Gil Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 One of my sons cat is very "talkative" he walks around "talking" to us. If we are sitting in a room, he'll come in and within several minutes hw will begin "talking" . He will go from person to person, sit and "chatter" or "meow" and then go to the next person, and the next person. He walks up and down the hall way "chattering" at night and that is super annoying. This cat is not hungry, he's not sick. He's fixed. The vet said he's fine, just "talkative". I do my best to ignore him, but he will follow Buddy or Pal around and "chatter" constantly. Buddy and Pal follow me around so needless to say this cat is always underfoot and "chattering." Its bad enough that Buddy talks all the time, but this cat...it is getting on my nerve, to put it nicely. If you pet him or indulge him he just makes a happy chattering sound for a few minutes but eventually relaxes, the moment you stop paying him attention you can start the countdown because he will start back to chattering. He wakes up and "talks" in the middle of the night. Whether he's yowling, meowing, grumbling, snuffling, chittering or anything in between. I don't think this is normal cat behavior--none of his litter mates do this. No other cat I've ever seen does this. Is there any way to get him to stop besides playing with him every single time he demands attention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I've had cats like that; one of my current ones is almost to that point. And that's really the only helpful thing I have to contribute to this conversation :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 LOL - love the kitty! He sounds adorable! :001_wub: Truly though, sometimes cats that are really needy as kittens mellow out as they age a little bit. One of our cats was always within inches of me all day every day the first year we had him. Now he's WAY more mellow. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 He is a Warlock, clearly. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I had a cat that did that, and a few others that didn't. It's a bit... odd... but nothing worrisome. Especially for a magical wizard cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saja1029 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 We call it "cat chatter". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 How old is he? If he's anywhere close to being a senior, I'd have him checked for hyperthyroidism, which is extremely common in older cats. I had a cat once who seemed to be bossy, and he turned out to have an overactive thyroid. He calmed down some (though not entirely; some was just his personality) once he started medication. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Normal. Sounds like a very social cat with a nice personality! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I have a cat that does that, not quite as bad as you are saying, but close. If we play with her actively before bed (enough to tire her out) she does not talk at night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ours chatters regularly, sometimes enough to be annoying, but it isn't frequent or constant like you're describing. It usually means, "I want out. Maybe. Yes, I definitely want to go out. Wait. Maybe not. Maybe. Don't close the door. I haven't decided yet!" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Not abnormal or unusual at all. Some cats are really very dog like in seeking attention. My male cat was very much like that when he was younger, but he's mellowed and relaxed with age. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 No clue if this is normal. But clearly I am NOT normal because I had to read through it TWICE before I realized you were talking about your son's CAT not your son. Even the comment about the "meowing" wasn't a clue for me. Wow. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Cats are odd. My cat started doing that and he's older. He's annoying, but will shut up if you hold him. I already have a dog that acts like a toddler, I can't carry an old cat around all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 If an older cat started acting like that when it hadn't before I'd recommend a vet check. As SebastianCat said, hyperthyroidism can cause behavior changes. And some cats who start to lose their hearing tend to get very chatty. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 The boys say he is almost a year old. He has always been the loudmouth of the group but this is ridiculous. Why--oh why did we have t lose the calm and quiet cat?! This cat is so friggin annoying. He comes in my room or to my door at night and keeps a running commentary as I try to sleep. If it starts raining he will run home and sit outside the door whining and yelling to come in rather than wait outside under the car or something. And once we let him in he talks constantly...*grr* I really hope he outgrows this soon or were going to have to rehome him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Lol... I'm at the park and on my phone, and I missed the part (due to glare) of it being a cat! So I was picturing your son talking and meowing down the hall at night! Thinking. ..no...no... totally *not* normal. ;-) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Some cats are like that. It's more common in certain breeds (like Siamese) than others (like Persians), but personalities within a breed do vary, and with randombred cats, anything goes! At a year of age, I wouldn't expect your cat to outgrow this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He's a weird cat. Many cats are weird, but most cats are weird in a much less social way. I think he sounds kind of delightful! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes. Is he Siamese? They are very chatty! