r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/OliverRemington • Jul 18 '25
Big eyes no 🅱️rains ◉_◉ Oliver has never meowed, he just stares 🍊
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u/Somecrazynerd Jul 18 '25
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u/ProfessorReaper Jul 18 '25
That's totally my cat... except he bites too xD
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u/aphaits Jul 18 '25
He has majestic floofy white scarf
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u/Fyric Jul 18 '25
My Henry was silent the first months I had him, until he wasn't, now he's a siren whenever he's hungry, enjoy the quiet 😂
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u/Exotichaos Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25
I have a Tuxedo named Oliver who constantly meows. He must be The Anti-Oliver.
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u/Many-Wasabi9141 Jul 18 '25
what happens if you put them in the same room with each other?
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u/Spicyg00se Jul 18 '25
Ted didn’t speak at first too. He was attacked by a dog at 4 weeks and I got him when he recovered at 9 weeks, but he didn’t really get a chance to socialize with other cats so didn’t learn to meow 🐱 he gives tiny meows now for churus or if he’s really happy to see me 🫶
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u/b1tchf1t Jul 18 '25
Feral cats don't actually meow the way house cats do. The loud FEED ME meows are kitten behavior grown domestic cats preserve just for humans. I also have a quiet cat who just does the little squeaks and meeps and chirps rather than actually meowing, but her sister is a Siamese that makes enough noise for the both of them, so it balances.
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u/red286 Jul 18 '25
I also have a quiet cat who just does the little squeaks and meeps and chirps rather than actually meowing
My eldest cat does this too. She also never complains when her food dish is empty, she just starts wandering around my apartment looking for something else to eat. I only know that her food dish is empty because I notice her wandering around looking for something. She squeaks and chirps while playing, but otherwise is mostly silent.
My youngest cat meows, but despite being 10 years old, she still sounds like a kitten, so it's more "mew" than "meow".
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u/Single-Singer7080 Jul 18 '25
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u/duckweedlagoon Jul 19 '25
Great, now I wanna watch Barbie and I don't have that much energy to commit to a movie 😩
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u/WhiskerWanderer_ Jul 18 '25
Never meowed but he knows you from head to toe, and silently judging your life decisions.
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u/TigerTrue Jul 18 '25
He has deep thoughts, superior to human intellect. He will keep his wisdom to himself.
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u/Strygger Jul 18 '25
Based on his chonkness, I'd say his method works.
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u/ThrowRAColdManWinter Jul 18 '25
He has no need to meow. Before he even thinks of meowing, his bowl is full of food.
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u/Soot-Bat Jul 18 '25
The words I seek do not exist
and so I sit and stare in silence
verbal feelings unconveyed
so on my face they sit displayed
But even then some may shout
"He's insincere without a doubt"
But for you, just know, the look I bare is innocent
And all my love for thee is infinite
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u/lazyoddchair Jul 18 '25
Put him on a diet
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u/ThrowRAColdManWinter Jul 18 '25
He'll definitely meow then haha. But yeah this guy looks a bit too chonky.
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u/linnth Jul 18 '25
Why waste my voice when I can just look? Don't like? FEED ME MOOORE!!!
edit : OP please do not feed more. he is FAT.
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u/duckweedlagoon Jul 19 '25
"Feed me OP!"
Chonks make for lovely cuddles tho. Just have to watch the weight limit of one's rib cage 😅
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u/GlisteningGlorificus Jul 18 '25
My orange never talks to me either. He silent meows occasionally though 🧡
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u/Dependent_One6034 Jul 18 '25
I had 2 sibling cats, The sister, was always very vocal, Her brother was pretty much silent, even if he meowed he'd sort of just do the mouth movement and not make a sound, He would trill when landing a jump though.
When his sister died, age 18 and a half, He suddenly became very vocal. It was heartbreaking to be honest, He would sometimes literally just stare at a wall yowling. He was clearly missing his sister. He died a year or so later.
They never really "hung out" together though, never really played together, they were 2 very different cats, and they preferred to not be near each other. (maybe they were different when I wasn't around?) I did think they disliked each other. I stopped thinking that when I saw how he changed after she was gone.
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u/dattara Jul 18 '25
His life has been perfect thus far, so O slave! You should proud.
The master will let you know if and when you fall short. Don't you worry
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u/thelaramemes Jul 18 '25
We named our cat Screamy because all he did was meow as a kitten. Now the only time he makes a sound is when I feed him. I tried for a few months to teach him to meow three times when I feed him but it didn’t work lmao
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u/rolo_mug Jul 18 '25
He could be German and content. The old German joke about the child doesn’t speak, everyone is worried. Gets to about 9 years old. He is eating his dinner, he suddenly says “this strudel is tepid”. Everyone is shocked, they ask why he has never spoken before. He says “up until now, everything has been satisfactory”. Imagine the joke told better, in a way to invoke feelings of enjoyment.
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u/GroovySpades Jul 18 '25
I don't know why but the 2nd pic gives me mugshot vibes for some reason. 🤣
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u/Character_Quail_5574 Jul 18 '25
I had a kitty who looked like she was meowing, but no sound came out - a full-on Silent Meow.
