Voices in the night

@ElicBxn (63608)
United States
May 27, 2011 7:25am CST
I have a lot of cats. My friends here know that. But as strange as it seems, I know most of their voices. So, when I heard a voice I didn't know I had to turn on the light to see who it was. Much to my shock it was Emily. Yes, the feral tabby girl. And she was desperately trying to get Tony to love on her! Tony isn't one of our more cat oriented cats, he's definitely a people cats. Honesty, it was funny to see her rubbing on Tony and him taking swings at her. Not so hard as to hurt her, but trying to discourage her. (I didn't inform him that he'd get rid of her by joining me in bed.) Gosh, are they 2 already?
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@GreenMoo (11834)
27 May 11
Cat behaviour never ceases to amuse me. I could watch them interact for ages. Unfortunately they only d it for a while, then they curl up and go to sleep!
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
with all my cats, if I wanted to, I could probably find something going on most of the time!
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• United States
27 May 11
That's c ute. Except Tony won't stand for it. I hope she doesn't get injured! Or maybe one day he'll give in. We'll have to watch the love story unfold!
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
Mitten fell in love with Gnu and used to follow him around. He looked rather like W.C. Fields looking back at her like "Go away, kid, quit bothering me." Tony is closer to Emily in age than Gnu and Mitten - only a little over 2 years where Gnu was closer to 5 or 6.
@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
29 May 11
Princess will speak, and look right at us, and expect us to know exactly what she is saying. It is pretty easy, usually it is "Out". Did I tell you that at one time when I was growing up we had 32 cats and kittens, most of them Siamese? My mother was under the impression that we were "breeders" and selling them for $5 a piece would make people be nice to them. The one mama that did not have Siamese babies would go around and steal kittens from the others. ALL the kittens. We were given a litter that needed a surrogate mom, and got her some babies that were white, and she quit doing that.
@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
30 May 11
No, your mother "breeding" is a new story, but that's funny with the one cat wanting Siamese kittens! My brother's ex wanted puppies so bad she brought home a kitten once.
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
30 May 11
I think it was funnier that his ex wanted puppies. Animals are strange, but people are moreso. Mom and dad raised parakeets before we did the cat thing. I remember dad building a huge cage and lots of little nest boxes. I may have been four, but more likely I was three. I wanted to have baby chicks, so I stole an egg (banty egg at that) from the refrigerator.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
30 May 11
I'm sorry, that should be "My brother's ex's DOG wanted puppies..."
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
28 May 11
LOL. That is funny. Poor Emily. She just wanted some attention LOL. Pets sure do grow up fast. It seems like yesterday that we got our dog but he will be 2 very soon also.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
28 May 11
I know, I felt sorry for Emily because I knew she just wanted a buddy, but Tony, as sweet as he is, just isn't that into other cats!
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@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
28 May 11
Aww...she loves Tony and he won't give her the time of day. I have the four teacup chihuahuas and the miniture Schnauzer and I know their voices too..lol..I also know them based on emotion. Like excited..scared...my Eva actually screams when she is scared..lol..my daughter was dressed up for that haunted attraction she was working at and ahe came through the house and my little Eva started screaming! I was amazed..lol. Poor baby. Maybe Emily will change Tony's mind eventually.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
28 May 11
I scared my brother's dog once, I dashed through mom's in my "Doctor" costume and when I came back inside the dog (springer spaniel/lab mix) was SITTING on my brother's lap (my brother is ONLY 5'6)
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• United States
28 May 11
How very cute that you can recognize their voices. Gosh I wish I could have pets in my apartment but the land lord will not allow it. How very cute that they love the attention with you.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
28 May 11
yeah, even the pretty quiet ones I mostly know, but the noisy ones... well, those are easy!
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
9 Jun 11
Warm Banjo - Banjo decided it was much nicer in my lovely warm bed than anywhere else. Although when he's in it....it becomes HIS bed. LOL.
That makes a funny picture Elic. The time sure does go quickly. Banjo will be 5 in October! I took a photo of him in MY bed this morning....it was really cold and he had been there most of the night too. LOL
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
9 Jun 11
I wish I could come visit and meet you and all the kitties...I could bring some cold with me...lol.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Oct 11
Thanks for BR...it was Banjo's birthday on Sunday.
@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
9 Jun 11
I wish you could send some of that cold here - its already miserable! It was funny. Star, our oldest feral, loves Solo, who puts up with the rubbing and stuff, but Star is about 11 and Solo turns 7 later this month. It usually is a younger cat loving an older one...
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@BarBaraPrz (47388)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
27 May 11
There goes another funny cat video I'll bet you didn't shoot.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
IF I had a camera, I couldn't have shot it from where I was laying and to move would've caused Emily to spook, she had to stop and stare at me a few times just to be sure I wasn't going to get up and move.
