what sites are good to find out about cats meowing and meanings ?

Answer 1

Sixteen different vocal patterns in cats have been identified by animal behaviorists. Some studies suggest that a cat has more than 30 different calls. Among these meows are greetings to humans, meows of hunger, conversational meows with humans and meows to another cat.

Wasn't having much luck on meaning because each cat is unique but here is a link to a study they did.

cathttp://www.sciencenetlinks.com/sci_update.cfm?DocID=11

Then I ran across this to prove why I couldn't find the meanings and any "meows". Each cat is unique and their meows means different things to each cat but you can get in tune with your cat and learn what they mean. Here is what I found on one site:

The meow says many different things based upon its context, but essentially it has one basic message: "I want your immediate attention."

The meow begins as a mewing sound made by little kittens that lets their mothers know if they need some kind of help. In wild kittens, mewing mostly disappears as they grow into adult cats. But the domesticated cat retains some kitten-like qualities even after adulthood is reached. One such quality is how cats talk to their humans -- they communicate to their people much like a kitten does to its mother.

Therefore, we can't produce a recording with translations and call it a definitive guide to cat meows. But each person can, if alert, learn to distinguish the meaning of their own cat's (or cats') meows.

Hope this helped.

Answer 2

I just found this interesting site:

http://www.petcentric.com/article.aspx?C=1&OID=61&CMP=EMC-PETC-September06news

Enjoy!