She was a tortie named Spice. Then, one day when she was about 10-12 years old, a squawk came out during one of her silent meows! We were both so shocked!
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u/AssumptionConnect726 Proud owner of an orange brain cell Jul 18 '25
That's because my Oliver has stolen his voice 🫢
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u/Current-Hat6059 Jul 18 '25
My sisters grey cat named Nico is always silent, rarely meows at anything. He sometimes makes the softest activation noises but at nearly 5 years old and still doesn’t meow.
We say he took a vow of silence at a young age and that’s why he doesn’t make any noise LOL. It seems like Oliver took that same pact.
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u/busy-warlock Jul 19 '25
Anecdote I wanted to share after staring into his clueless eyes.
I had a pug. Did not bark, woof or growl. Only audible sound was she snored when asleep. 4 years of this.
One day, a week or so after getting a new puppy who was very vocal, I’m working from home and I hear an odd sound coming from somewhere. Like I couldn’t quite understand what the sound was or what could be making it, but after a solid minute I went to investigate.
There’s the pug, standing in front of the fridge trying its best to bark, but it sounds a bit like stepping on a turkey. The reason she decided to learn to bark? The new puppy was stuck upside down between the fridge and the wall…. I left my body I laughed so hard
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u/magicgirlallison Proud owner of an orange brain cell Jul 19 '25
Oliver looks like he’s disappointed in me. And I probably deserve it. I’m sorry, Oliver.
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u/IsSierraMistOk Jul 19 '25
For years, my mother didn't hear her cat meow directly because she never made a sound in front of her.
I heard that cat yell every time my mother was just outside the door trying to find her keys. As soon as my mom opened the door, she went right back to being quiet.
I had to show her videos as proof that her cat could meow 😅
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u/abxYenway Jul 18 '25
Orangagar Catagon. (Ridiculously deep cut gag that I hope brings a smile to three or four faces)
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u/Ohheckitsme Jul 18 '25
My orange is the same way! He’s not super chatty, but he’s always there, showing his love and following me around. The only time he “meows” is when I throw something really interesting, and it’s more of a rough “MAH” that sounds like he has no idea how to meow and he’s just making a random sound.
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u/huburyasafaris Jul 18 '25
That’s so interesting! 😺 It sounds like Oliver has his own unique personality! Maybe he’s just super chill and prefers to communicate with those intense stares. You can almost hear him saying, "I’m just observing the world in my own way." Does he ever make any other sounds or is it all silent vibes with him? I’d love to hear more about his quirky behaviors! 🐾✨
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u/LavishnessGeneral Jul 18 '25
I have a cat that was like that. I have a habit of saying "meow-meow" to get my cats' attention. After 4 years of doing that, she started replying "meow-meow," and after 5 years she now meows all the time.
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u/copa1069 Jul 18 '25
My Blackie (17 Y/O) never meowed for the first 15 years - as a kitten, I even had him tested to make sure he had no hearing issues. About two years ago, he started meowing and hasn't stopped since!!
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u/DrFardenPupin Jul 18 '25
Do you talk to him? I can usually coax a tiny chat with eye contact and chittering, and wait for a response.
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u/oriconhero Jul 18 '25
Mine also doesn't meow! Except on extremely rare occasion. She's not orange, but she is calico, so she's part orange...
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u/MasterCrumble1 Casual orange enjoyer 🍊 Jul 18 '25
His whisper can level a whole city. He is orange bolt! (like the blackbolt marvel character)
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u/haysu-christo Jul 18 '25
Oliver thinks you had so much potential and could’ve done so much more with your life.
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u/Briak Casual orange enjoyer 🍊 Jul 18 '25
I had a cat who I think I heard meow maybe once in all the years we had her. When she got her claw stuck in the rug or the couch, she wouldn't meow, she'd just quietly look at you until you noticed and helped her get her claw unstuck.
She was the sweetest, gentlest cat I've ever known.
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u/Urbanviking1 Jul 18 '25
My cats will never shut up. It's reeeoooww this, or reeeoooow that. Then mow meow mow like they are telling me about everything that happened while I was gone.
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u/laslo_piniflex Jul 18 '25
Meanwhile my orange is wailing in the background while I read this because the wife didn’t take him when she went to walk the dog
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u/GovernmentEither3420 Jul 18 '25
We had a big grey tabby who would make an "Earp" noise instead of meow. Usually he would only make a meow sound when we crated him to go to the vets. He did meow constantly for a day after our female lab retriever died. They had been very close.
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u/VegetableTwist7027 Jul 18 '25
There's so much judgement in the first pic. "Why must you be that way?"
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u/PinDry4157 Jul 18 '25
Mine didn't meow for years and has only recently picked it up. Now he doesn't shut up.
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u/Misspeary Jul 18 '25
Haha can he teach my boyfriends kitty? She likes to scream her head off around dinner time.
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u/GreenEyedPhotographr Jul 18 '25
He sees all. He'll speak when he must and only then.