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How much do you talk to your cat?

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#1 ·
I just realize that I have lengthy conversations with my cat. Maybe I need to get out more? Please tell me I am not alone out here! (About the conversations, not about the need to get out.)

Here is an example of my possible decent into madness:

I stop Athena at the cat door between the living room and the lanai because she has a lizard in her mouth.

Me - You are not bringing that lizard into this house!
Athena - meow?
Me - Because the last thing we need is another lizard in here. And it isn't nice to the poor lizards either.
Athena - Meow
Me - I said no. There is already a lizard under the sofa that you brought in yesterday.
Athena - Meow!
Me - No, no lizard heads or tails either. I know it is in your nature to hunt, but I still said no.
Athena - Meow?
Me - Yes, you can come in, but you have to put the lizard down first.
 
#4 ·
From the time I get up to the time I leave for work.... then from the time I walk in the door until we all go to bed.

My favorite conversations are when they answer. Like if I walk past Book laying on the floor and say, " 'sup?" ..... he never gets up but looks up at me and answers back with a, "mreow."
 
#8 ·
LOL Kneazles,
I talk to mine a much the same way. My DH thinks I have lost it completely but has a chuckle anyway.
The girls always respond with those purr-trill sounds they do when they talk to each other. Today, in fact, was the first time Belle ever used a meow to catch my attention!
 
#11 ·
I talk to Mystery all the time... Shadow and Ashes sometimes when i happen to walk by them or they come near me, but Mystery allllll the time. I talk to him in baby talk, regular talk xD i'll ask him how he's doing, and tell him i love him. Sometimes my sister or mom will walk in during one of our conversations and give me a strange look >_> my cousin talks to Ashes too so he understands me! My friends always joke that if cats ever learned to speak human i'd be in sooo much trouble because i tell Mystery everything. If i have a problem it helps to talk it out even if he dont respond and just looks at me xD though sometimes he does cuddle with me so i think he understands. I was talking to him today when we was outside about how he better not eat the tall grass under the porch cuz it might not be safe, when my sisters friends came over... oopsy xD

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#15 ·
I talked to Mocha all the time when she was alive....we carried on regular conversations. And, if she woke up from a nap or was feeling lonely, she'd thump up and start her own meowing conversation.

If my husband thought I was nuts for talking to her before...he must think I am certifiable now....I still talk to her spirit. It helps me with missing her so much....
 
#16 ·
Who doesn't carry on conversations with their cats? I probably have the longest chats with Choco-cat because she is constantly talking to me when she's around. Luckily, we don't have to have conversations about not bringing mangled lizard carcasses into the house (my cats are indoor only), we do talk about the socks and various other objects she likes to swipe from other peoples' rooms and bring to me though.
 
#19 ·
My conversations with Boo-Boo are always one sided and usually go like this "Boo-Boo...? Boooo... where you at, boy? Hey! Hey! NO! Don't! Argh, get off my desk! Shoo!"
He's obsessed with knocking things off my desk.
I noticed early on that Boo-Boo is just nonvocal, he won't make a peep until I'm about to feed him. His meow is pretty wimpy, "eeeeeeee..."
 
#21 ·
My girls don't talk (like, ever - a very rare meow from Celia if she's in the kitchen and wants food; a few yowls from Margaux when we moved in September, nothing since). So...not only do I talk to them, I supply their end of the conversation too.

"Whatcha doin there Margaux? Are you waiting for mommy?"

"Yes, I am. I'm so cute. Why aren't you paying attention to me?"

"Ooh all you wanted was some attention? Ok come here cute kitty."

"Yay, mommy's giving me some attention!"

Yep...

Good thing I live by myself. :D
 
#23 ·
I think having a conversation with your cat is almost a requirement of living with them. Especially if you have a chatty cat. My oldest, Faith, and I have conversations on a regular basis. Usually about her dinner time or her wanting to go outside. Sometimes I think she just wants to complain. At the vets office I work at we used to have a clinic cat who was very chatty. Since I was the only one who would "talk" to her, she would follow me around the clinic "complaining" about what went on during the night while she was in her cage.
 
#24 ·
Yeah, I talk mostly to my Orange Tabby, telling her how much I love her and how lucky she is to have rescued herself so she can be with me in my nice warm home with food and toys INSTEAD of being out on the street having babbies.

Then I grab and hug her and as she struggles to get out of my love grip I whisper sweetly, telling her that I'm a MUCH bigger cat and I can hold you and love you... but that although she has claws to pull away, I HAVE THUMBS!!! Then I laugh and let her go.

Really, I let her come to me and snuggle, but tonight I felt like holding her and talking about how fortunate and loved she is.
 
#25 ·
More and more I have a running dialog with Coco"

COCO! NO!!
BAD GIRL!!
DON'T DO THAT!!!
STOP THAT!!!!!!
COME OUT OF THERE!!!

and occasionally:

What a good girl!
Good Coco!
Aww, sweet girl!!!

I KNOW you are not supposed to use their name when correcting, but I just can't help it sometimes - some days she is almost non stop trouble! Sometimes I think Coco thinks her name is COCO, NO!!
 
#26 ·
Lol, Sunny too - he is a devil. Yesterday my husband left his office supply closet open downstairs, which is unfinished inside and has shelves going all the way up to the top of the wall. We couldn't find Sunny and I was walking around the downstairs calling him, when all of a sudden his head popped out of the ceiling inside the closet, with all kinds of dust hanging off his whiskers! What a 'boy' he is. :smile:
 
#27 ·
[/QUOTE] So...not only do I talk to them, I supply their end of the conversation too.
"Whatcha doin there Margaux? Are you waiting for mommy?"
"Yes, I am. I'm so cute. Why aren't you paying attention to me?"
"Ooh all you wanted was some attention? Ok come here cute kitty."
"Yay, mommy's giving me some attention!"

Yep...
Good thing I live by myself. :D[/QUOTE]

I LOVE this!!! And I've done it too ;) ;)
 
#28 ·
With Blacky I just tell her how pretty she is and that she's my little girl, she basically only meows if she's stuck somewhere or if she's announcing her presents inside/upstairs. She also used to meow before coming upstairs just to make sure I was there (otherwise why would she bother :p), but she hasn't done that in a while.

Jasper meows a lot more, so I can have a bit of a conversation with him. Usually me talking to Jasper though is a lot like Marcia talking to Coco... usually followed by "Coco get the cat" since Coco (our dog) likes to police the cats when they're being bad and herd them away from whatever they're doing. Sometimes that turns into a wrestling match between Coco and Jasper. It's hopeless.