r/Catswhoyell • u/meghanhoe • Sep 15 '22

Human Conversationalist Can someone translate? Every time I take in a sharp breath she has something to say

16.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

320 comments sorted by

View all comments

843

u/foco_del_fuego Sep 15 '22

One of my cats meows loudly at me whenever I sneeze. Lol

401

u/Fornicatinzebra Sep 15 '22

Mine runs across the house from wherever she was sleeping and meows like crazy anytime me or my wife sneezes. Almost like she's making sure we are okay lol

161

u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

My one cat puts her face into my face to figure out what happened. My orange boy sprints away in terror

111

u/nenenene Sep 15 '22

My cat is somewhere between personally offended, frightened, and disgusted when I sneeze, relative to their distance from me.

In the same room? “Why, I never!”

Within arm’s distance? “Are you threatening me?”

On top of me? stiffened body and side-eyed glare

21

u/OsciIIatesWildly Sep 15 '22

Our cat scolds us for sneezing or putting away silverware. It visibly angers her.

3

u/SavouryPlains Sep 16 '22

I am autistic and do the same. Just be quiet my hearing is sensitive ffs. Especially the silverware is BAD.

3

u/OsciIIatesWildly Sep 16 '22

Though I’m not able to stifle my sneezes, I will try to be quieter when putting away the silverware!

24

u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Well my one cat loves loud noises. She runs to the window to search for the source of the sound with emergency vehicles, fireworks etc

1

u/Shibamiss Sep 16 '22

Gingers…

45

u/cametobemean Sep 15 '22

We don’t have any sneeze concerned cats, but our girl Sausage can’t stand when people cry. She’ll run up at the sound and forcibly put her body and head all over your face. We call her the therapy cat.

1

u/bluetechgirl Sep 20 '22 edited Feb 23 '24

unpack melodic dinner lunchroom languid detail money gullible birds waiting

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

6

u/golde62 Sep 15 '22

Please video

5

u/Fornicatinzebra Sep 15 '22

If I ever catch it on video I'll post it haha hard to plan a sneeze

1

u/golde62 Sep 15 '22

Hard to plan but easy to fake

3

u/Fornicatinzebra Sep 15 '22

Surprisingly she can tell when I'm faking. My sneezes are ridiculously loud so probably my poor acting abilities

1

u/slanky06 Sep 16 '22

I've had a couple cats that did that too! I wonder what concerns them about it so much.

71

u/monkey_trumpets Sep 15 '22

Same here. She also protests loudly when someone is unloading the dishwasher.

34

u/MJ349 Sep 15 '22

LOL! Makes you wonder what's going on in their little, fuzzy heads.

25

u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

Mine runs from wherever she is in the house, directly to me and wants rough petting every time I sneeze.

Cats are so odd 🤔

15

u/BreakingThoseCankles Sep 15 '22

My momma cat meows at me if I fart. They been stinky lately cause of extra protein so she really upset

8

u/mleibowitz97 Sep 15 '22

Weird enough, my cat meows at me when I cough. But not when I sneeze!

8

u/Gild5152 Sep 15 '22

My sister trained her cat to say “bless you”, it’s pretty adorable.

4

u/k0ik Sep 15 '22

Same. We only had one do it, he seems upset or disgusted. After a few years, now his sibling does it too.

I’d really love an explanation n this from a… cat scientist… person.

3

u/whyouiouais Sep 15 '22

Our cat hates sneezes too, she gets so mad

3

u/Whiskeydrinkinturtle Sep 15 '22

Ours just glare at us as though we've done something very offensive lol

3

u/FlamingWeasel Sep 15 '22

One of mine does that. She comes running from wherever she was to scream at me.

3

u/Greenveins Sep 15 '22

I saw this post a few weeks ago about a cat who jumps up and frantically starts humping a pillow every time their owner sneezes and the photo alone cracked me up

1

u/BirdsLikeSka Sep 16 '22

I saw that! Funny stuff

3

u/golde62 Sep 15 '22

My cats run for their lives whenever I sneeze. So annoying because if they’re sitting on my lap being an adorable cat and then I slightly sneeze they get fucking scared and shoot off and run away. And I just wanna chill with my cat

1

u/BirdsLikeSka Sep 16 '22

Mine just sort of looks at me with an air of annoyance

3

u/[deleted] Sep 15 '22

[deleted]

39

u/crowlute Sep 15 '22

Gesundheit, it's German

1

u/tamal4444 Sep 15 '22

cat: bless you

1

u/wutato Sep 16 '22

Right after reading this, I sneezed three times and my cat meowed at me and got up and left the room. :(

1

u/zephyr_71 Sep 16 '22

My little Tortie likes to trill whenever I dare to sneeze or make sneeze like noises lol

1

u/gggttthhheee Sep 16 '22

Just don’t get your cat a stuffed elephant.

1

u/VerySlump Sep 16 '22

ME TOO!!! Or when I have a stuffed nose and suck it up. Why??? I’ve been trying to find answers forever but it’s such a unique thing I didn’t know anyone else experienced it