We call her Squeaker because she cannot meow. She squeaks, and we think it’s because she watched birds all day from the window and began to imitate them.
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My kitten also chirps. She is 7 months old and just learned to meow - although it still does not come natural to her. My vet told me this is because she was taken from her mother too young. Meowing is a learned behavior. As kittens, the mother cat chirps to call her litter, to feed or use the litter box. My kitten Bianca did learn to meow when she was at the kennel while we were away. BUT - She will only do so when she is very excited, focused or distressed. We are very proud of her when she “makes a meow” Hope this helps. )O(
We have another kitten that chirps like a bird. We’re not quite sure where he picked it up as he is an indoor cat but you can hear him chirping as he goes around the house.
Squeaker is a beautiful girl! She looks like such a treat to have around.
My Tucker was named after the mouse in “The Cricket In Times Square” because he had barely any voice when he was little either. NOW, however, he’s got one of the biggest mouths I’ve ever heard on a cat. He’ll be 17 in a few weeks.
Squeaker looks very similar to my Cassie. My girl meows a LOT, purrs like a little engine, and sometimes makes sounds like a pigeon or mourning dove cooing. Your little furball is so pretty. She looks like she’s ready to sneak up on something. Have fun with her.
It’s cute when a kitty has a destinctive meow! I know a big old white female with gray spots. You’d expect a yowl to come out of her mouth, but she had the most delicate voice — very sweet!
Sqeaker’s eyes seem to be rehearsing for a modeling
career…” Kit-toria’s Secret”?? She’s so beautiful!!
Once had a cat that used to chirp at birds, but not
at us…I thought he was an impressionist…!
actually she might be practicing the killing bite. cats do that (and make a similar noise while doing it) when watching birds and other animals. check out a cat book!
My little boy was named Taffy when I adopted him he could only say yeeew. When he came home with me he would sit in the window and became multi-lingual he would chirp like the birds but also chatter rapidly like the squrriels!
A friend of mine has a cat with similar lingual oddities. Except in Bobby’s case, when he makes a noise…he sounds like he’s trying to bark, or howl at the moon! (We have no idea how that happened, as vocal as his “big sister” is…)
great photo. you should have it matted and framed. strikes me as one of those once in a liftime shots. so candid. maybe send it in to one of the cat calendars. they may use it and you would have an international star!
Adorable little fur ball! I have a 2 year old tabby white and ginger who also chirps no meows…As a baby she was so silent (except for the purrrrrrrrrrrr) we thought something was wrong with her. Serenity loves to watch birds so maybe she thinks she is one…who knows with kitties?!
Squeaker is beautiful, and what a look! Our Bitsy “chitters” at the birds and bunnies when she looks out the window. Of course, she has the sweetest little mew and purrs like a little motor when she’s happy.
I have a cat also that squeaks also-I call her my “squeaky toy”. After 2 + years, she is finally learning to say “meow” after much training and talking to.
Squeaker looks just like our little “Majic “, who is also a squeaking chatterbox when she sees the birds and squirrels. She rarely meows but when she does it’s a tiny, sweet little mew.
Your pretty girl looks full of mischief and I love her dainty paws.
I have a boy cat. that i got that was two days old. the people put their cats in a box with out the mother and just left them to do whatever, anyone wanted to do with them. I picked one out and it was the only one that couldn’t meow. he turned out to be a nice beautiful cat. he is 2 years old now and still can’t meow. he sounds just like a squeaking toy. that is why i called him squeakers. maybe I will put him on here to, so you can see him too. he’s at my boyfriends house right now because he has alot of land and can eat all the filed mice he wants. lol…he turning out to be a big fat cat now..you have a beauty for a cat. enjoy them while they are small…
When I was a child, we had 9 cats at one point (5 of those 9 being an “oops” litter we inherited when we gave a stray a home, 3 of which we kept, and 1 of those 3 of whom is the sole survivor of all the kitty cats back home with my parents). Just before I was born, the gorgeous black female cat we had (Annabelle) gave birth to two kittens that my sister named Licorice and Midnight (originally). Not long after she was born my mom figured out that she couldn’t meow correctly, she just squeeked and was known from there on out as Squeeker. I miss her so much… She was completely solid black, even the pads on her feet, with the most beautiful copper eyes. Her sister was her twin except that she was yellow-eyed. Squeeker used to follow my and our old tom cat Charlie around all over creation when I was little… We had some wonderful adventures together.
