Domestic cats are more bothersome than wild cats, although they have fewer voices than some other species. For example, Asian forest cats have a few extra sounds that are out of stock for the kittens' voices, namely “Ao” and the “Gurr” sound. As for the distinctive sound of domestic cats, the sound of "meow", it is hardly heard in wild cat colonies, except sometimes when mothers communicate with their kittens. Wild cats are constantly watching and coming, so they do not need to announce their presence. But cats that live with humans learn that the meow is a good way to attract our attention. Only our domestic pets find us staring in a book or screen, so they resort to the meow as a way to get our attention. Some domestic cats develop a "special language" of the meow that only those who acquire them will understand, as each acoustic signal indicates something different that the cat needs.

When a cat lives in a family of cats, the youngsters rub their bodies in their mothers, females in males, and smaller cats in larger cats. The opposite is rarely the case, which indicates a slight imbalance of power in each of these relationships.