I handed my cat back to the shelter as aggressive just to keep my children safe: the vet there told me what the chattering over the bowl had really meant
A mother surrendered her cat to a shelter, convinced his strange chattering at the food bowl signaled dangerous aggression toward her children. A single conversation with a vet revealed the truth: he wasn’t threatening—he was excited. Here’s what every cat owner needs to know about this commonly misunderstood feline sound.