Thanks for bringing back the memories with *your* little Squeeker.
We call her Squeaker because she cannot meow. She squeaks, and we think it’s because she watched birds all day from the window and began to imitate them.
She looks so curious just peeking out of the box like that. Looks like she will be/is a handful. Trouble in a kitten form!
I have a cat like that. It sounds like she’s whispering when she trys to meow. They are so special! She has beautiful eyes!!
That looks like my cat
My kitten also chirps. She is 7 months old and just learned to meow - although it still does not come natural to her. My vet told me this is because she was taken from her mother too young. Meowing is a learned behavior. As kittens, the mother cat chirps to call her litter, to feed or use the litter box. My kitten Bianca did learn to meow when she was at the kennel while we were away. BUT - She will only do so when she is very excited, focused or distressed. We are very proud of her when she “makes a meow” Hope this helps. )O(
Pretty Paws!!
I love the expression on her face! She looks a little flirtatious, a little mischevious…and altogether adorable!!
Crawling- from -the- wreckage Fuzz!
Ahaa! Mischief in a fur suit. Whata sweetie she is.
We have another kitten that chirps like a bird. We’re not quite sure where he picked it up as he is an indoor cat but you can hear him chirping as he goes around the house.
Squeaker is a beautiful girl! She looks like such a treat to have around.
My Tucker was named after the mouse in “The Cricket In Times Square” because he had barely any voice when he was little either. NOW, however, he’s got one of the biggest mouths I’ve ever heard on a cat. He’ll be 17 in a few weeks.
Squeaker looks very similar to my Cassie. My girl meows a LOT, purrs like a little engine, and sometimes makes sounds like a pigeon or mourning dove cooing. Your little furball is so pretty. She looks like she’s ready to sneak up on something. Have fun with her.
This is the best picture ever.
SHE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL
This fuzz looks loke she doesn’t take NO for an answer!
how cute, and I love the name, my mom had a cat named sqeaker before but it died when it was a baby. this squeaker is so darn cute
She sure is cute! The two female cats that I’ve had were squeakers too.
What a stupidly cute, adorable cat!!
how adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tha looks like something my cat would get into. she is soo cute. i have never heard of a cat that lost it`s meow and started imatating birds.
It’s cute when a kitty has a destinctive meow! I know a big old white female with gray spots. You’d expect a yowl to come out of her mouth, but she had the most delicate voice — very sweet!
mischievous.
I have a kitten like that!! She’s sooooooooooooo cute!! I want to eat her all up!! JK!! Do any of you know what to do?? =^..^=
It looks like she is thinking:
“Honest! I really didn’t do it!”
I have a 10 month old that is named squeaks! When she was little she had trouble getting her ” Meow Out”. Your kit is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Sqeaker’s eyes seem to be rehearsing for a modeling
career…” Kit-toria’s Secret”?? She’s so beautiful!!
Once had a cat that used to chirp at birds, but not
at us…I thought he was an impressionist…!
Take cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ohh what a cutie “i cant seee you”
=^.^=
She says” no you don’t really see me, you just think you do” lol she’s a total cutie!
very cute!
actually she might be practicing the killing bite. cats do that (and make a similar noise while doing it) when watching birds and other animals. check out a cat book!
she looks so sweet and innocent. I love that set of eyes too…
Look out for those eyes….innocent and trouble in same look!!
