Oh, sure. I don't know that it means anything in particular. Just a sort of exclamation, maybe.

 

I get lots of single meow exclamation points from Schnitz. I like to think he's saying H!. His mother, Squirrel, is more reserved and only talks when she wants something.

And I love your avatar picture. Schnitz fell asleep in his food bowl once too. Too cute!

 

Velvet tends to meow whenever we pick her up too, as she is very vocal. I think it is very likely they are just greeting us when they do this.

 

Some cats just don't like to be picked up, also. Mister might just be telling you, "Hey, I didn't give you permission to pick me up! " You know how royalty is. :wink: You're picking her up correctly, so it's not that.

 

My cat does that too. He wants things on his terms. If i pick him up he wont stay he will jump down. He only gets in my lap how he wants when he wants then hes comfortable. He will jump in my lap if i pat my legs (asking for his attention) but he wont if i force it on him.

He likes to think about it, he wants to check all his options first. He will simetimes stand up and look in my lap first and sniff around.

 

Ours babble when we pick them up. kinda like an "oh there you are!"

 

Yeah, guess he's just not wanting to be picked up... some cats like to have complete control of themselves and don't want to waste their time being held.

RC

 

I've got a cat that pesters me for attention, but when I pick her up to hold her, she only wants to get away. :roll:

 

I don't know if he wants to be picked up or not. My cat loves being held(he was bottle fed) and loves the attention. If you bend down to pick him up, he puts his front paws in the air so you can get him easier and also gives that single meow. Then he procedes to cuddle, pur, kneed, and lick your shoulder. It is also the same meow as when if we call him and he's upstairs but too lazy to come down, he looks off the overhang and moews. I think it's a "I'm here, come and get me" meow. He's also a big guy at just under 10 lbs and only about 6 months old, wonder how big he'll get!

 

I love talking to my cats! My wife calls me Dr Doolittle! One is more vocal than the other two, but when it's supper time we all get quite the conversation going. My first cat was very vocal, too, and really got me started in talking to my cats. I think we'll never know their real intentions, but I know when mine are hungry! But sometimes I think they just like talking to me! It's crazy!