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Cat meowing all the time
"mrscomp4707 via CatKB.com" u43134@uwe wrote Thanks for your response but we have it undercontroll now. Hes fine thanks anyway Really? How did you do that? |
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Cat meowing all the time
Suddenly, without warning, mrscomp4707 via CatKB.com exclaimed
(4/26/2008 1:30 AM): jmc wrote: Suddenly, without warning, mrscomp4707 via CatKB.com exclaimed (4/25/2008 7:00 AM): Thanks so much for the response. We do play with him constintely, I really think he just wants outside all the time. We cant let him go outside without [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] treats so we know its not a tummy ache. I think he just wants to run wild. Thanks again for a response. Just because his food is organic, doesn't mean it can't give him a tummy ache. In this vein, it is possible, I suppose, that he might be allergic to something in his food. Have you tried completely (but gradually) changing his food? For instance, if you feed only chicken cat food, find cat food with no chicken. Or try changing brands. Cat are often allergic to grains, so you could try foods with no grains. Does he stop meowing when you play with him? Either he's sick (vet could have missed something - perhaps try a second opinion?), as other posters have mentioned, or something you're doing is reinforcing this behavior. You have to figure out what. If it's attention-getting you might try this: Leave the room when he meows. Close the door to the room he's in, or go to another room and close the door. As soon as he's quiet for like 10 seconds, open the door and praise him. Rinse and repeat. Other things to try: Never initiate play or attention, or even talk to him, when he's meowing, only when he's quiet (even if he's quiet for only a few seconds). Make more of a point of ignoring his meowing, by turning your back on him and refusing to look at him, until he's quiet. With this method, you might find that he's quiet, but when you look at him or reach for a toy, he meows. Immediately stop and go back to "ignore" mode. After a while, he'll realize that when he's quiet, he gets attention, and when he's meowing, he gets pointedly ignored. Talking too. When he's quiet, praise him. He'll figure it out. And if all the suggestions you get here fail to work, seek out and hire a reputable feline behaviorist. jmc Thanks for your response but we have it undercontroll now. Hes fine thanks anyway Please post your solution. It could help other cat owners with talkative/noisy pets! jmc |
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