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hi, guys! so glad i found you all!
well not only am i a newbie around here, but i'm a newbie to cats. my whole family is allergic and we've never been able to even be around cats much less have one. long story short - i found a stray kitten (vet estimated him to be about 8 weeks old when i found him). he's something like 6 months old now and still at our house. we all love him so much! both my parents are taking clariten (miracle drug) til i can move out and take my baby with me.
anyway, my little guy (i named him philo) loves to play with this laser keychain my dad bought for him. you know how how they do - chase after it and stuff. well, the cat's not stupid and has figured out that we control the light. so he'll look at us after we've stopped the light and want to play more. when he wants to play more (or at least that what we think he wants) he does this w e i r d meow. i absolutely can NOT describe it, so i took a video of it on my digital camera! we couldn't get him to do it to the fullest extent we've seen in the past, but we got pretty good. i swear sometimes it sounds like a sheep!
you can DL the video here: http://www.herpinfosource.cjb.net/meow.zip (you'll have to unzip it first - it's an AVI so you can play it in winamp or media player). the volume's kinda low so you may have to turn it up to actually hear what it sounds like. sorry.
what in the world kind of meow is that!? i've never heard anything like it! is this normal? should we not play with the laser with him? does it bother them psychologically since they can't physically catch it and don't understand light?
any info is appreciated thanks so much!
cynthia
well not only am i a newbie around here, but i'm a newbie to cats. my whole family is allergic and we've never been able to even be around cats much less have one. long story short - i found a stray kitten (vet estimated him to be about 8 weeks old when i found him). he's something like 6 months old now and still at our house. we all love him so much! both my parents are taking clariten (miracle drug) til i can move out and take my baby with me.
anyway, my little guy (i named him philo) loves to play with this laser keychain my dad bought for him. you know how how they do - chase after it and stuff. well, the cat's not stupid and has figured out that we control the light. so he'll look at us after we've stopped the light and want to play more. when he wants to play more (or at least that what we think he wants) he does this w e i r d meow. i absolutely can NOT describe it, so i took a video of it on my digital camera! we couldn't get him to do it to the fullest extent we've seen in the past, but we got pretty good. i swear sometimes it sounds like a sheep!
you can DL the video here: http://www.herpinfosource.cjb.net/meow.zip (you'll have to unzip it first - it's an AVI so you can play it in winamp or media player). the volume's kinda low so you may have to turn it up to actually hear what it sounds like. sorry.
what in the world kind of meow is that!? i've never heard anything like it! is this normal? should we not play with the laser with him? does it bother them psychologically since they can't physically catch it and don't understand light?
any info is appreciated thanks so much!
cynthia