My husband talks to cats.

[northofdenali]

The scary part is that they answer him.

We're going out to photo the aurora, if the cloud cover isn't too much, so I won't be on much tonight, but I thought you guys might like to know I'm married to a guy who talks to cats.

And they answer.

[northofdenali]

1. OK, lounge lizards, I don't post here often, but dammit when I do -

I expect at least one smartass to post something!!

Gotta go = photos later!

[femmocrat]

2. My husband talks to the dogs more than he talks to me......

They carry on complete conversations sometimes.....

[northofdenali]

8. I've especially seen that with sled dogs -

mostly the racing teams in the Quest and Iditarod. I know for a fact those dogs talk back! You can hear them at the start and finish. Amazing folks, sled dogs. I love 'em.

[Sanity Claws]

3. What do they chat about?

My lads fall asleep before we can get a good conversation going.

[northofdenali]

12. Mostly mundane stuffl

Like whether or not they get the rest of his cereal in the morning.

But when they get started on politics, watch out! Then, you have to open the garage door and the losing kitty gets to sit on top of the Jeep.

[zanne]

30. It's all gossip.

Usually about some dog's kid being promiscuous.

[MichiganVote]

4. My cats talk to me all the time

[northofdenali]

14. MV, have you consulted Bush's God lately?

It'll probably tell you cats can't talk.

I know better. So do you. So what kinda God is that, hmm? :P

[MichiganVote]

32. Are you always this intense? Bad for your health.

[stuntcat]

5. the cat-whisperer!

One of mine talks back when I mock her, I don't know if it means she's smarter or dumber than than the others.

[MoseyWalker]

10. I opened this thread so I could write

that he was the cat whisperer.

spooky!

[stuntcat]

13. *mysterious mind-melding motions*

.

[northofdenali]

15. MW, he IS a cat whisperer -

I've seen strays on the street come up to him like he was owned by them.

[northofdenali]

6. Almost out the door but!

He swears he tells them it's too cold to go out (15 below right now) and they will NOT believe him until he opens every single door to their protected area.

They cuss, too, little shits!

They also complain if he's 10 minutes late for the evening feed. Even though they have "crunchies" all the time. And they want HIM to feed them. They are bored if I do..........

I've never been to a place (home, shelter, etc.) that had a cat in it that did not immediately gravitate to him.

He is a cat magnet.

:)

[stuntcat]

9. oh god, Crunchies..

That's what I'll call them from now on!!

[northofdenali]

11. One has to distinguish. They get pissy otherwise.

If I say "food" they ignore me. Not him, but me, yeah, they ignore me. I say "crunchies" and they swarm.

I don't care what others say, cats swarm.

I love 'em, but the little critters swarm.

[u4ic]

7. I do, too

but I don't understand what they say back. I need a translator! :silly:


I've never had a cat and don't know much about them, but they take to me for some reason...

[northofdenali]

16. If they do, and you can do it, you are a "cat person"

If you can't, then give to shelters and such.

If you are able, and decide to rescue a kittie, ask on DU how to - there's probably 80,000 of us DU'ers who will offer advice and support.

I love cats. Big, little, scary, hairy, mean & lean, no tailed and long tailed. All of them.

[Generic Brad]

17. Do they speak English?

Mine does. Recognizeable English with a heavy cat accent.

[zanne]

31. One of mine has a British accent.

It makes him sound smarter than I am.

[GirlinContempt]

18. Sort of like this?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iV6DQuEh4UQ

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. That is freaky!

:rofl:

[Maraya1969]

28. I love the last one. "Oh long Don" Oh Don piano"

It's soooo funny.

[bridgit]

19. ha! good one, so does mine, and Tim answers back...

with trills and little vocalizations :hi:

[Solon]

20. Not so weird, here's a video of talking cats...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV6DQuEh4UQ

[stuntcat]

21. okay

I laughed til I cried

[grannylib]

23. I am too...our oldest cat in particular is very vocal. She talks to both of

us a lot, and to our daughter too.
BabyCat VERY distinctly says her two tricks: "over" and "up" before she performs before being fed.
But mostly, they talk to Daddy, and he talks to them, and they are spoiled babies and they love Daddy more than anybody.

[grasswire]

24. I read something really interesting here on DU....

...a few months ago about the fact that cats don't say MEOW sounds to each other, but only to humans and are mimicking our vowel sounds. To other cats they use very different sounds, like chirping or trilling. And cats can understand a dozen human words, IIRC.

I've been MEOWing to a ten week old baby and he really likes it. He gets very quiet and watches me very closely, and then smiles. I wonder what that means.

[kedrys]

26. It means he thinks you have a funny accent

Mine do that too when I meow at them. I get much better conversations out of them if I chortle and chirp the way they do when they talk to one another.

And of course they understand every single thing I say in English.

[Ikonoklast]

29. It means that he wonders how you'd taste for breakfast

Our four felines always look sideways at me at feeding time when I'm slow getting their grub. When you have eight beady little eyes all focused on you at once, it can sure give you the willies.

I always tell my kids that cats dream about how their ancestors used to hunt and kill our ancestors, and not to fall for that 'cute little kitty' routine.

Heartless killing machines if you'd give them a chance.

But mine are all lazy and spoiled rotten.

[struggle4progress]

25. Ya know, I goes fer a walk in the hood a while back, late at night,

and as I is walkin, there iss this chatty voice in the distance.

Eventual-like, I passes this dame, headed the other direction, who is loudly tellin her pooch about her day.

So, not wantin to appear too judgmental a person, I sets aside my desire to roll me eyes and I beams a warm smile and big pleasant howdy! at her -- though frankly I ain't slow down nor stop to shoot the breeze.

The voice recedes in the distance.

I wanders some and heads back towards the homestead. And here, comin round the block, is a chatty voice, tellin her pooch about her day, who gives me a big warm smile and a howdy! as I passes.

We all has our funny little ways.

[grasswire]

34. I thought for a minute I was reading Garrison Keillor

Your writing has a sort of Guy Noir feeling to it.

[struggle4progress]

36. I must say I admire Keillor enormously though I'd never deliberately

imitate him, since I really don't think I could do it successfully

[jobycom]

27. It would be unusual if they didn't answer.

[derby378]

33. Tell your hubby to join the club

I have conversations with our cats all the time.

[mike_c]

35. I talk to cats more often than I talk to humans, at least at home....