Strange cat sounds

[gwynraven]

Robin trills. It took a long time for me to come up for a word that matches the sound he makes, but that fits. He makes this sound in the back of his throat that is like a purr and a vocalisation at the same time. He'll periodically change pitch or punctuate with little 'meh' sounds and it sounds for all the world like he's carrying on a

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[just_the_ash]

My cat Selina did that, or something similar. I would tend to spell it "Prrow?" if forced to, I think -- it was often interrogative, but occasionally there was an offended "Mrrt," also part purr, part vocal.

[trigeekgirl]

I'm glad I'm not the only Mrrt-caretaker. One of our cats is actually nicknamed Mrrt and most often referred to as "the Mrrt" because she makes that exact noise rather than a classic meow.

[just_the_ash]

Ooh, icon love!

[trigeekgirl]

Awww, poor Woodstock looks stressed!

Don't choke him, Snoopy!

[trigeekgirl]

Our Manx trills too. She'll hold actual conversations with you if you're willing to sit and talk to her. It's adorable.

[chorus_of_chaos]

Smoke was like that too...it was like meh mrrrrrRRRRRRRReeeeeoW....mrrr? mrrr? Meh mrrrrRRRRrreeeeeow....it was sort of that trilling R that you hear in Spanish.

[rowancat]

Many Siamese do that when they see a bird, short trills. Others will do the mrrt sound as a question.
Love the snoopy/woodstock icons in the thread :)

[cissa]

Our Mel's been trilling a lot lately. I love it- it's so cute!