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Hello all,
My boyfriend and I are having issues with our cat Gilroy. Gilroy is around 10 years old. For years he's been a very vocal cat, with a very loud and unrefined meow. He would sometimes just meow for what seemed to be no reason. Bloodwork and check-up would always come back healthy. P
But over the past couple years it's gotten out of control. About a year ago it got to the point where he would get up on our side tables while we were sleeping and meow in our ears. My boyfriend has chronic health issues and can't afford to lose more sleep than he already does, so we begrudgingly decided to put him in my office at night which is through two doors from our bedroom. That worked really well - he didn't meow at all while in there and seemed to tolerate it just fine for about a year. He would of course meow his head off for about 10 minutes after we let him out in the morning. But we didn't know what else we could do.
But now he's started meowing in the middle of the night again and meows continually on and off all night. His meows are loud and piercing and still keep us up even through two doors. We try to never reinforce his meowing during the day by ignoring him when he meows to be pet. We had gotten away from it for awhile, but we've tried to start buckling back down on it. We try to reward him by giving him attention once he's stopped for a minute, and by petting him whenever he comes over for attention without meowing.
But sometimes he just walks around meowing for what seems like no apparent reason, during the day too - kind of just bleeting. Aside from the excessive meowing, he seems happy and healthy. While his meows sound distressed, he himself doesn't look particularly distressed - it's almost like he doesn't know what he's meowing for either.
We free feed, so the meowing is not for food. We've put a nightlight in the room he stays in at night, as I read this can help of he's suffering from kitty dementia. He always has clean water and a clean litter box. We've had bloodwork done in the past and everything was normal. He has no hearing issues. We have an appointment with the vet in a few days to get him looked at again, but I have a bad feeling it's not going to give us any answers since it hasn't in the past.
My boyfriend is literally considering moving into a hotel because he can't function without proper sleep (I'm not doing so well either). Is there anything else we can try? Have we exhausted all our options?
TL;DR - My cat Gilroy, whom I love dearly, wont shut up... and my boyfriend and I need sleep.
Thank you in advance!
My boyfriend and I are having issues with our cat Gilroy. Gilroy is around 10 years old. For years he's been a very vocal cat, with a very loud and unrefined meow. He would sometimes just meow for what seemed to be no reason. Bloodwork and check-up would always come back healthy. P
But over the past couple years it's gotten out of control. About a year ago it got to the point where he would get up on our side tables while we were sleeping and meow in our ears. My boyfriend has chronic health issues and can't afford to lose more sleep than he already does, so we begrudgingly decided to put him in my office at night which is through two doors from our bedroom. That worked really well - he didn't meow at all while in there and seemed to tolerate it just fine for about a year. He would of course meow his head off for about 10 minutes after we let him out in the morning. But we didn't know what else we could do.
But now he's started meowing in the middle of the night again and meows continually on and off all night. His meows are loud and piercing and still keep us up even through two doors. We try to never reinforce his meowing during the day by ignoring him when he meows to be pet. We had gotten away from it for awhile, but we've tried to start buckling back down on it. We try to reward him by giving him attention once he's stopped for a minute, and by petting him whenever he comes over for attention without meowing.
But sometimes he just walks around meowing for what seems like no apparent reason, during the day too - kind of just bleeting. Aside from the excessive meowing, he seems happy and healthy. While his meows sound distressed, he himself doesn't look particularly distressed - it's almost like he doesn't know what he's meowing for either.
We free feed, so the meowing is not for food. We've put a nightlight in the room he stays in at night, as I read this can help of he's suffering from kitty dementia. He always has clean water and a clean litter box. We've had bloodwork done in the past and everything was normal. He has no hearing issues. We have an appointment with the vet in a few days to get him looked at again, but I have a bad feeling it's not going to give us any answers since it hasn't in the past.
My boyfriend is literally considering moving into a hotel because he can't function without proper sleep (I'm not doing so well either). Is there anything else we can try? Have we exhausted all our options?
TL;DR - My cat Gilroy, whom I love dearly, wont shut up... and my boyfriend and I need sleep.
Thank you in advance!