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    ok, so olivia doesnt really purr. jasper purrs like a freaking motor is running, and so does louie (olivias brother, my brothers cat) but i realized she doesnt really do it. when shes does, its really faint. im probably just being a paranoid cat mommy lol but is this normal? i know shes happy! she gets tons of attention, likes to be with me most of the time, sleeps right on me, has tons of toys plus jasper to play with.. i mean, i spoil them like crazy! so why doesnt she purr? do some cats just not?

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    Some cats have motors, some don't. My long lost kitty would basically growl and freak out when petted, but his brother would just sorta breathe at you.

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    oo thanks! i knew i was probably just being paranoid haha.. but you'd think these cats are my children! the ex was not happy when i said that no, they were more important than him, and i would not come over and leave them alone because they would be lonely, haha.

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    My older kitty is in my lap right now, and she purrs very softly, I can only feel it if I put my hand on her throat.

    Milosh, OTOH, his purring wakes me from deep slumber!

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    Me too Britt. This article totally reminds me of me, worried about the kitties when I am gone:

    http://www.theonion.com/content/news...inks_cats_miss

    This IS my future!

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    If a cupcake was tossed at me... well, I'd only be upset if it missed my mouth

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    ^ hahaha thats so me! when i was on vacation, i had someone going in a few times a day and luckily shes a cat freak too and brought her husband and played with them for a while. i left 2 pages of instructions. which she answered with a 2 page typed letter about anything you could imagine having to do with them lol. i almost cried when i left them because i felt bad. and i always felt so so bad leaving them more than one night in a row because they sleep with me and i am convinced that they're lonely without me.

    oh, and im also convinced that one feels left out if i pet the other or tell the other that i love them. its ridiculous how i go back and forth and make sure they both have equal amounts of attention.

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    Jade doesn't really purr either, even though she is sooo spoiled. She does "meow" a lot though and it's so cute when she does it...lol...she'll sit there and it's like we're having a convo or something. It goes kinda like this...don't laugh ya'll I'm serious...

    Me: What are you doing Jade?
    Jade: Meeeoooow
    Me: Do you need anything?
    Jade: Meeeooooooowwww
    Me: I love you Jade!
    Jade: Meeoow meow, Meoooww!

    It's so funny. My brother thinks we're weird. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
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    oh, and im also convinced that one feels left out if i pet the other or tell the other that i love them. its ridiculous how i go back and forth and make sure they both have equal amounts of attention.
    Me too! I always feel like Katya get jealous when I give the little ones too much attention. She makes a "jealous" face. Anthropomorphism rocks!

    That spoof made me realize that the cats only snuggle with me to increase body temperature. I'm nothing more than a food-giving space heater to them, lol.

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    If a cupcake was tossed at me... well, I'd only be upset if it missed my mouth

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    ^ yeah, i got mad when the cat lady who watched my cats told me they were sleeping with me for warmth. boo on her. what does she know!?

    then again, she also told me that jasper should go on cat prozac. and she wasnt kidding. her cats are nutso, they have something wrong with them, but mine surely dont!

    oh, another crazy thing i think.. i'm pretty sure that when i leave them for long periods of time, they think i'm not coming back. which sent me into a panic attack once. true story.

    haha @ lucki.. i wish olivia meowed more. i think she used to.. jasper does now because he thinks he is entitled to constant attention. and if i wont give it to him he will make sure i'm not able to do anything else!

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    Oh, believe me, you don't want more meows. They tend to like to do it at dusk and dawn. Dawn=sleepytime for us.

    I've left Katya for months and months at my parents house. Only one time she seemed to be confused about who I was, after 3 months. She sat on the staircase with this confused "o rly" face about her. I think they remember scent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Katrine View Post
    My older kitty is in my lap right now, and she purrs very softly, I can only feel it if I put my hand on her throat.

    This is how my Leilani is. I always check to see if she's purring when I pet her or she's laying with me. I always want her to be purring, it's so comforting.



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    I always say my cats purring sounds like one of those people that breathe all loud scary on the phone and then hang up haha! It is so loud that it wakes me up all the time. He purrs even when no one is petting him. I never knew cats could purr so loud. The cat I had growing purred so quietly you could barely hear it at all. Cats are such interesting creatures .
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    I've had several cats in my life, and at least one of them didn't purr much until he was much older, and then only on my lap. Another one, when he got old, lost control of his vocal cords and would suddenly let out a scream at any time of day or night!
    Hard to get used to.

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    My kitty when I was growing up didn't purr much either. If he did it was very soft, you couldn't hear it, but could feel it if you were holding him. My other 2 purred like little engines though. I guess it's different for each cat.

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    Some more than others babe, so no worries. I also have conversations with my cat, wanna see?

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    Ok not the best conv we have had but still, she is a weird one.

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    Awww HHL, your cat is PRETTY!

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    Yeah, some cats don't purr as much, or do it very quietly. My last kitty was like that. I guess it's like some people have big loud voices and some people talk very quietly.

    But oh hell yeah she would talk to me, it was adorable, with these cute sweet little meows, she would go on talking back to me as long as I kept going. I still miss that kitty after years and years!
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    DJoser! *hugs*

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    WARNING THREAD JACK FOR MIN.

    She is, my mom says "she thinks she is a dog, that is not normal behaviour for a cat" She doesn't like people getting close to me and growls, I swear! lol She is my little princess, since I am surrounded by boy she is the otehr girl of the house and her name is Peanut, she was in a box at a construction site with a few of her siblings and a worker took them home. His wife who I worked with said "we literally have a box of kittens, I said"any white ones? any orange ones?" and she said "one white and orange together" and another co worker and I said "she's mine!" at the same time and when time to go came around it was like a race, coats on, speed walking to the car, move bitch running! and driving, I got to the house and jumped out we ran to the door and rang the door bell, I said to the husband "Orange and white is mine!" and the otehr girl said "damn it!"

    SO here is this little thing, she fit in the palm of my hand, they were so small, I don't think they were even done nursing and they were thrown out like garbage

    Anyway so here is this little furry thing and when I get home my husband was like "what is that?" and ok I should of told him but it was a now or never moment, plus it was my birthday and I said "got my self a gift!" he said "that has to be the smallest and cutest cat I have ever seen! she is the size of a pea!" and I said "yeah look at this" :she was hissing and running up the curtains: and I said "yeah and she is a nut!"

    So we looked at each other and said "Peanut!" so that is her story and the story of her name

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    My first cat, Snoopy, couldn't purr well either. We found him when he was only about 4 weeks old - the vet thought that his mom probably got hit by a car cause he was too young to be alone. I think he never learned how to purr. When he would purr, it didn't sound like a normal purr. Most cats are like ppppuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr. But his was this sputtering, start-stop thing - "PurrPurrPurrPurr." It was weird. But he was happy, so whatev.

    And your cats will get used to you not being there. My cat used to get pretty depressed when I'd go out of town. I'd come home & he'd feel like he'd been rolling in dust (I guess he was too depressed thinking that I'd left him to give himself a bath) and his voice would sound hoarse. I've had him for about 3 years now and the last time I came back from a 3 day trip he still felt as soft & silky as he did when I left. He FINALLY knows that I'm not going to abandon him.

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