How Cats Respond to Music: Does Olga Have a Favorite Tune?

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

Some musicians produce songs and movies for cats, however do the cats respect them or secretly want their house owners would cease subjecting them to the noise? Pet house owners in all probability hope their cats have related tastes in music, however except they’ll manipulate the stereo or telephone controls, their cats don’t have a alternative. Our music can be our cat’s; a polka fan’s pet listens to polka music, and a DJ’s feline is subjected to bop music and possibly exhausting of listening to.

Your tastes change as you mature, and I’m glad my cat wasn’t round after I was an eighth grader who blasted Dangerous Brains or the Useless Kennedys at full quantity in my room. For those who study 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 possible as a result of music’s quantity relatively than composition. Most metallic songs aren’t performed at a low quantity, and my mother by no means stated, “Will you flip that up, son? You’re not enjoying Iron Maiden loud sufficient!

Music She’s Unlikely to Hear

I don’t assume Olga has a favorite song or genre 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, fashionable nation music, or at this time’s pop music except it got here from the tv. Since I don’t permit friends to play songs I despise, Olga’s publicity to some genres is proscribed.

I haven’t experimented on her and don’t plan to since I must endure songs I dislike. Olga has listened to traditional 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 seemed shocked the primary time the MGM lion roared earlier than a movie, she isn’t very occupied with wildlife applications, even those on birds.

Protecting the Quantity Low

Cats have sensitive hearing, however I didn’t think about that after 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 injury the cat’s listening to. I do know cat house owners 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 conceal in one other room away from the audio system, their listening to might be secure, 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.