Why does my cat meow every time she jumps?

[Incitatus]

[Bertha Venation]

1. I don't know, but this made me laugh

:thumbsup:

[TZ]

2. She's warning you?

Look out flying kitty cat? :D

[amitten]

3. I think it's like grunting during sit-ups or other exercise.

The muscles that have to flex force out air and cause a small vocalization.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. My cats meow involuntarily when excited... like when they spot a bug.

[applegrove]

10. Mine do too.

[Jamastiene]

4. Has she had surgery of any kind lately?

Does it sound like just a "Meow." or does it sound like "MEOW!!!" In other words, does it sound like pain or just a quirk or some sort?

[Incitatus]

8. She was fixed 3 months ago.

It sound more like a quirk.

[DemBones DemBones]

12. Did it start then? Maybe it started as "Ouch" and became

a habit.

[Incitatus]

17. I didn't notice it then. I would actually call it a cross between a meow and a purr

[MrScorpio]

6. Fot the same reasons karate dudes go "HI-YAH!" everytime they chop a board by hand

Because, it's groovy

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Mine usually do the same thing,

although it's more of a squeaky grunt than an actual meow. Sort of a "Hrrrm!" sound. I think it really is a grunt, rather like the noise I make when I hoist my porky ass out of a chair.

[Critters2]

9. To make you ask why she meows every time she jumps.

And it works!



(This was my dad's standard reply to my when I was in the "why" stage of childhood)

[gmoney]

11. Translation: GERONIMO!!!

little kitty parachutes deploy... it's quite a spectacle, I'm sure

[charlie and algernon]

13. mine kinda meows/grunts every time she jumps down from somewhere too

but then she's also 16 pounds, so that's a lot of weight shifting.

[wartrace]

14. Because she can.

She also knows that behavior will keep you up at night wondering.

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. When mine jumps down from a high place, she grunts. "Brrruuuunnnt" LOL

[Maine-ah]

16. dunno. But my dog passes gas every time she jumps.

:shrug:

[Duer 157099]

18. I think she's inadvertantly meowing and then jumping from surprise

She startles herself. But of course, then she acts all natural about it, like "oh, I meant to do that" and makes you think that she jumps first and meows as a consequence.

They're tricky that way.