How Cats Reply to Music: Does Olga Have a Favourite Tune?

Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.

Some musicians produce songs and movies for cats, however do the cats admire them or secretly want their homeowners would cease subjecting them to the noise? Pet homeowners in all probability hope their cats have comparable tastes in music, however until they will manipulate the stereo or telephone controls, their cats don’t have a selection. Our music can be our cat’s; a polka fan’s pet listens to polka music, and a DJ’s feline is subjected to bounce music and doubtless onerous of listening to.

Your tastes change as you mature, and I’m glad my cat wasn’t round once I was an eighth grader who blasted Dangerous Brains or the Useless Kennedys at full quantity in my room. Should you look at research or articles about which genres of music annoy cats, you’ll discover that heavy metallic is extra despised by cats than the others.

It’s disappointing for heavy metallic followers, however it’s seemingly as a result of music’s quantity quite than composition. Most metallic songs aren’t performed at a low quantity, and my mother by no means mentioned, “Will you flip that up, son? You’re not taking part in Iron Maiden loud sufficient!

Music She’s Unlikely to Hear

I don’t assume Olga has a favourite music or style of music, and like most cats, I don’t assume she cares concerning the music so long as it isn’t too loud. Nevertheless, she hasn’t heard EDM, trendy nation music, or at the moment’s pop music until it got here from the tv. Since I don’t enable visitors to play songs I despise, Olga’s publicity to some genres is restricted.

I haven’t experimented on her and don’t plan to since I must endure songs I dislike. Olga has listened to basic rock, jazz, blues, classical, heavy metallic, punk (or new wave?), and accordion tunes from Hungary, and all of it sounds the identical to her.

Though she appeared stunned the primary time the MGM lion roared earlier than a movie, she isn’t very excited by wildlife packages, even those on birds.

Retaining the Quantity Low

Cats have delicate listening to, however I didn’t take into account that once I was youthful and held events with loud music. My Siamese cat normally hid in my room to flee the music, and Olga would in all probability do the identical if I turned the amount to the max on my stereo.

I’ll all the time play music at residence, however I don’t play it loud sufficient to rattle the partitions or harm the cat’s listening to. I do know cat homeowners my age who haven’t misplaced their love for blasting their music, and a few assume it’s amusing when their cats run to flee the noise. In the event that they cover in one other room away from the audio system, their listening to might be protected, relying on the decibel stage.

Olga solely runs and hides when she hears fireworks and doesn’t react a lot to sounds from the tv or stereo. She could like my music greater than the silence, however till she objects to it, I’ll proceed to entertain her with good tunes.