My little boy was named Taffy when I adopted him he could only say yeeew. When he came home with me he would sit in the window and became multi-lingual he would chirp like the birds but also chatter rapidly like the squrriels!
awwwwwww.. shes so cute!!!!
She is SOOOOOOOOO Adorable!
Such a beautiful face!
A friend of mine has a cat with similar lingual oddities. Except in Bobby’s case, when he makes a noise…he sounds like he’s trying to bark, or howl at the moon! (We have no idea how that happened, as vocal as his “big sister” is…)
that’s the cat immitating the killing bite! (in all seriousness)
great photo. you should have it matted and framed. strikes me as one of those once in a liftime shots. so candid. maybe send it in to one of the cat calendars. they may use it and you would have an international star!
Adorable little fur ball! I have a 2 year old tabby white and ginger who also chirps no meows…As a baby she was so silent (except for the purrrrrrrrrrrr) we thought something was wrong with her. Serenity loves to watch birds so maybe she thinks she is one…who knows with kitties?!
She is beutiful.
It alomst looks as if you posed her for that picture!
I think my heart just melted.
Squeaker is beautiful, and what a look! Our Bitsy “chitters” at the birds and bunnies when she looks out the window. Of course, she has the sweetest little mew and purrs like a little motor when she’s happy.
what a beautiful cat! love the pic…
one of my cats is nicknamed Squeaks because she squeaks when she meows…but it’s not her ‘official’ name! LOL!
oh sooooo cute!! i love that name to!!!
Chlo3
So cute. I like how she’s peeking out of the box.
She is pretty. I love playful cats.
I have a cat also that squeaks also-I call her my “squeaky toy”. After 2 + years, she is finally learning to say “meow” after much training and talking to.
She’s beautiful.
Squeaker looks just like our little “Majic “, who is also a squeaking chatterbox when she sees the birds and squirrels. She rarely meows but when she does it’s a tiny, sweet little mew.
Your pretty girl looks full of mischief and I love her dainty paws.
I have a boy cat. that i got that was two days old. the people put their cats in a box with out the mother and just left them to do whatever, anyone wanted to do with them. I picked one out and it was the only one that couldn’t meow. he turned out to be a nice beautiful cat. he is 2 years old now and still can’t meow. he sounds just like a squeaking toy. that is why i called him squeakers. maybe I will put him on here to, so you can see him too. he’s at my boyfriends house right now because he has alot of land and can eat all the filed mice he wants. lol…he turning out to be a big fat cat now..you have a beauty for a cat. enjoy them while they are small…
Squeaker is one of the cutest cats ever!!
it looks like he/she is playing PEEK U BOO!But istn e/he the CUTEST THAMG INITARY?HSHS
“I’m gonna getcha!!”
This is one precious baby!
What a darling kitty - she looks like she’s a handful
Full of energy and fun!
When I was a child, we had 9 cats at one point (5 of those 9 being an “oops” litter we inherited when we gave a stray a home, 3 of which we kept, and 1 of those 3 of whom is the sole survivor of all the kitty cats back home with my parents). Just before I was born, the gorgeous black female cat we had (Annabelle) gave birth to two kittens that my sister named Licorice and Midnight (originally). Not long after she was born my mom figured out that she couldn’t meow correctly, she just squeeked and was known from there on out as Squeeker. I miss her so much… She was completely solid black, even the pads on her feet, with the most beautiful copper eyes. Her sister was her twin except that she was yellow-eyed. Squeeker used to follow my and our old tom cat Charlie around all over creation when I was little… We had some wonderful adventures together.
Thanks for bringing back the memories with *your* little Squeeker.
Wow, I never heard of a cat who couldn’t meow until now…..she *must* be some special cat!!!!
Oh my goodness! My family has a cat that can’t meow and is known as “Squeaker.” too funny!
Hey, I have a kitty who squeaks too! His name is Squeaky.