Older cat meowing at night !!

My cat is 15 yrs old and in the last few months has begun meowing
loudly for no apparent reason. For the past year and half he has been
on thyroid medication and his levels appear to be under control, the
vet hasn't found anything else wrong with him and says that it might
be related to his age.

He is now waking us up several times a night and we are getting very
tired!! Any ideas on what I can do to stop this ? Has anyone checked
out the various over the counter type anti anxiety products for cats ?
Do these work ? What about a prescription medication from the vet ?

Any help would be appreciated as I haven't been this tired since my
child was an infant!

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My cat is 15 yrs old and in the last few months has begun meowing
loudly for no apparent reason. For the past year and half he has been
on thyroid medication and his levels appear to be under control, the
vet hasn't found anything else wrong with him and says that it might
be related to his age.

He is now waking us up several times a night and we are getting very
tired!! Any ideas on what I can do to stop this ? Has anyone checked
out the various over the counter type anti anxiety products for cats ?
Do these work ? What about a prescription medication from the vet ?

Any help would be appreciated as I haven't been this tired since my
child was an infant!








Put him in his own separate room. Close the door. Put on the box fan...And get
some peace. Our Chessie knows when he hears me exiting the shower, it's almost
confinement-time! Bedtime to us, confinement time to him. As I exit the
bathroom, he is entering his bed room and awaiting my attention! It's no lie!
At first, I had to challenge him with a firm "chop-chop" every nite, and 9 out
of 10 times, he'd trot away, and I'd have to wrangle him back and into his
room. But now, he does it all by himself! (I take all the credit. I have
instilled into him the desire to please me, me being the alpha-male and all).
He doesn't always like it, But that's just tough crap. It doesn't make you an
evil ogre to segregate the animal from the rest of the pack at nite. Just so
long as he has his food and his water and it's of a likable temperature in
there.
I don't see your problem. We sleep great and so can you. Just take the bull by
the horns, Tivon.


IBen

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My cat is 15 yrs old and in the last few months has begun meowing
loudly for no apparent reason. For the past year and half he has been
on thyroid medication and his levels appear to be under control, the
vet hasn't found anything else wrong with him and says that it might
be related to his age.

He is now waking us up several times a night and we are getting very
tired!! Any ideas on what I can do to stop this ? Has anyone checked
out the various over the counter type anti anxiety products for cats ?
Do these work ? What about a prescription medication from the vet ?

Any help would be appreciated as I haven't been this tired since my
child was an infant!








Put him in his own separate room. Close the door. Put on the box fan...And get
some peace. Our Chessie knows when he hears me exiting the shower, it's almost
confinement-time! Bedtime to us, confinement time to him. As I exit the
bathroom, he is entering his bed room and awaiting my attention! It's no lie!
At first, I had to challenge him with a firm "chop-chop" every nite, and 9 out
of 10 times, he'd trot away, and I'd have to wrangle him back and into his
room. But now, he does it all by himself! (I take all the credit. I have
instilled into him the desire to please me, me being the alpha-male and all).
He doesn't always like it, But that's just tough crap. It doesn't make you an
evil ogre to segregate the animal from the rest of the pack at nite. Just so
long as he has his food and his water and it's of a likable temperature in
there.
I don't see your problem. We sleep great and so can you. Just take the bull by
the horns, Tivon.


IBen

Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.

Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.

Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.

Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.

So even if he is in the room with you he meows?

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om...
Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.

So even if he is in the room with you he meows?

"S.S." wrote in message
om...
Thanks for all the advice. His thyroid levels are checked regularly
so that is not the issue. I think I'll try putting him in another
room tonight as he woke us up more than 5 times.