Feral Cat Behavior Meow. What does a normal feral do during the course of a general day? Some feral cats do meow but please read on… it is believed that cats have learned to meow as a form of communication with their human caretaker in making a demand for food normally.
It’s important to know the difference between a feral cat versus a stray cat since the behavior can vary widely between the two. The cat that is meowing outside of my bedroom at 2am is not mine! Feral cats do not meow, domesticated cats reserve meowing for interacting with humans, because they have learned humans respond to vocal cues.
Meowing is an interesting vocalization in that adult cats don’t actually meow at each other, just at people.
This topic is one i find very interesting, and one i have spend a good deal of time on: As feral cats don’t have human caretakers they have not learned to meow and in any case in unmanaged colonies there’ll be nobody to meow to. Does it meow and approach you? Taming it is a bit difficult.