My cat meows to play the whole day! He never gets tired!

[ana anula]

I have a cat which is 17 months. I give him a lot of attention, he  has always food, water and clean litter. The problem is I work at home and he wants to play constantly, I play about 20-30 minutes twice a day at least but that is never enough so he is all day meowing an looking at me with his paper-ball next. The point is I need to find a way that he understands that sometimes we can play and other times I need to work without hearing constant meowing...

Is there a way to teach him play alone a little bit (I tried to buy all kinds of cat-toys, he plays about two minutes and tries to play with people again, which might be much funnier) or geting him tired faster?

Thanks!

 

[walfie]

Have you thought about getting him a friend to play with? He's probably lonely and want's companionship. I know that was the problem with my little boy, and since we got him a playmate they mostly just entertain one another (only downside was I lost a lot of my cuddle time lol). 

 

[ana anula]

Thanks for your suggestion. The point is I travel quite a lot, and taking one cat with me or arranging someone to take care o him is more than enough, so I cannot get a mate for him right now (maybe in a coupe of years)...

 

[talkingpeanut]

Is he neutered?