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Echotrail (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 01:58 PM Original message |
House cats use special cry to get their owners to do their bidding |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. or as in my kitty's case |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A claw sunk into an elbow works really well in this household. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. One of my cats learned the claw trick early on. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nope. I get the jarring, incessant howl. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. he thinks you are stupid |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. He may have a point there. |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I've seen that look |
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Echotrail (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Mine, too |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's really a shame that we can't learn Cat Talk at the Learning Annex. |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Speaking of jarring, incessant cat howls... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. Our one cat opens drawers and dumps the clothes on the floor. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. uh-oh |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. We think we own cats and dogs? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Cats are space aliens, come here to dominate |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:23 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. You might want to consider that... |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Paddling against the door with his feet at 4 AM. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. If I am in bed and the cat is hungry she just slaps me in the face with her paw |
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beltanefauve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. I had a cat who would |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. BBC: Cats 'exploit' humans by purring |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. my cat is very annoying with her incessant whining. and she will follow me around all day. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. My cat doesn't make that noise when hungry |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is why we decided to free-feed ours |
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sallylou666 (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
22. Familiar sound |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Quelle surprise! |
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FloriTexan (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. I had a cat once... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
25. The 4:30 AM yanking of my hair and tapping my eyelids with claws |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. My cat has learned not to do things like that. |
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