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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 04:52 AM
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how loud does your cat purr?
on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being the softest, 10 the loudest

We have 5 cats.

Purr level of 5: Kudra, Dutchess and Poohkah are average size cats

Gato is a big boy, weighs in over 20lbs and he's really big (nickname is catzilla) - his purr barely registers a 1. You have to put your head on his chest to hear it

our latest addition is Calypso, she's still a kitten about 14 weeks old, probably weighs 3-4 lbs -- but she purrs like a Hoover vacuum cleaner... definitely a 10 on the purr level. Sometimes she purrs sooo loud it drowns out my partner's snoring
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 05:39 AM
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1. Both of mine are around a 6 I'd say.
Especially when they curl up on the bed in the morning :)
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 06:27 AM
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2. Pad Thai does everything loud
(he even yawns loud) and his purr is about an 8. Lily does everything quiet and her purr is about a 6.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 06:40 AM
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3. I asked the vet why kittens purr more loudly than adult cats
and he said it's just because when they grow up there's more cat surrounding the purr to muffle it.
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 11:09 AM
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6. Love the explanation
Great imagery and use of simple language
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:33 AM
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4. 2
All of my cats purr softly.

however sneezing - Blacky - 10. He also gets snot all over me when he does this.

guess I'll have to put him down...
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Kashka-Kat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 10:35 AM
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5. Varies from 7-10
Edited on Wed Sep-21-05 10:36 AM by Kashka-Kat
Doesn't it seem that sometimes they rev their engines to be lots louder than usual? Kashka always had a loud motor, sometimes can hear her 2 or 3 rooms away. But sometimes when she's extra blissed out it gets even louder and she does these grunting sounds along with it. I think she is part siamese because all her vocalizations are loud and expressive (and has soft siamese texture fur)
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 03:08 PM
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7. I would estimate...
Andrew - 7
Simon Peter - 6
The Great Pumpkin - 4
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-05 03:30 PM
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8. She purrs very softly, but she snores like an old man.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-29-05 02:06 PM
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9. PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Dark Star is about a 5


Althea a 3, somewhat muffled by all the fur


and Quinn is a 10

the purr is louder than the meow (more of a swawk)
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meow2u3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-29-05 05:18 PM
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10. I'd rate Boots' purr between a 4 and a 5
Mr. Mobile is pretty big, so his size muffles the purrbox.

Rule of thumb: the smaller the feline, the louder the purr.
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CC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-29-05 08:55 PM
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11. Most of mine are about a 5 but
Ayja is a 10 on a quiet day. We used to have a 15...he sounded like two cats purring. He really did have a double purr. The vet finally said that he thought he was born with a birth defect, can't remember what he called it but since he was healthy and all said not to worry about it.



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I_Make_Mistakes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 01:10 AM
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12. Mine was like an 8, but do any of yours drool when they're purring.
Her nickname was Drivel Drooler. She like to be held with her paws and head over my shoulder for hours, and would drool all down my back, it was gross, but the things we do for love.

Now, I get pooped on by my parrot.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-30-05 05:03 AM
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13. Ches and Something
Ches was 22 when he passed on. Not a drooler but a big-time purrer, even at the end.

The vet could never hear his heart - the minute anyone touched him the purr motor went to full rev - this included the vet and the stethoscope. The vet even had a note on his chart - Big PURR.

Another cat we had - Something - (yeah that was her name) was a drooler when she purred, kneaded and rubbed all over you.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 08:58 PM
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14. I just lost an 11.
Symba was always a little cat--eight or nine pounds at most, and dowm to four at the end. Her purr-to-cat ratio was the highest ever, though; she was easily audible across a large room.

We never knew why.
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superconnected Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-05 10:20 PM
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16. Condolences on the los of Symba.
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Eurobabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-15-05 10:16 PM
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15. The two kittens we adopted at the SPCA over the summer
one's name is MOTOR (we call him Moe for short) That ought to tell you how loud he purrs!

Here he is with his new brother Larry...ohmigod how they love each other!!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 10:18 AM
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17. Teddy, a/k/a Weapon of Mouse Destruction, purrs loudly while he eats.
purr purr munch munch purr purr snarf purr purr... Never had any other cat who did that.
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