Cats purr by using their glottis in their throat - the same thing humans use to snore. Just heard on

[applegrove]

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). They can purr as they eat. Now I know!!!

[laconicsax]

1. But it's so adorable when they make a different sound while eating...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnagRjxp7v4

[applegrove]

2. My cat Monster was terribly interested in the speakers as I played that. LOL!

[denbot]

7. One of my kitties is looking for the interloper..

That was as funny as a bird call site posted in the lounge a couple of years ago..

http://www.enature.com/birding/audio.asp

[laconicsax]

8. I forgot about that site!

Time to torment laconickitteh. :evilgrin:

[pintobean]

3. So, if my wife enjoys the cats purring

she should be OK with my snoring. I wonder why she isn't.
:shrug:

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. What I had read several years ago was that they weren't sure of the mechanism...

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...involved in making the purr (seemed almost inconceivable that they wouldn't know).
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And that, though cats will purr to/with humans, they don't purr to/with other cats.
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Anyone notice behavior DIFFERENT from that?
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[applegrove]

5. The science guy, bob MacDonald, said that there was some discussion over purring.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Cats do purr with each other

A mother will purr while her kittens nurse

I've heard one of my cats purring when he approaches the other cat and starts to groom him.