Rob, I want to click on the video--but not right now. I sure don't want to get my Maggie excited at this time of the night. It's almost ten o'clock--and I want her to sleep.

I'll try it tomorrow morning, when she wants to go outside and I don't want to. (I don't let her out to roam; I take her out for 30 minutes or so.)

The video sounds like fun!

You'll have to let me know if your Mags is like my Mags. That'd be interesting! The video is unlikely to be fun for you as it is just different calls the Navy/Coast Guard use to tell the crew what to do in code (hard to hear voices over the ocean noises). Boring! He does do it well, but really, it's a bunch of whistling.

What's funny about the kitty is, she loves "all hands on deck" (at 2:40). I tried it again after she'd settled down, just to see if it was coincidence or it was the whistle, and sure enough, she perked up, purred, got up from her spot, and did it again! It's not even the "warbling" or "trilling" that she liked. I would've thought the more bird sounds made her happy. But alas, she'd rather come to attention and get all paws on deck.

Gee, Rob, either my Maggie is tone deaf, or just isn't 'into' high-pitched calls. I listened to the entire video--I learned something, too--but Maggie never appeared. She wasn't asleep, but all curled up in 'her chair' in 'her bedroom'. However, her ears were on alert, so she knew something was going on. She just wasn't interested enough to come find out what it was!

Just now tried it again. It's all my cat. I'll play it, and if I am not holding it, she'll paw at it. Trying to pick it up? She loves it. Dumb cat!!!

Midnight was totally uninterested and ambled out of the room.

None of mine showed interest, though Gussie dog pricked up her ears, she is whistle trained in a way - when I don't see her outside, I blow the whistle and she shows up.

:)

Yep, my cat is totally dumb!

No, Rob; she's not dumb. She's just interested in being ready, when she hears the "all hands (or 'paws', as you wrote) on deck whistle. Who knows, she might think there's food involved! :)

:) how'd ya know? She's a rescue, and when I first got her, she would hear the food bag shaking and come running full speed, skidding across the floor at every meal! I kept thinking, dang girl, haven't you eaten in forever? She trots on over now, but no more sliding.

Some of the fluff is fur, but some of it is, well, from food.

I was just passing through, saw this, and thought I want to play something fun for my cat. Oh no! I played it just for a moment and she shot like a rocket under the bed. I had to coax her to come out again, so it wasn't a good sound to my kitty at all.

What a pretty belly your kitty has, and the way she's stretched out like that shows she's very happy, relaxed, and comfortable with you.

Hi Sandy! Glad to see you. Sorry for your kitty. oops!

Magpie is a rescue and it took her a good year to get somewhat comfortable with me. Another three years to get fully comfortable. Loads of coaxing! But now she trusts me so much, I was able to give her a bath without her trying to get out of the sink yesterday. She seems to know I will do nothing that hurts her, only helps. I relished the first time I saw that big white fluff. I didn't even know that much of her was white until she did that. What's your kitty's name?

I played it on my laptop. My cat, Pandora,sat up and looked me in the face. Stared at me the whole time it played. She must have thought I was making unusual sounds.