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[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

I have a variety of cat chattiness.

Buttons (16 year old Tonkinese) is VERY chatty and very loud at times. The latter mostly due to being deaf or nearly so, but she's always been quite talkative.

Serenity (13 year old Calico) only makes noise when hungry or interacting with other cats. And none of those are pleasant.

Mizu (a bit over a year, hard to pin down stray) is VERY quiet unless it's food or play time. Even then, her trills are still rather subdued.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

That's a Tonk. Siamese and Tonkinese are just motor mouths.

[-] dethedrus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

They are! And I really enjoy it 99.9% of the time.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I have some kind of mutt brothers that are part Siamese. One of them looks straight up like it with blue eyes. He's confirmed mentally "special" by the vet. He's great, but his meow is broken. It sounds guttural and he rarely uses it. May be related to his mouth issues.