there. I feel like asking him if he needs some reading material sometimes. :)
You two are so cute I can hardly stand it. :)
it's just an orange kitty being an orange kitty. ours is the same way and it's one of my favorite things about her.
Where are you?????? I miss you. :p
You better not be dead.
Am dying due to lack of Leah content...
Donde esta Leah????
Yeah! Now the kitty's saying, "Meeeeeoooowwwwww, where are you????" :-)