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 He is a random American shorthair cat. Not a Siamese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes. Is he Siamese? They are very chatty! Siamese are particularly chatty. I had a cat the was part Siamese and everyone commented how much she meowed and how she was dog-like in demands for attention. She even came when I whistled for her. :( When I had dd she would meow plaintively whenever I gave her a bath and would not stop until the she was out of the water. Even when Dd was a toddler the cat strongly disapproved of how I bathed her. :lol: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 If I had a cat I would want a chatty cat so my talking to him would seem normal lol. The vet had no ideas? Like spraying with water to stop the chatter? We did that for our dog barking long ago and a cat who scratched furniture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 If he's part siamese, he may have gotten part of that gene. I have a half-siamese who doesn't look Siamese at all in coloration (if I didn't know who her mother was, I would never even think about her being part Siamese, but I was there when she was born, so I KNOW who her mom was!) who seems to have mostly inherited the voice (that and being a really, really small cat). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 If you lost one cat, he may just miss the other cat and the socialization he got from him. Can the boys give him some extra attention? Can they play with him with some string or a feather for awhile to tire him out? When you need to sleep can you put him in a room where you won't hear him? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 One of my sons cat is very "talkative" he walks around "talking" to us. If we are sitting in a room, he'll come in and within several minutes hw will begin "talking" . He will go from person to person, sit and "chatter" or "meow" and then go to the next person, and the next person. He walks up and down the hall way "chattering" at night and that is super annoying. This cat is not hungry, he's not sick. He's fixed. The vet said he's fine, just "talkative". I do my best to ignore him, but he will follow Buddy or Pal around and "chatter" constantly. Buddy and Pal follow me around so needless to say this cat is always underfoot and "chattering." Its bad enough that Buddy talks all the time, but this cat...it is getting on my nerve, to put it nicely. If you pet him or indulge him he just makes a happy chattering sound for a few minutes but eventually relaxes, the moment you stop paying him attention you can start the countdown because he will start back to chattering. He wakes up and "talks" in the middle of the night. Whether he's yowling, meowing, grumbling, snuffling, chittering or anything in between. I don't think this is normal cat behavior--none of his litter mates do this. No other cat I've ever seen does this. Is there any way to get him to stop besides playing with him every single time he demands attention? Oh good heavens! I read too fast and thought you were asking if your SON'S chattiness was normal and I was nodding along thinking 'yes, normal' until I go to the part where you said "meow". :lol: Now that that is out of the way, I agree with others---- Siamese cats are 'talkers', often times to the extreme. I once had a cat who was part Siamese and the only visible signs were her beautiful teal-colored eyes and a slight elongation of her chin. She was very, very vocal, and very dog-like. She was a gem. As far as I know (I have been around cats for, uh, oh my.... more than 40 years), there is no way to hush a cat. Sorry. It may get better as she ages.... my cats have all settled down over the years and are quite mellow until they get a 'wild hair' and think they are kittens again. A one-year old cat is still young. Can you post a photo of "Chatty Catty?" I'm really thinking there is Siamese in there based on your stories. Cat photos are awesome. :thumbup1: ETA: I see Jasperstone also missed the part about this being a cat. I am on a laptop, though, so I really have no excuse. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Aww, if his buddy is lost, he might be missing that extra stimulation. Poor kitty! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Lol... I'm at the park and on my phone, and I missed the part (due to glare) of it being a cat! So I was picturing your son talking and meowing down the hall at night! Thinking. ..no...no... totally *not* normal. ;-) I did this, too, but I'm on my laptop. At least you had an excuse!! :blushing: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Some days my best conversation of the whole day is with the cat. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 I don't even like the cats, they are just the boys pets because apparently it takes more intestinal fortitude to get rid of animals that your spawn love but you do not want, than I happen to have on hand, so oh well, the cats stay. As for this Chatty Cat--he is one of 4 cats, the boys do play with him every day, he spends hours outside every day and there are other cats in the area--he's not exactly starved for interaction or stimulation. Re: putting him in another room so that we can sleep--We have a small house with thin walls. Heck, if I put him out of the house he is only slightly more likely to just go roaming as he is to do any of the following a) pace beneath the windows and yowl or call repeatedly b) go onto the roof and get into the attic crawlspace--where he bounces around like a crack fiend jonsing for a high for several minutes before he settles directly over the boys bedroom and "talks" for an hour or two. Of course it doesn't help that often times Buddy will spend several minutes yowling and meowing back to the cat. I have told Buddy repeatedly NOT to engage the cat that way as it only seems to encourage him. I have told both Boy and Cat to shut up and cut it out, but neither one is very obedient on that front... This cats talking is just so obnoxious--the boys think he's great, of course, but many times I can't stand him. When he's not talking then he's fine, I don't even mind his playfulness or the time he threw up in the doorway and I had to clean it up, but he just can not seem to keep his mouth shut. Did I mention he purrs like a Harley? Because he does. Everything about this cat is just loud and its....uh, NOT charming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 The cat sounds charming to me. :001_wub: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Oh, and I can not get the cat to be still and take a picture, but he looks almost exactly like this one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Some cats are like that. It's more common in certain breeds (like Siamese) than others (like Persians), but personalities within a breed do vary, and with randombred cats, anything goes! At a year of age, I wouldn't expect your cat to outgrow this. :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: WAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! Say it isn't so? Somebody--anybody--please tell me that he can still outgrow this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: WAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!! Say it isn't so? Somebody--anybody--please tell me that he can still outgrow this. I could tell you he will outgrow it. But I would be lying. