cats who don't meow

My MIL takes care of two feral cats (who are neutered/spayed and tagged) in
her LI homestead. She says she has never heard them make a sound. They open
their mouths as if to speak, but nothing comes out.
Any one have any clues?
Thx!

only domesticated cats meow if these feral were older and never met another
domesticated cat than they may not know how

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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:33:31 -0400, Barbara wrote:



Hilde hardly ever meows; Curly meows *way* too much; Chubby is in between.
They are from the same litter and almost certainly have the same father as
well as the same mother. Spooky does the open mouth, no meow thing.
Most of the others are mostly quiet, and keep their mouths closed, except
for screams, growls, and other aggression/defense noises.

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In newsan.2008.06.25.14.03.07.610000@umr.edu,
Ted Davis <tdavis@umr.edu> typed, for some strange, unexplained reason:
: On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:33:31 -0400, Barbara wrote:
:
: > My MIL takes care of two feral cats (who are neutered/spayed and
: > tagged) in her LI homestead. She says she has never heard them make
: > a sound. They open their mouths as if to speak, but nothing comes
: > out. Any one have any clues?
:
:
: Hilde hardly ever meows; Curly meows *way* too much; Chubby is in
: between. They are from the same litter and almost certainly have the
: same father as well as the same mother. Spooky does the open mouth,
: no meow thing.
: Most of the others are mostly quiet, and keep their mouths closed,
: except for screams, growls, and other aggression/defense noises.

We had an old cat Daisy about 20 years ago. The most you ever heard out of
her was a faint squeak.

Some cats are very vocal, notably Siamese. I get the impression some cats
just don't think we mere humans are worth talking to ;-)


Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message

And then there's the cats that think we humans exist just to be lectured. My
Deetoo meows if there's a bare spot in her kibble dish. She meows if her
kibble is not piled higher at the front of her kibble dish. She meows if I'm
not paying enough attention to her and she meows at me if I spend too much
time on the computer. The only respite I get is when I put on the earphones
and that's a short lived respite because I realize after a few minutes that
there's a cat claw hooked into my knee.

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My cat, Woodgie, who just turned 2 years old today, was a very quiet little
thing, but has become very vocal lately, especially when we go outside and
she isn't allowed. She yells a lot about it...
--
Kathy P.
Woodgie's Gramma

In article <[Registered users can see links. ]>, Ivor Jones
<ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote:


My cat Spock was similar. Growing up, he hardly ever meowed. Then, as
he got older, he would try. His mouth would open like he was going to,
and it would be open for a bit, then at the very end, an almost
subvocal "aak" I figured that his voicebox had gotten rusty from not
using it.

Elad Burr wrote:

I realize that I'm coming very late to this thread, but since nobody
mentioned Paul Gallico's book "The Silent Miaow", I figured that I
ought to.

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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

In news:[Registered users can see links. ],
J. Clarke <[Registered users can see links. ]> typed, for some strange, unexplained
reason:
: Elad Burr wrote:

[snip]

My cat Spock was similar. Growing up, he hardly ever meowed. Then,
: > as
: > he got older, he would try. His mouth would open like he was going
: > to,
: > and it would be open for a bit, then at the very end, an almost
: > subvocal "aak" I figured that his voicebox had gotten rusty from not
: > using it.
:
: I realize that I'm coming very late to this thread, but since nobody
: mentioned Paul Gallico's book "The Silent Miaow", I figured that I
: ought to.

And an excellent book it is too.

Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote in message
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We sometimes call our feral male cat, "squeekums" because his meow is more
like a squeek.....We figgure it might be responsible for his survival to
date.....Sometimesw people shoot feral cats who make too much noise during
the mating season......