Whats This Noise?

[jmaybury]

When my cats are looking out the patio window and watching squirells,birds, and etc. they make this weird clicking or chatter sound with there mouth - can you tell me what this is?

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[jenn]

LOL, I don't know what it is or why they do it but Stanley does the same thing. I call it his hunting noise.

My three do the same thing.. it must be a hunting instinct.. and perfectly normal

[Cat&Dog mom]

LOL, my two do the same thing also, and I agree with the others, probably a hunting instinct.

[SweetBriars]

My cat does that chatter sound all the time. It is quickly followed by her cute, exaggerated pounce. All spiders in my house are deathly afraid of her chatter. At least she thinks they should be.

I think cats make these noises when they mean business.I know Babba starts chattering when another cat gets to close.Its propably like a warning signal to stay away like a rattle on a rattle snake.

[KayNyne]

my cat does it wen this cat boris from down the street trys to eat the food we leave out for her followed by a pounce

[Mogeysmom]

Mogey does this when he is watching the birds at the bird feeder or the hummingbirds that come to the feeder at the window. He also does it when he is in our room watching our pet parakeet. The parakeet is (for now) inaccessible to him, but we don't trust him so we close the bedroom door to keep him out when we can't supervise him. I think his lifetime goal is to eat our parakeet.
I think the clicking/chattering noise is quite normal. Lots of cats do it when they want to "stalk" their "prey".

[NiteRose]

Fats makes this sounds as well...this is a neat little site that explains it, and many other things, the thing about the Chatter is a bit down the page: http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/whycat.htm

Both my cats do the chattering noise at birds, squirrels, other cats, dogs. Casey also chatters at children, cars and trucks, people walking by, the wind blowin........

['too crazy]

If I'm looking out the window and I make that noise, my cats come running and start doing the same thing. I do it just to make them come and look! My cats do it at the birds outside but don't give a second thought to the birds inside. Go figure!

My cats do it at the birds outside but don't give a second thought to the birds inside. Go figure!
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Cats are not dumb they won't start a civil war inside.They know there family.

[jenn]

LOL....too crazy how can you duplicate that sound!

['too crazy]

LOL Jenn, Now you know why my screen name is too crazy! I'd have to show you it's hard to explain.

[Lano]

Originally Posted by catman1

Its propably like a warning signal to stay away like a rattle on a rattle snake.

Rattlesnakes don't "shake" their rattles as a warning; it's to distract their prey from their heads.