To Terence Groening:
 
Who says Sloan is a female name?  Didn't you ever hear of General Sloan
Carpenter on One Life to Live?  :)
 
I think the 'T' sound you're hearing is probably that backward hiss they
make when excited.  Some do it more than others.  Sometimes it means they're
mad, sometimes just excited.  Mine do it when I try to take something away
from them that they're not supposed to have.  We play determined tug of war
and then when I start to pry the mouth open they hiss.
 
Debbie Riccio
WNYFLFA
Rochester, NY
[Posted in FML issue 1258]