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My kitten makes chirping sounds when she wants attention or is trying to find me. Why does she do that and what is that sound called?
Is "trilling" a noise similar to a sound we humans can produce by rolling our tongues? Mrowmrow doesn't respond to that at all, but Keegan and I "talk" to each other that way. I can make a high-pitched, rolled-tongue noise in the kitchen or the bedroom and he'll be at my feet a few moments later.You are probably talking about trilling although it could be, and this is anticlimactic.... chirping. Trilling and chirping is what a Mom cat does to get her kittens to follow. Often kittens will mimic the behavior to get their Mom's attention and, once rehomed, humans too.
Cats have a lot of different sounds but one of the interesting things about cat sounds is that they tend to be used just around humans. In feral colonies cats are pretty quiet outside of mating behaviors, warnings and babies. The meow that we all know is often thought of being a response to living with humans and is a way to communicate with humans. In essence, many sounds your cat makes is a direct result of you and your cat building a language together. Some things, like trilling, they bring from kittenhood and if you respond they will continue. Other things they learn; like my boy has learned that meowing with a toy in his mouth always gets attention. Or the cat who learns that yelling in their humans ear wakes them up.
While there is some commonality across cats that we can guess at a lot of their actions are actually reactions and learned behaviors of what gets the results they want. Like my girl who rarely makes noise because she knows glancing from me to what she wants will get the same result without the danger of making sound that could attract a predator (she was feral so its ingrained to be quiet for safety).
Yes, trilling would be more of a rolling sound. Mom does it to call them as kittens so if you continued it then Keegan is still responding to the call. It is kinda like "I am here" "we are safe" and "I love you/we are family" all rolled into one. Chriping is more of an urgent "where are you?" "come along" "I am worried" "there you are" kind of feel from what I have seen. Probably the difference between comfortable reassurance and slightly anxious reassurance.Is "trilling" a noise similar to a sound we humans can produce by rolling our tongues? Mrowmrow doesn't respond to that at all, but Keegan and I "talk" to each other that way. I can make a high-pitched, rolled-tongue noise in the kitchen or the bedroom and he'll be at my feet a few moments later.
I LOVE that that's what trills are saying!!! How preciousYes, trilling would be more of a rolling sound. Mom does it to call them as kittens so if you continued it then Keegan is still responding to the call. It is kinda like "I am here" "we are safe" and "I love you/we are family" all rolled into one. Chriping is more of an urgent "where are you?" "come along" "I am worried" "there you are" kind of feel from what I have seen. Probably the difference between comfortable reassurance and slightly anxious reassurance.
Her chirps don't sound like the cats in the video. I've never heard her make that specific soundI have always been told that the chirping sounds are made when the cat is trying to hunt.. And I always read on the internet that it is due to cats frustration when they can't hunt.
You can read about it here Why Do Cats Make Those 'Chirping' Sounds?
Then she is not chirpingHer chirps don't sound like the cats in the video. I've never heard her make that specific sound
When my cats purr at me I purr back and we can do that for hoursI had a cat that chirped when hunting birds. One of cats kinds does meh hhh hhhh hhh sound when he gets real excited/playful. And you should hear my cats when they are in the car, they cycle through every meow they have trying to find the right one to get them out! I have found meowing back at my cats useful. Next time your kitten chirps, try chirping back at her?
I can most certainly try! She isn't too fond of cameras lolThen she is not chirping
Can you record her and upload here on forum?