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gil Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 I could tell you he will outgrow it. But I would be lying. Sorry! Man, the poor bastard, he's got to go. I can NOT remain sane if I have to take another 16 years of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrygal Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He's handsome :) We had a tom kitten like that once but he mellowed some as he got older. I would trip over him constantly because he was always trying to rub on my legs and follow me, weaving in and out and doing his happy growl purrs or whatever it was. He was one of my favorite cats. Dh called him a dog because he acted like a dog more than a cat. I would go get him checked out by the vet though just in case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrygal Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He may still mellow some!!!! Mine was over a year when he was more mellow. Is he fixed? Did they fix him right? Maybe he's looking for mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Man, the poor bastard, he's got to go. I can NOT remain sane if I have to take another 16 years of him. He will end up being your favorite. Seriously. Ask me how I know. ;) (And if he looks like that picture, he's adorable!) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 "normal" and cats....I mean what is that? LOL I think he sounds pretty darn cool. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 How many cats do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Openhearted Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Post some youtube videos, hope they go viral, cat becomes a star, and makes millions $$. Then buy a bigger house and the cat can have his own room. :lol: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Post some youtube videos, hope they go viral, cat becomes a star, and makes millions $$. Then buy a bigger house and the cat can have his own room. :lol: Grumpy Cat is old news -- soon it will be all about Noisy Cat!!! Go buy a video camera, Gil, and start filming. :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 We used to have a talkative cat. He would come into a room and meow. If you meowed back, then he would meow. It could go on for a long time and it was usually one of us humans who gave up. He would meow as he walked down the hall, meow while you were getting his dinner, and meow if he was being ignored. Yes it could get annoying, but now that he's gone I miss him and his incessant meowing. :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Post some youtube videos, hope they go viral, cat becomes a star, and makes millions $$. Then buy a bigger house and the cat can have his own room. :lol: Right!! I love watching cat videos! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 My grandma had a cat like that, she called him Talky-Talk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I had a cat that did that. Her favorite activity was to yowl in the stairwell where the sound echoed loudly throughout the whole house. At night we had to close her in the laundry room in the basement and also close the door at the top of the stairs to minimize the sound if she started talking while we were sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I love when cats talk. I have two cats. One is this tiny little dainty thing and when she talks it's deep and serious. Then I have a big clunky brute cat and when he talks it's this tiny baby mew mew. It's so weird. Their voices make no sense. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 We used to have a talkative cat. He would come into a room and meow. If you meowed back, then he would meow. It could go on for a long time and it was usually one of us humans who gave up. He would meow as he walked down the hall, meow while you were getting his dinner, and meow if he was being ignored. Yes it could get annoying, but now that he's gone I miss him and his incessant meowing. :( Ditto. :( We had one like that. He would get louder at night if a door stood between him and his people. We finally just started letting him into the bedroom at night so we could sleep. If you looked at him he meowed. If it was dinner time, he meowed. But he was the sweetest, cuddliest cat I have ever had. I didn't think we could miss that, but once he was gone, we missed it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 My ol'lady eyes and aging brain were playing tricks on me... I had to read the original post a few times before I understodd that it was her son's CAT, not her SON who was doing the "Meow"ing. :coolgleamA: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 :( When I had dd she would meow plaintively whenever I gave her a bath and would not stop until the she was out of the water. And this is why we should read the entire response and not just glance at it before moving on. Also, why we should be clear that our pronouns refer to an appropriately clear noun. :leaving: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 He might still outgrow it! Our cat was like that for his first couple of years. After about a year, he quieted down a good bit and then after about age 2, he became pretty normal. And then around age 9, he stopped meowing altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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