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Growling, hissing or spitting indicate a cat who is annoyed, frightened, angry or aggressive. Leave this cat alone. A yowl or howl (they sound like loud, drawn-out meows) tells you your cat is in some kind of distressâstuck in a closet, looking for you or in pain. Find your cat if they're making this noise. However, in unneutered and unspayed cats, these sounds are part of mating behavior (and very annoying).
There are many different types of purring sounds that cats can emit. Each purr can vary from cat to cat. Depending on factors such as the shape of their nose and the formation of the airway, each cat can make different sounds when meowing or purring. In some cats, the sympathetic nervous system can be highly stimulated when a cat is happy, causing drooling or even snorting. In fact, one of my cats that lives at my cat hospital does something very similar. His purr is more like a growl/snort combination. He is 16 years old and very happy and healthy. I also have a cat at home that is incapable of meowing. When he tries, he lets out more of a squeak than a meow.