I have a cat that meows and meows and meows. He also likes to ‘yelp’ to his hearts content when he feels we need to be hanging out with him rather than living life. No amount of ignoring diminishes this annoying trait. Must be part dog and no he is not a Siamese—just spoiled and a noisy butt. The three AM talking to got old real quick but has lessened except last night when he trapped himself behind the closed door of the bathroom and then WE got a talking to. Who runs this house anyway? LOL.
We have a huge oak tree in the back yard that is always home to large grackles (a sort of black bird) raising their young in Summer. I know when a stray cat is roaming around because of the racket from the birds.
I don’t know if you’d call it barks, but they sure squawk raise cain.
I think I taught one of my cats to meow all the time.
When she was a kitten, she, along with her littermates, was mauled by a dog. One of the kittens didn’t make it. Little Nicky was bitten on her haunch, and developed abcesses.
She was only 2 weeks old. I could not open her mouth to put antibiotic in. So I would hold her on her back and shake her until she meowed, then drop the antibiotic in her little open mouth.
I thought she would become vicious because of that arguably cruel treatment. But not at all. I got a friendly kitty who meows ALL the time.