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Why do Cats Chatter Their Teeth?

Posted on by International Cat Care
11
Feb

This article first appeared on iCatCare here.

Teeth-chattering is usually heard when there’s a bird outside the window which a cat is watching but can’t get to. It may then run up to the window or sit and make this strange tooth-chattering noise, which may be frustration or excitement or both.

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2 thoughts on “Why do Cats Chatter Their Teeth?”

  2. crystaleagle63 says:

    One of my cats would chatter at birds, the more chattering the bigger the bird. The other would make a sound, an “unk”:- sparrows and tits being one unk, starlings unk unk, pigeons unk unk unk, and Corvids (and foxes) unk unk unk unk!

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