Cat With Screechy Meow

[237SJ]

My cat`s meow has become really screechy of late - it is like she has lost her voice. I spoke to a friend tonight and her cat has the same. Could there be some sort of catty virus going around? Has anyone else any experience of this?

[Mosaic]

My cat comes back from the cattery holiday with a different voice - sort of 3-pack-a-day growly meow.
Perhaps yours has just been listening to some other moggies and is as easily influenced as mine.

[237SJ]

Yes, my cat comes back from the cattery with a hoarse voice - I have always put it down to the fact that she has meowed so much that she has worn her voice down. I`m not sure why she is like this at home though.

[tonyav]

Might just be a sore throat.
https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-life/123635-cat-has-laryngitis.html

[237SJ]

Tony - I did wonder if she had a sore throat. Maybe she has - you wouldn`t know would you as they can`t tell you. She had a virus in September (I think she caught it in the cattery) and had an antibiotic jab which seemed to sort her out. I`m not sure that she would have another virus so soon but who knows? Pets are a worry.

[tonyav]

Could be a virus, maybe a check up at the vets. I'd bet that the vet would prescribe antibiotics.

[wolf63]

I know that thyroid problems can cause voice changes. I am a bit hazy on specifics.

Frankie's Asthma causes the odd coughing fit. I go into complete panic mode and can make myself ill. So when I am being sick or hyperventilating he is feeling better and stuffing his face.

[237SJ]

wolf - she had her operation for hyperthyroidism in September so that is not an issue now. She seems well in herself but I just wondered why she can`t Meow now.

[Old_Geezer]

"my cat comes back from the cattery with a hoarse voice - I have always put it down"

Oh dear: that sounds a little excessive.

[ummmm]

My little cat's meow sounds like a squeaky floorboard.

[ladybirder]

You should all thing yourselves lucky, whatever sort of meow you get. My girl cat who died at 20, used to give a silent meow at 18 years of age and also stopped purring. Things just ain't right with the world when you have a silent cat. I found it profoundly sad. There's something so lovely about the deep deep purr of a happy and contented cat.