Hello everyone! I know there are several threads regarding cats yowling to go out but I couldn’t find any that matched with what exactly is going on.
So I recently started harness training my 3 year old nuetered male cat because with quarantine going on I’ve spending a lot of time in the garden and thought he would enjoy coming out with me. He made awesome progress with the harness and we‘ve started a daily routine of going for walkies at the same time every day. However, he has started just yowling like a madman at the back door to be let out. Unfortunately, he primarily does this at night and wakes up everyone in the house he is so loud. After reading the forums on here that mentioned if you just ignore the behavior he will eventually realize he is not going to get attention he will stop, I counseled my family members on just ignoring him. However after an hour and a half of straight yowling at 3am, they were no longer able to hold out and sprayed him with a squirt bottle to try and get him to be quiet. (This does not work). He will just stand there meowing for hours on end and it is a lot to ask of people at 2am who have to be up at 5am to ignore his yowling for 2 hours.
So far, I had tried taking him to the vet to rule out health issues and he received a clean bill of health. I tried blocking his view out the back door (it’s a glass door) with cardboard so he couldn’t see out, and he continues to howl. I take him for walks at the same time every day already so he has a set schedule. We tried ignoring him but it’s not really working since he’s meowing for hours. Everyone in the house is getting very frustrated and I’m wondering if stopping the walk altogether would help? Ive seen those catios being posted but I do not know that that is something we could put up right now. I also tried giving my family earplugs and using a big box fan to try and cover up the sound but he is just too loud. He has food and water at night as well.
Any help is appreciated since people are really getting frustrated with him. Thank you guys!
So I recently started harness training my 3 year old nuetered male cat because with quarantine going on I’ve spending a lot of time in the garden and thought he would enjoy coming out with me. He made awesome progress with the harness and we‘ve started a daily routine of going for walkies at the same time every day. However, he has started just yowling like a madman at the back door to be let out. Unfortunately, he primarily does this at night and wakes up everyone in the house he is so loud. After reading the forums on here that mentioned if you just ignore the behavior he will eventually realize he is not going to get attention he will stop, I counseled my family members on just ignoring him. However after an hour and a half of straight yowling at 3am, they were no longer able to hold out and sprayed him with a squirt bottle to try and get him to be quiet. (This does not work). He will just stand there meowing for hours on end and it is a lot to ask of people at 2am who have to be up at 5am to ignore his yowling for 2 hours.
So far, I had tried taking him to the vet to rule out health issues and he received a clean bill of health. I tried blocking his view out the back door (it’s a glass door) with cardboard so he couldn’t see out, and he continues to howl. I take him for walks at the same time every day already so he has a set schedule. We tried ignoring him but it’s not really working since he’s meowing for hours. Everyone in the house is getting very frustrated and I’m wondering if stopping the walk altogether would help? Ive seen those catios being posted but I do not know that that is something we could put up right now. I also tried giving my family earplugs and using a big box fan to try and cover up the sound but he is just too loud. He has food and water at night as well.
Any help is appreciated since people are really getting frustrated with him. Thank you guys!