Comments on: Dear Pammy, What’s with the howling? http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789 grow in understanding Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:04:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-3409 WereBear Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:52:24 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-3409 Always, cats are vocal for a reason, even if it's having a conversation with us. Wondering: I've sent a private message with more detail. Always, cats are vocal for a reason, even if it’s having a conversation with us.

Wondering: I’ve sent a private message with more detail.

]]> By: Wondering http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-3408 Wondering Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:24:41 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-3408 Hello I have a female ferro cat and she has been spayed and I got her a check up and she is fine. She howls rediculously at the front door. This morning we found her in the kitchen window blinds. We let her outside and it seemed like she wanted to show us something. Like her maturnal insticts were showing. She led me to the shed outside and I did not find anything. Do you have any suggestions? It started when I was coaxing a stray male to trust me and now he comes in the house by himself which took a month or so for him to do this. Now he comes in when he meows at the door and now he will stay in for an hour and start howling at the door and we let him out. Now my female is doing the same thing but she is highly more vocal. Do you have any suggestions? Hello
I have a female ferro cat and she has been spayed and I got her a check up and she is fine. She howls rediculously at the front door. This morning we found her in the kitchen window blinds. We let her outside and it seemed like she wanted to show us something. Like her maturnal insticts were showing. She led me to the shed outside and I did not find anything. Do you have any suggestions? It started when I was coaxing a stray male to trust me and now he comes in the house by himself which took a month or so for him to do this. Now he comes in when he meows at the door and now he will stay in for an hour and start howling at the door and we let him out. Now my female is doing the same thing but she is highly more vocal. Do you have any suggestions?

]]> By: Bill the Splut http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-1823 Bill the Splut Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:00:46 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-1823 <i>The hallway might be part of this; he could pick up an echo there which is soaked up inside your home.</i> YES! That's it! He never does it in the front hallway, and like the condo, it's all carpeted. The back hallway isn't carpeted, and is much shorter and narrower than the front on. Thus, the echoing effect. Brilliant deduction, Pammy. Like I said, he seems to like screaming when he's having fun, so maybe that's what he's doing: just having fun. The hallway might be part of this; he could pick up an echo there which is soaked up inside your home.

YES! That’s it! He never does it in the front hallway, and like the condo, it’s all carpeted. The back hallway isn’t carpeted, and is much shorter and narrower than the front on. Thus, the echoing effect. Brilliant deduction, Pammy.

Like I said, he seems to like screaming when he’s having fun, so maybe that’s what he’s doing: just having fun.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-1822 Amanda Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:07:45 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-1822 My gamma cat "kills" her toys, and then sings Songs of Hunting Prowess and Triumph, that sound to me like she's getting eviscerated with a rusty hook. I have learned to take this into account when I hear yowlings, and to praise her mightily. My gamma cat “kills” her toys, and then sings Songs of Hunting Prowess and Triumph, that sound to me like she’s getting eviscerated with a rusty hook. I have learned to take this into account when I hear yowlings, and to praise her mightily.

]]> By: WereBear http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-1821 WereBear Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:17:09 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-1821 I think you are right. The only way he gets feedback is to scream, so he's unaware of how loud it is. Just as people going deaf often talk louder and louder... no feedback. It's difficult to ascertain deafness in cats because they are so good at picking up vibrations around them; through their feet, for instance. Something you don't hear, can be something he can feel. The hallway might be part of this; he could pick up an echo there which is soaked up inside your home. I think you are right. The only way he gets feedback is to scream, so he’s unaware of how loud it is. Just as people going deaf often talk louder and louder… no feedback.

It’s difficult to ascertain deafness in cats because they are so good at picking up vibrations around them; through their feet, for instance. Something you don’t hear, can be something he can feel.

The hallway might be part of this; he could pick up an echo there which is soaked up inside your home.

]]> By: Bill the Splut http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-1820 Bill the Splut Sat, 27 Dec 2008 03:32:11 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-1820 My (nearly) deaf cat Byron has loved to SCA-REEEAM! since he was tiny. The first few times, both my other cat Killsy and I ran to see what was going on--it sounded like he'd broken a leg! But he seems to do it just because he was overexcited. His eyes don't even focus on anything when he unleashes his Byron Siren. On the other hand, he loves to go out into my condo's common hallway and shriek at the neighbor's door. I have no idea why, as he does it as soon as he gets outside. And he's no Gamma, he's as rowdy as they come. Since he isn't <i>completely</i> deaf, could it be that he just likes the echoic acoustics, meaning that he can hear his own voice? My (nearly) deaf cat Byron has loved to SCA-REEEAM! since he was tiny. The first few times, both my other cat Killsy and I ran to see what was going on–it sounded like he’d broken a leg! But he seems to do it just because he was overexcited. His eyes don’t even focus on anything when he unleashes his Byron Siren.

On the other hand, he loves to go out into my condo’s common hallway and shriek at the neighbor’s door. I have no idea why, as he does it as soon as he gets outside. And he’s no Gamma, he’s as rowdy as they come. Since he isn’t completely deaf, could it be that he just likes the echoic acoustics, meaning that he can hear his own voice?

]]> By: StuartH http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-whats-with-the-howling/1789/comment-page-1#comment-1819 StuartH Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:49:01 +0000 http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/?p=1789#comment-1819 Our 20 year old does something similar. He will find a particular mouse toy he has had for a long time. We will hear him doing his howling thing and find him, with the mouse at his feet. It seems that what he is doing is actually a lion roar. If you played it back in slow speed replay, it would probably sound like the "Huuunh Huuunh Huuuunnnnh" of the big cats. I think people tend to forget that cats are lions. Our 20 year old does something similar. He will find a particular mouse toy he has had for a long time. We will hear him doing his howling thing and find him, with the mouse at his feet.

It seems that what he is doing is actually a lion roar. If you played it back in slow speed replay, it would probably sound like the “Huuunh Huuunh Huuuunnnnh” of the big cats.

I think people tend to forget that cats are lions.

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