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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDo YOU talk "baby talk" to your pet?

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| Who's a kute widdle puppy wuppy wuppers? | |
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Ocelot II
(130,782 posts)rather than as a child, so I don't talk baby talk to her. I think she would be insulted.
intrepidity
(8,590 posts)He rolls his eyes enough at me as it is.
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)Furry roommate.
But she is also my little cat o nine!
Deuxcents
(27,196 posts)Even tho she splashes the litter around sometimes to my displeasure but Im always sweet. I think
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)Which is why I can't buy "light" cat litter!
It would be everywhere!
mucifer
(25,692 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)An entire series of "Boo's" after the first one!
FirstLight
(15,771 posts)We tell the dog we're gonna "old yeller" her when she shits on the floor
And the loud ass older cat when he's singing the SONGGGG of His Peopleeee get's told to shut the fuck up!
But when they are being cute and fluffy, they are my little muffins and my dog is such a sweet bayyyby... we have many words of love and appreciation...
so yeah, toddlers without censorship
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)I have a little parlor panther who is my second shadow.
Faux pas
(16,415 posts)I didn't do baby talk to my children or my cats. I make up songs and stories and they all had a million nicknames. That's why my kids and all the cats I've had are/were so smart.
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)And sometimes she rolls her big yellow saucer eyes at me!
Faux pas
(16,415 posts)Raine
(31,194 posts)so I guess I talk baby talk to any and all of them.
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)You're not alone!
Laffy Kat
(16,957 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)And the kindness, no doubt!
Trueblue1968
(19,268 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)My little black Bombay is my little sweetie cat o nine and how could anyone be so mean to her? (She was a stray rescue.)
Trueblue1968
(19,268 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)For saving her friends!
malthaussen
(18,587 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)I personally just enjoy letting go and being silly sometimes.
Niagara
(11,876 posts)Our senior cat is now 18 years old. She makes the rules in the house and sometimes without warning those rules change.
When I met her when she was only 8 years old, I talked her in a normal tone and she would growl at me. By the way, I'm a pet step-parent to her.
I started baby talking to her some years ago and she responds positively and is more agreeable. Some phrases are:
"Who's a cutesy-girl?"
"Who's a pretty girl?"
"Hi Honeypies!"
"Good girl."
"Such a happy, confident kitty."
"Do you wants pets at the food dish?"
Moppit only allows petting at the food dish and only at the food dish. If she's had enough, she will snip at the hand without taking the actual bite.
😻
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)I just added those phrases to my kitty vocabulary!
RobinA
(10,478 posts)is a sleek black serial killer. I talk to her like she's an adult human.
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)Is a miniature black panther (Bombay) whose breed was developed for exactly that purpose.
Her "unofficial" name is "Cat O Nine"

raccoon
(32,417 posts)orangecrush
(30,615 posts)To communicate with special friends!
Conjuay
(3,082 posts)the column Only when my wife is listening
Conjuay
(3,082 posts)the column Only when my wife is listening
orangecrush
(30,615 posts)"Isn't listening", surely?