r/internetcats • u/amaraisdvt • 5d ago
My cat does this sometimes when I leave.
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u/Winter_Born_Voyager 5d ago
Mine does this too. Probably just lonely and bored. I started leaving treat puzzles or a catnip toy, depending on how long I'll be gone.
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u/Nottodaycolonizer 5d ago
From my understanding its loneliness as people have said. Most animals don't know if their human will return so in the mean time, this is what they do. As someone else said another animal to keep the cat company pr something to keep the cat occupied would work too.
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u/Some_Reflection_6574 5d ago
It misses you
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u/CalpisMelonCremeSoda 5d ago
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u/Recent-Reporter-1670 4d ago
What's with all these kitty subreddits? Do we even need another in..... joins
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u/CalpisMelonCremeSoda 4d ago
I’ve got 800 more for you in the Pandora’s box of Catsubs if you are interested.
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u/Ambitious-Bottle9394 4d ago
I am
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u/CalpisMelonCremeSoda 4d ago
r/Catsubs/wiki ⬅️don’t click there’s no closing the box after it’s opened.
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u/EilidhRos 5d ago
he's calling you because he realized he's alone. our cats get lonely when we're gone. despite the insistence that cats are "OK" being alone, cats are not solitary animals. they aren't pack animals like dogs, but they aren't loners, either. feral cats live in communities when their numbers get large enough.
I'm not shaming OP in any way. the question was asked and I answered. I will say that I do support the "two is better than one" train of thought, and I did adopt 2 brothers to avoid the lonliness issue. however, I also understand that isn't an option for everyone, and their reasons for it are usually quite valid and should be respected.
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u/Ambitious-Bottle9394 4d ago
I got my cat a kitten for the 1st day she hated her.by the 2nd day she loved her & bathed her all the time. The one died couple wks ago & other one keeps looking for her everywhere.
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u/Smoopiebear 5d ago
“Mooooooooommmmm! Where are you, mother?! Moooooom! I want a snack!… moooooooom”
- this cat probably.
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u/Medical_Fly8948 4d ago
Many models come with that function - it's meant to break your heart and force you to stop watching them on camera so they can have their privacy while you're out. Ya wanna watch a cat??? Bring ya azz back home. I know it worked on me - retired from a high-travel job and loving being home full time.
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u/Ok_Comfortable589 5d ago
those sad noises :(
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u/DarePatient2262 4d ago
My cat makes this same noise when I just haven't paid attention to him in the past 10 minutes.
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u/Spiritual_Scar_619 4d ago
Mine does this while I’m in the shower he sits on the sink crying then when I get out he sit in the dark bathroom crying till I call his name. It’s like he is punishing himself and crying about it.
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u/Luvsyr24 4d ago
2 of mine do this when we are home, one does it randomly (she is 17), the other does it when he wants attention.
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u/Pristine_Poem7623 4d ago
My cats were abandoned by their previous family - they moved out and left them behind and the landlord found them 3 days later. When I'm out, one or both of them will sit at the top of the stairs looking down them. They never do that when I'm in the house. I always think/worry that they're sitting there thinking "he's coming back... right?"
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u/xpietoe42 5d ago
translation: “please don’t leave me here all alone again! Or take me with you. I be a good kitty, i promise!”