My 3 year old cat's meow changed from a squeak to a meow
When I adopted my cat, he only made squeaking sounds. He sounded like a kitten but I was told he is 3 years old.
Just recently (today) when we came home, instead of just squeaking at us, he started to make real meowing sounds at us.
I've raised cat's all my life, but usually around 6 months to a year old, they seem to settle on their meow.
I did some googling and all I can find are articles about if the cat stops meowing or goes from a meow to a squeak, but not the other way around. Any insight?
As a note as well, we've been "conversing" with him for a while. Meaning, we meow at him when he squeaks at us. And he seems to like it.
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My cat did something similar. When he was kitten, he would not mew at all or would kind of squeak or move his mouth as if he was trying to. When he noticed the positive effect of this, it encouraged him to continue and eventually, at around the age 2, he developed a mighty voice that knows no bounds. I believe that by conversing with your cat (which you could do in any language), they learned that you like a vocal relationship and they get more affection (and most importantly, attention!) by vocalizing back. It is very possible that the cat always could meow, but never saw a reason until he realized how advantageous it would be.
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