nope... did nothing for my cat :( she does like some classical and swings her tail while listening

I've known 3 parrots who would dance when I whistled part of the Overture to Barber of Seville - a cockatoo, an African grey, and a Macaw.

This is 1030 pm. My cat is sitting around me facing me and there isnt even a quiver in his whisker from one cat music to the other. Now if I pick up his toy, he will bolt. On the other hand he watches TV.

But when the phone rings and my message comes on, both of my cats stare at my answering machine. I do call them when I'm away.

Yes, I am a veterinarian who loves WNYC and all the pet pro subjects

Listening to the program now and Charles Snowden comments. My dog Alfie listens to NPR most of the day and seems to enjoy it and I hope is becoming better informed.
I have always sung to him and he seems to respond to Frank Sinatra "You are too good to be true"! And helooks at me with shiny eyes either because he thinks I am nuts or because he likes the song but he certainly seems engaged and happy as a result of my singing! And wags his small Schnauzer tail!

Where can I download his music for cats?? Is it on iTunes?

My cat Grits would only sing with me in the shower. I tried the living room too but he didn't care much about it.
But he could wail in the shower

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Sometimes sound is deadly for animals as the recent case of 651 dolphins killed recently by sonar in the shipping lanes off the coast of Peru. The same thing has happened to these marine mammals from U.S. Navy sonar experiments in Hawaii,San Diego and The Bahamas. Also Dr. Snowden should not be confining Tamarin Monkeys in the vast primate jails at Wisconsin, Madison. These nonhuman animals did not volunteer for these protocols. Nor should they give up their freedom for these experiments.

We played Nicki Minaj for New Years' Eve celebrations and the cats (2) in the house practically ran from the room. We normally play WNYC (AM) mornings and evenings, to which they seem indifferent, but these compositions for cats you've played in this hour have my cats' ears atwitter during what is normally naptime! Oddly, I find they also react to medieval chant.

We played Nicki Minaj for New Years' Eve celebrations and the cats (2) in the house practically ran from the room. We normally play WNYC (AM) mornings and evenings, to which they seem indifferent, but these compositions for cats you've played in this hour have my cats' ears atwitter during what is normally naptime! Oddly, I find they also react to medieval chant.

My pet lovebird, Orangina, thanks you for playing her favorite song =, "Band on the Run"

My cats object to crystal singing bowls.

to caller joe,you just lack imagination. get thee to cynics anonymous,RT quick !

Our cat Greg, will be sleeping in his napping tower in the living room, and when we turn on the tv and if we start watching a movie or show that has loud noises, he will get up and walk over to our bedroom and nap on our bed instead. He definitely doesn't like loud noises, but I plan to test the soft music to see if he stops being a crazy cat :)

My fox terrier would swoon to Steve Miller
- time keeps on slipping into the future -the part with the high
Pitch electronic sound - he'd lift his head and
"sing" with it. :)

what about volume as a factor ?

I'm so glad you're doing this show. Very strange question: The last four cats I've had over 10 years have all had visceral reactions (they seem to be positive) to a whistled version of Auld Lang Syne. They don't react to other whistled songs. Any insight? Very strange, I know!

My cat, Coffee, makes his own music. He loves to pluck the acoustic guitar (by licking & biting at the strings). It's actually pretty melodic at times, and very cute to watch, and hear from another room.

Years ago, our cat came to the room and chattered excitedly at Rodger Payne's Songs of the Humpbacked Whales.

My cat responded to music twice: he started yeowling at the high pitched harmonica of Dylan on Another Side, and when I played OM by John Coltrane at his most avante garde, I founded him scared, on top of the refrigerator, hiding in the corner beneath a cabinet, shivering and disturbed

I am a musician and often hold rehearsals in my living room. One of my two greyhounds loves to sing along, particularly when woodwind instruments are involved!

It's a well known fact that all Cocker Spaniels listen exclusively to Joe Cocker!

I have an operatic soprano voice. My cat sometimes comes over and starts showing me affection while I'm vocalizing high in my range. I had thought the sound was disturbing her and that she thought I was in distress. But if this research is correct, she was actually enjoying my singing.

Thanks for the program!

Laughing rats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-admRGFVNM

Cat slept right through the music for cats but bolted upright during the Tamarind rock.

My cats found the music relaxing. Of course, they were asleep anyway.

I'm pretty sure my dog liked down tempo bass heavy music such as Dub, Roots, and Reggae. My room mate had a home studio and whenever he played these types of music my dog would go into the studio and lay on the chair next to the sub-woofer. I'm not sure if he was enjoying the music or just "feeling" the bass. He did this almost every time there was a steady bass line being played. I dig that music but its not really my genre so I'm not imposing my taste on my dog in this instance. He was a cocker spaniel.

my dog exhibited separation anxiety so i used to leave the weather station on figuring hearing human voices (rather than music) might comfort him. I chose the weather station because i thought the voices,sounds might be the most relaxing rather than tv stations that might have shows that could have yelling or loud noises, etc.

The on-air playing:
Made my cat go from agitated to looking around for the whatever that high-pitched object was. After the playing he went to my foot and kneaded(sp) it, something that this cat never does. Worth more trials for me.

My cat was napping right next to the radio and that piece by David Tye did not wake him up. Then again, neither did the Ornette Coleman birthday broadcast.

I leave WNYC on all day and I now find I have the smartest cat in the neighborhood.

My pet lovebird responds most to ABBA and Fleetwood Mac. She also seems to really enjoy Shcubert's waltzes. I am saying she responds because she attempts to sing with this music. But I would say that Band on the Run by Paul McCartney is her favorite piece to sing along with.

My cat showed zero interest in the samples on the "Music for Cats" website. I hope this doesn't mean she's a philistine.

Please don't think I'm crazy -- this is a true story. I'm not even a crazy cat person or anything.

Growing up, I used to listen to a bunch of progressive rock. At a certain point, I noticed that EVERY SINGLE TIME I played the second side of King Crimson's album "Starless and Bible Black," my cat would enter the room.

(For those too young to know, this was in the age of "vinyl," and records had two sides.)

The second side began with a song called Trio, but later on had the titular tune "Starless and Bible Black," full of Robert Fripp experimenting with all kinds of high pitched guitar wails and tones.

Sure enough, my cat loved them. Every single time they were played, she would come in.

So, boys and girls, there really truly is "music for cats." Only at the time it was thought to be early guitar electronica.

Awww, my cat Greg would probably love this music and it isn't so bad for me either :)

Year's ago when I had a Quaker's Parrot, we discovered that he loved James Brown whenever we had it on...particularly the brass parts. This bird would bop up and down and squawk loudly with each toot of Fred Wesley and Maceo doing their thang! It was quite a little show in the bird cage.

These days, I play Paul McCartney for my pet platypus as he plays in his swimming tank!

Daron

how species specific is this;and,how much variation is there within a species,as far as likes; and, possible danger via sonic intrusion ?

During a televised version of the Blessing of the Animals at St. John the Divine Cathedral about 10 years ago, Paul Winter and other great musians were performing.

And the elephant was swinging her trunk to the beat! I was astonished.
Is this possible?
Do animals have rhythm?

And will blaring heavy metal make the mice leave my apartment?
THANKS