Could he be partially deaf.....Most of the time he pretends i'm invisible (could be regular catttitude syndrome) but when i speak baby squeaky to him with a ultra high voice he notices me and goes crazy...
2007-05-31 13:18:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
becuz its ears are sensitive?
2007-05-31 13:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vast majority of the time that your cat hears your voice it's in your normal range. So when you call out to your cat speaking in a regular tone of voice, it has no way to differentiate between speaking to it and speaking to someone else in the room. You have more than likely trained it to recognize that every time you speak "baby squeaky" to him you intend to pay him attention.
2007-05-31 13:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by kocon 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question!
If I whistle loudly and in a high pitched tone, it gets my cat's attention! He also ignores me most of the time, but I know that he can hear me because he does respond to his name and the warning "LEAVE IT" !
I think that if he never responds to you calling him, or if you click your fingers and he doesn't turn his head, or if you shake his food and he doesn't come running, you might want to get him checked out at the vet to be on the safe side.
xx Emmie
2007-06-01 08:55:06 · answer #3 · answered by Sparklepop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she does this because of the fact some cats have distinctive varieties of receptors of their ears that lead them to pay attention louder noises greater desirable than comfortable ones so the organic aspects of their strategies lead them to call returned its a complicated element to comprehend if u do'nt comprehend u can continually seek greater approximately it on google !!! wish this facilitates and basically recognize this is common for some cats and would flow away with time yet will possibly no longer no remember if that's starting to be to be a controversy you are able to continually communicate over with a community vet!
2016-10-09 05:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My cat would never come to her full name, Kippena, but when we started calling her Kippy she would quickly respond to us. Upon mentioning it to our vet, I was told that cats respond to higher pitched noises because their prey (mice, rats, birds, etc.) make high pitched squeaking or chirping noises and kittens also have a higher pitched mewing that the mother cat can hear from a distance and so cats instinctively respond to these noises. When you call your cat using a higher pitched voice the cat might be coming to you to reassure you with their presence.
2007-06-04 09:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by squirrellygurl000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't hurt to take him to a good vet, if he really doesn't seem to hear anything else at all, however, if he seems otherwise fine... it's not at all unusual for cats to do what you're describing. Cats are not dogs after all. Most of the time they find even the people they love to be quite boring and you are probably just catching his attention. My cats do something very similar and I sound pretty silly when I talk to them but they seem to love it.
2007-05-31 13:28:09 · answer #6 · answered by Pooka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a hearing problem to me. is your cat old? i have seen a lot of older cats start to loose hearing. also i have seen many white cats with blue eyes have hearing problems.
I worked at a vet clinic for 10 yrs. once we had a cat come in the owner claimed the cat wouldn't come when called so we examined the cat and found pebble like objects down in the ears. i could not believe it. this cat made an excess of wax and discharge that had harden. we removed and the cat started coming when the owner said here kitty kitty.
or it could be cattitude!
2007-05-31 15:59:27 · answer #7 · answered by cat_tails_77 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Check to make sure he hasn't an ear infection. Does he come when you call him in for his meals? If so then it is simply that high pitched sounds give him earache so he wants you to stop giving him pain. When you stop with the high pitched screaching you may find he starts liking you better!
2007-05-31 13:31:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because those are the noises that stand out to cats. Dull lower noises even that of a female sound just like everything else. So they find no need to pay attention.
2007-05-31 13:25:54 · answer #9 · answered by Jessica 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
could be deaf to lower pitches, this is possible. I know cats cannot hear some very low pitches as they are not built to, but to not hear many of them is a sign of something bigger, get it checked out to save your piece of mind!
2007-05-31 13:27:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He probably knows that when you talk in baby squeak mode that he will get lots of fuss and attention.
Its become a game to him, great fun, he can interact with you.
Cats walk by themselves, keep to themselves until they "suss" out how far they can push us.
Once we are desperate to get their attention (or any sign of recognition) they reward us by being loving....for a little while.
Then its time to replenish the bowl or open the door.
Sounds like your cat is fine, he is training you well!!!
2007-05-31 13:36:34 · answer #11 · answered by Ilkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