Do you talk to your animals?

Oh man, I talk to my animals all the time. I use my "baby voice" but it's not all high pitch and squeeky. When I talk to babies I usually talk softer and a tad higher, but not the typical 'baby talk' stuff. So, I use that same tone with my animals.

Well, the cats are a bit of a different story... I guess I use the softer tones with the snakes and mice to help calm them, and just to talk to them ^_^ The cats though... they get talked to like I would talk to a peer, or perhaps my younger brother... depends on if they are in trouble or not :P

I tend to ask the snakes where they are going, or why they had to soil their tub as soon as I changed it, or ask what they are looking at. The mice it's usually along the lines of 'don't you bite me you little demon' or 'look how good your being... see it's ok' when I'm holding them and they keep their teeth in their head :rolleyes:

I almost always sing to pickles.
"Dear Pickles, won't you come out to play
Dear Pickles, greet the brand new day..."

I recognize my insanity and embrace it whole-heartedly. :oops:

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Well, the cats are a bit of a different story... I guess I use the softer tones with the snakes and mice to help calm them, and just to talk to them ^_^ The cats though... they get talked to like I would talk to a peer, or perhaps my younger brother... depends on if they are in trouble or not :P

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Ha! I know how that is! If I ever see one of my kitties (even through a window, in which case I'll open it and call their names :oops:), I end up chatting endlessly with them. Which is strange, because I rarely say more than 'hi' to the humans in my family. :confused: If my tabby boy Ira comes to visit me in my room while I'm working I'll pick him up and talk to him for hours... I have to know how the quail are this season and if he's seen the new feral cat around or if he's still being a bully to the neighbor kitties...

Insanity is not a new thing in my life... :P

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Originally Posted by lepidunce

i almost always sing to pickles.
"dear pickles, won't you come out to play
dear pickles, greet the brand new day..."

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lol!

I have a total of 20 pets in the house (16 snakes, 3 cats & a dog), and there are only 2 humans here... so if I didn't talk to the animals, I'd be greatly lacking in conversation. :D Seriously, I do talk to my snakes more than I should, especially considering they don't have ears - LOL.

Btw, you know that show "It's Me or the Dog?" On one episode the trainer was making fun of this woman, because she had created voices for each of her 3 dogs... all I could think was damn, we (my roommate & I) totally do that for our pets.

Guess we're crazy cat/dog/snake ladies!! :rolleye2:

I do some, but not really enough that your average person would question my sanity. It's more questions like "What do you think you're doing" or "Where in the world do you think you're trying to go". It's not like I carry on conversations with them about the trials of my day ;).

This is very funny. My wife talks to ours all of the time. She is a little crazy...

When my daughter and I took Kenobi to the vet because of a RI, the vet was talking to him. My daughter and I look at each other, and started to laugh. Vet asks "what's so funny?" My daughter (8 year old know it all) says, "you know he can't hear you right? My Mom talks to them all the time too it's ok."

Yes. I talk to my animals. My husband talks to his gerbils, too. My cats respond and understand (they come when called 90% of the time, and I don't mean with a can of tuna or anything). My snake, Nyoka.... well, we're still getting acquainted. Often, she'll get a "What -are- you doing?" The mice get talked to, also. I'm not one to use a baby voice, though.

Ok, so I have to change my statement about not using my 'baby' voice with my cats. As soon as I got home last night, I opened the door and the first thing I said was "Are you boys hungry?" haha

My cats definitely know what that means... in the morning I can be talking to them and as soon as I ask if they are hungry that take off and sit in front of their food bowl, impatiently waiting for me to catch up. And yes, my cats know "sit". They both have to be sitting in front of their respective bowls before I will fill them. They also sit, or high-five/spin (depending on the cat) for treats... lil brats ^_^