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Smudge is just plain Weird!!! LOL

9 years ago

Smudge is a 15-yr old Maine Coon. Maine Coons have a large vocabulary of different voices.

Every night when we go to bed, he starts into his "singing" out in the living room. We lay in bed laughing at him. At times he sounds like a crying baby!

Anyway he was singing last nite, and coming down the hall, still singing, right next to the bed. I started to get out of bed just to see him, and I stepped on a throw cushion!!! Man we need a video cam. He somehow dragged? a throw cushion from the loveseat down the (carpeted) hall and into our bedroom. Is he showing us his "kill"? Anyway, if I hadn't seen it I would never have believed it! Toooo funny.

Comments (9)

User
9 years ago
No doubt there's a message there and that one fits as well as any. If we knew why they do the things they do it wouldn't be as funny.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
9 years ago
Wow, I have never seen Rocket carry anything around except maybe a small toy when he was a youngster.

That is amazing to me. Rocket does start "singing" when the lights are turned out for the night. I was thinking he was getting dementia, so I usually call out to him to let him know where I am. Although I have to think he always knows where I am. LOL

Those kitties are a trip!! Give Smudge a pat on the head for me. Well done, Smudge.
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SunnyDJ
9 years ago
Always having a bunch of cats, I love to read about everyone's fur kids, but had to laugh when I read "Smudge" in the heading....
I have a grandson who we call Smudge...His sitter named him that when he would stand at the window waiting for his Mom to pick him up and smudge the window....He is now 21, still goes by Smudge and most people don't know his given name, Ryan....
Instead of a pat on the head, I'll give my Smudge a hug the next time I see him.......
grandmamary_ga
9 years ago
Maybe he is singing you a lullaby. The cover besides your bed may have been for him to lay on. He was just waiting for an invitation from you guys that it was ok to be in the same room with you. Too cute.Our dog can tell time. She knows when it is time for her treats and meals throughout the day. She talks to my husband. Singing might be next for her.
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
9 years ago
The cat likes to be comfortable carries it's own pillow around lol
That is funny. I so miss my kitties and their antics. We had a Maine Coon at one time too, really big and fluffy and so pretty. He loved to go out and hunt. Often I would find gifts at the door. He just showed up at our house in Oklahoma one day back when we had lots of really big dogs, 2 Danes, Afghan, lab. One of the Danes hated cats which is why we did not have any then. That cat said oh no you don't I am going to live here too and sure enough he did. He was definitely an outside cat but we had his shots and took care of him and he just loved us and the dogs lol.

Smudge is a cool dude!
rob333 (zone 7b)
9 years ago
Aw! Maybe he was telling you he was making his bed up next to yours? If it was a kill, wonder what he thought it might be, if not a pillow? Cats are funny! I too had a Maine Coon who talked up a storm. People would call me and at somepoint during the conversation would say, I better let you go. I finally started asking why, and they would think I had a baby who was crying. Must be a typical vocalization for them.
nicole__
9 years ago
A pillow is HUGE! I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall!

Good kitty story.....
Chi
9 years ago
My cats do something similar. One carries toys around in his mouth while crying this high pitched cry. He does it every day and brings the toy to us while we praise him lavishly for being such a good hunter. :)

My other cat likes to suck and knead a blanket in his room and makes loud yowl-y noises while he does it.
emma
9 years ago
Oh, I did not need to read that. I soo miss having a cat.

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