Re: Yowling?




"Yowie" <yowie9644.DIESPAMDIE@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> What does yowling mean?
>
> Shmogg is 15 give or take a few years. Recently, he's taken up the fine
> art of yowling, usually within an hour of being fed - sometimes its just a
> few minutes, sometimes an hour, but always happens after gooshyfood. He
> ywols every single night after his dinner, and sometimes in the morning
> too. I've never heard him yowl at any other time.
>
> As far as I remember, he didn't yowl before IBKFergus came to stay
>
> He'll stop yowling is I yell out to him and say something like "you're a
> cat, you're grey" or something like that, and doesn't yowl again until the
> next load of food arrives.
>
> Any ideas? He's otherwise a fit and healthy 15 year old who can still beat
> up a hollikitten and win, so I don't think its just old age catching up
> with him.
>
> Ideas?
>
>
Could be he is losing his hearing and likes to make enough noise so he can
hear himself.

Jo


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