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• United States
23 Aug 11
the blue i used to have would always beat up girls.i wasn't sure if he just didn't know what to do with them,or disliked females in general LOL
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
23 Aug 11
Blue cats aren't generally known to care for other cats. I've got my second blue and she just hates the other cats, my first one didn't like one of the other cats, and since I only had 3 then...
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• United States
23 Aug 11
well here's the funny thing-when we got the "kittens" (who are now 11)he seemed to 'adopt' them both-to the point of grooming even.which is slightly odd for a tom.granted i kept them sequestered from the other cats til they were big enough to defend themselves,but they also seemed to think he was dad.it was kind of sweet.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
28 May 11
Awwwww poor Emily.... hopefully in time Tony will give in and be her friend. They obviously have to work it out themselves and they will but it's so sad to see one wanting to love the other and the other doesn't want any part of it. It goes to show (the unfeeling idiots) that cats DO have feelings. All animals have feelings for that matter but this is one indication that shows that they do. Has Tony lightened up some by now?
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
28 May 11
not that I've noticed, but its only been over night, I think she's upset because Elmer cuddles with Rygel and there's no place for her...
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@ellie333 (21016)
27 May 11
Hi Elic, As others have said it would have made a great video to upload. Made me smile picturing it. Huggles. Ellie :D
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
I wish I could've, but the light wasn't that good, and it would've disrupted the scene if I had shifted around to try and film it.
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
29 May 11
I read somewhere recently that cats can make about 90 different sounds, but dogs can make only 10. If that is the case, why don't people try to get cats to talk instead of wasting their time with dogs?
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
29 May 11
THAT is easy! Dogs want to please people, cats don't give a sh!t!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
27 May 11
ooohh, poor emily. wont she let you love on her? or do you mean shes in heat? which is a whole different matter.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
Emily is very wild, so she doesn't want anything to do with us humans, and she was spayed at 6 months, nearly 18 months ago
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• Philippines
28 May 11
Ahahahaha! a cat's romance..shishishishishi! cats are really funny specially when they got in heat. I remember my neighbor's cats way back before when they in heat they're too noisy at night. Sometimes my cousin got afraid when they heard it because the voices are mostly like humans that nagging up. Geez! Sometimes I laugh when I saw a male cat in which it will not mate the in hate female cat. Sometimes the female cat will aggressively make a move but the male cat of my other neighbor will bit her. Ahahahaha! I always think that cat is a gay! until now I smile when I do remember it.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
28 May 11
ahh, but she's not in heat, I fixed that 18 months ago! I have no idea why she suddenly decided Tony to be the object of her affections! Maybe he was nice to her by accident... CATS!
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@cerebellum (3863)
• United States
27 May 11
Unrequited love. How sad for her! Was she in heat? I had a male cat that was fixed and a female that wasn't. Every time she would go into heat she would try and get him to mate with her. He tried (probably just to shut her up), but he had no idea what he was doing or what she wanted. It was very funny, but probably not for her.
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
no, we got the ferals fixed about 6 months, like all the rest of the cats... I really have no idea why she decided to fixate on Tony last night, she's generally found near her brother, Elmer - tho he's really gotten cozy with Rygel lately. I seldom see Elizabeth, their black sister, but I actually saw her this week too. She's never with the pair of them, go figure.
@alaskanray (4636)
• United States
27 May 11
Isn't it amazing how we can recognize our babies by their voices? I have three cats and they all have very distinctively different voices. Chester is very manly and has a good strong masculine voice while Misty is very feminine and her voice is higher pitched and dainty. Then there's Smoky who squeaks! The other night I heard a voice I didn't recognize in the dark, too. It was too deep to be Misty but too girly to be Chester and I knew Smoky could never sound that loud! I turned on the light expecting a strange cat from outside that had slipped in through my open window! I was relieved to see Chester. Apparently he was in a mellow mood, eh? LOL
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
yeah, I used to have a cat who almost ALWAYS said "eeeee" the first time he actually "meowed" I had to stop and STARE at him! I have a lot of Siamese mixes, but they all sound different. But Emily's sounds were very sweet, just very unfamiliar!
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@sanijas83 (270)
• Latvia
27 May 11
I also like cats. I have two lovely she-cats, mother and daughter. One of them is 15 years old. They used to live at my grandmother's house, but she does not live in the country anymore. In winter we took the cats to the flat, but in summer they are glad to return to the countryside and enjoy the nature:).
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@ElicBxn (63608)
• United States
27 May 11
Emily is about 2, Tony turned 4 sometime last November, but it was funny watching Emily rubbing on his trying to get him to love on her mind you, they are both fixed and LONG before they had any idea of "kittens" so that's not part of it...