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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).
Thereâs even evidence that some breeds are more likely to âtalkâ than others, including Siamese and Burmese cats. But what sounds a cat makes and how vocal it is varies from feline to feline. Cats communicate with meows, chirrups, hisses, purrs, chatters and growls, but the onomatopoeic meow is the most common.Meow.ll cats make sounds â from meows and purrs to growls and hisses â but some felines are more vocal than others. Kittens are typically more communicative than older cats, and domestic felines are usually more vocal than feral ones.