Someone is walking on the street! Must protect the house!
Bird landed on the lawn! Must protect!
I walked up the stairs! You know if I’m afraid of heights, help help!
YOU accidentally touched the leash. We must walk now!
My silly boy cat likes to announce everything he’s about to do. Jump up on something? Go use the kitty litter? Karate kick the door open because he wants food right now (he just did that while I was typing this, it is the only way he knows how to open doors) it’s all just little baby innocent sounding meows.
Then when he gets the zoomies, he enjoys a good yodel at the top of his lungs.
Then my sweet little girl cat just enjoys chattering away at me. She also has little high pitched baby meows and sometimes does a call and response with me when I say her name. She’s honestly such a sweetheart. I get the impression that when she chatters at me, she’s telling me how excited and happy she is.
Why is my food bowl empty???
What are you eating, can i have some?!?
That will be about 80% of the conversation based on my experience.
LETS GO OUT LETS GO OUT I NEED TO GO OUT WHY ARENT WE OUTSIDE YET?
My dog has two modes: Sleepy on the couch and “THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE EVER TOUCHED A LEASH OH MY GOD I’M GOING FOR A WALK I NEED TO TELL THE WORLD” …she gets walks daily, she is just super hyped up about them, and nothing else.
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My one cat very agressively tells me each day when I get home that I must pick him and give him scritches right now.
My other cat speaks in secrets with the demons that reside in the dark corners of my home at night.
Twice in my life I’ve had a cat that runs to greet me at the door and tell me about her workday. It’s absolutely delightful
Funny you ask because my cat was screaming his lungs off this morning and barged my door wide open, wider than usual. Screaming at the edge of my bed until I picked him up and gave him some extra attention.
Think he was upset I had woken up and didn’t call out to him, even though his badass never comes!
So I imagine he would have said “hey what the fuck? Why didn’t you let me know when you woke up, asshole? I’ve been wandering the house all night and waiting for you.”
Usually, “Pay attention to me!” Sometimes immediately followed by, “You’re paying attention to me!”
If my guinea pigs are in their cage they’re yelling at me to get them some veggies from the fridge. But if they’re in my bedroom they just chatter which I assume is general banter.
I’ll be honest, I had no idea guinea pigs talked. Now I must scour the internet for videos of guinea pigs talking to their owners!
Did you get lost in the piggie reels?
I now want one! Except I already have two cats…so probably not a good idea
They are very social animals so they are better in pairs or hordes.
We have two dogs and two cats. All of them talk, but our husky mix is in a class by himself. He carries on detailed conversations all the time. If he could form consonants as well as vowels he would just speak English. And occasionally he sings the blues, quite beautifully.
Denali: “Both cats are on the bed, although Sue is hiding in the headboard. There are three rabbits out back near the windows. Three people are walking dogs somewhere on our streets. And the postman is running late today.” Me: “Okay, thanks for the status report.” Denali: “That was just the summary. Let me give you the details…”
You are thinking about making salmon and I expect to be given most, if not all, of it. For this reason, I will not be eating my own food to save room. Also I want to sleep outside tonight even though I can see it is stormy and raining.
Later that night: WTF let me in! Can’t you see it’s raining out here!?
My (now passed) kitty would smell when I opened a can of tuna from several rooms away and sprint in screaming “YESSSSSS FUCKIN TUNAAAAAAA” despite knowing he was on a diet. I miss his screaming.
Cat starring out window: " LOOK HOOMAN THERES BIRDS!"
Cat runs to back door: “lemme out, lemme out, lemme out”
lets cat outside, car vrooms past 20 seconds later
Scaredy cat gets spooked by car: “Lemme in, lemme in, lemme in”
cat proceeds to explain what i assume is a tall tale of heroics, birds, and loud mechanical beasts he defended the hoomans from
Repeat above a few times a day.
My dog lets me know when there are kids/people/squirrels in the playground that is visible from my window.
My dog informs me it can see a fox! And that fox might move! It might take our toys and treats! Fox!
I had a cat named murderous nightmare that used to talk to me. Even have a video of it from my wife’s phone. She would yell at me while I was dressing to go to work, when I was cooking dinner and when I got home from anywhere.
