Whenever my adorable kitty is looking out the window at birds she freaks out and starts cackling. Do you know what I am talking about? She opens her mouth like she is going to meow, but instead it is a voiceless noise that emits... What is this called?
2007-01-09 12:03:05 · 12 answers · asked by lysistrata411 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
I've heard it called "chattering", but I don't know what the official word for it is.
The cat is actually releasing pressure by chattering her jaws. After a cat sees a bird, there's all kinds of messages being loaded in their brain, like "bite down on the bird!". Her brain sends the signal to her jaw to bite down, but since she can't actually go after the bird, the messages telling her jaw to bite down just build and build, so eventually she has to chatter her jaw like that just to release the tension.
2007-01-09 12:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a cat that does that too! She loves watching the birds and even when she sees moving spots of light on the walls. We call it chattering because that's what she does, really. It's nothing to worry about. Your cat is just excited about the birds.
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2007-01-09 20:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Rose♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My male kitten does the same thing, both when he's looking at birds out the window and when we get him really involved in a toy. Supposedly, this is some sort of hunting noise that they make. It's nothing to be alarmed about. Sort of an "eh-eh-eh-eh-eh" noise.
2007-01-09 20:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by jebus_cowan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chattering is what I have always heard it called. My cat's do this all the time while watching the birds outside.
2007-01-09 20:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by desprtemeasres 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call it "The I wanna eat a birdie song"; My Ocicat does it everytime he sees birds. Then I feel rather guilty about not letting him outdoors so he can eat one,so I decide to cook some chicken for dinner and I share it with him. He is very spoiled!
2007-01-09 21:17:03 · answer #5 · answered by Vicious V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Chatter is what it is generally called.
Know why they move their mouth like that? They're practicing the motions of biting prey.
2007-01-09 20:27:53 · answer #6 · answered by ljn331 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL my cats do the same thing. I call it the prey growl. I don't know what the official name is. Sorry.
2007-01-09 20:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by Brandi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
happiness? my cat does that too. when she does it she starts meowing too. it soo funny! i think it is a cackling.
2007-01-09 20:10:51 · answer #8 · answered by Jennifer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
haha! yeah my cat does that too!! i find it soooo cute!!! i looked it up and asked the vet and it is called chattering!
2007-01-09 23:24:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i call it chattering, our cats does it. it sound so cute and her expression is cute too when she does it
2007-01-09 20:32:47 · answer #10 · answered by ♥ cat furrever ♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