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Hello all.
We have a 1.5 year old male tabby (neutered) who consistently exhibits the following behavior.
At any time of day or evening (but not night!) he will randomly walk into another room - whatever room we are NOT in but especially closets and bathrooms - and meow. It's loud and sometimes sounds like whining or a question but mainly it's just loud meowing. MEOW.. MEOW. MRRROW. MRRROW. Usually 5-10 times. Then he stops. If we call to him he may skip a meow and then continue. If we call to him again he might stop for a few minutes. But he doesn't come to us. He usually starts again every half hour to hour and this might happen only once or it might happen for several hours in a row.
He also shows no interest when we go TO him when he does this - in fact he walks three feet away and lays down for a minute, or just walks away entirely and into a different room. He doesn't appear desperate or scared. He's not sad. He doesn't show an interest in toys if we bring those down. He's not sick. He's not hungry or thirsty. Sometimes our other cat will perk up and run to him and try to play (by leaping on him or batting him) but this seems to annoy him and he usually changes his meow into a complaint like rrrreeeEEEEOW. If you know what I mean.
So I don't think it's companionship or loneliness that makes him do this.
So ... what is this about? I did a search and found many people have this issue with their cats -- but no one actually had any real behavioral insight as to the cause.
We have a 1.5 year old male tabby (neutered) who consistently exhibits the following behavior.
At any time of day or evening (but not night!) he will randomly walk into another room - whatever room we are NOT in but especially closets and bathrooms - and meow. It's loud and sometimes sounds like whining or a question but mainly it's just loud meowing. MEOW.. MEOW. MRRROW. MRRROW. Usually 5-10 times. Then he stops. If we call to him he may skip a meow and then continue. If we call to him again he might stop for a few minutes. But he doesn't come to us. He usually starts again every half hour to hour and this might happen only once or it might happen for several hours in a row.
He also shows no interest when we go TO him when he does this - in fact he walks three feet away and lays down for a minute, or just walks away entirely and into a different room. He doesn't appear desperate or scared. He's not sad. He doesn't show an interest in toys if we bring those down. He's not sick. He's not hungry or thirsty. Sometimes our other cat will perk up and run to him and try to play (by leaping on him or batting him) but this seems to annoy him and he usually changes his meow into a complaint like rrrreeeEEEEOW. If you know what I mean.
So I don't think it's companionship or loneliness that makes him do this.
So ... what is this about? I did a search and found many people have this issue with their cats -- but no one actually had any real behavioral insight as to the cause.