What it means when your cat is meowing a lot, according to clinical cat behaviourist Amanda Campion

Cats come in all shapes and sizes and with wildly differing personalities. But sometimes cats can go from introverts to chatterboxes without any warning.

Clinical cat behaviourist Amanda Campion attests to the fact that there are in fact many different reasons why your cat may be meowing more often.

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In a TikTok video, she explained that the factors influencing a cat’s meow can vary from genetics to simply being bored.

Campion shares that from cat breeds such as Oriental or Siamese, “you can expect a lot of chat because they’re very, very vocal”.

Other noisy cat breeds include the Burmese, Tonkinese, Singapura and Maine Coon, among others.

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Cat owners know that regardless of breed, if you miss a cat’s meal time, they will be sure to let you know.

Campion says that “predictability and consistency” are very important in cat’s lives, and they have a expectation of routine. If this is broken, they are likely to meow more.

They may also meow just to seek attention, says Campion. If they are bored, hungry, lonely or anything else, they will be sure to meow to communicate this to their humans.

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However, a cat becoming more vocal isn’t always without a serious reason. If you find your cat is in fact behaving differently, it could be due to illness or stress.

Campion says it’s worth taking your cat to the vet just for a once over to make sure there’s nothing underlying going on.

Especially if the cat is old, it may be going into cognitive decline, leading to them becoming more confused, lonely or having separation anxiety.

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It is important to give elderly cats more behavioural support to make them “feel secure and safe as they go into old age,” Campion says.

Cats mainly meow at humans in order to communicate with them. If you pay close attention, you will see that they meow much more to their human caregivers than they do with each other.

According to The Conversation, cats were originally solitary creatures and preferred to live and hunt alone.

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“Most of their social behaviour was restricted to mother-kitten interactions. Outside of this relationship, cats rarely meow at each other.

“However, as cats began to live alongside humans, these vocalisations took on new meanings. In many ways, when a cat meows at us, it’s as if they see us as their caregivers, much like their feline mothers.”

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