Hi All,
New member here. I've received some advice, but I wanted to join a cat forum to see what some other 'cat people' had to say. Please bear with me, this may get long.
Our cat just turned a year old. Last month he had major surgery due to intestinal blockage. He recovered very well. However, since this surgery, he has been a force to reckon with.
He meows constantly, day and night, no matter what is going on or who is doing what. He has toys to play with, a cat tree to run up, down, around and three dogs that often enjoy rough and tumble with him. He is worse when the dogs are outside playing (the meowing that is).
He has always been interested in the outside world, but having had indoor/outdoor cats all my life, I wanted to try to keep him an indoor cat. He and I were not on the same page. In the last week to two weeks, he's made daring escapes into the outside world. It was suggested to me that he may have some type of 'spring fever' and want to be outside. The other night he got out without anyone noticing and was gone for a few hours.
So, I bought a harness and thought, okay, if he wants to be outside, it will be supervised and on the harness. He wouldn't budge. Even with prompting him and calling him, he wouldn't move. So I put him on a tie out, with enough range to maneuver the backyard, without being able to climb up trees or fences and potentially injure himself. In the course of time it took me to take out the trash and turn on the front sprinklers, he had escaped from his harness and was gone. This was last night and he's been inside since he came back.
He is a Siamese and while he has always been vocal, this is a new level of "vocal". I can't truly describe it. It's a desperate meow that is rattling the whole house and I am starting to worry for one of my dogs who must have a stress-free environment due to health issues. This has been unsettling the home for quite some time now and we're all stressed about it. Any input/advice would be greatly appreciated.
New member here. I've received some advice, but I wanted to join a cat forum to see what some other 'cat people' had to say. Please bear with me, this may get long.
Our cat just turned a year old. Last month he had major surgery due to intestinal blockage. He recovered very well. However, since this surgery, he has been a force to reckon with.
He meows constantly, day and night, no matter what is going on or who is doing what. He has toys to play with, a cat tree to run up, down, around and three dogs that often enjoy rough and tumble with him. He is worse when the dogs are outside playing (the meowing that is).
He has always been interested in the outside world, but having had indoor/outdoor cats all my life, I wanted to try to keep him an indoor cat. He and I were not on the same page. In the last week to two weeks, he's made daring escapes into the outside world. It was suggested to me that he may have some type of 'spring fever' and want to be outside. The other night he got out without anyone noticing and was gone for a few hours.
So, I bought a harness and thought, okay, if he wants to be outside, it will be supervised and on the harness. He wouldn't budge. Even with prompting him and calling him, he wouldn't move. So I put him on a tie out, with enough range to maneuver the backyard, without being able to climb up trees or fences and potentially injure himself. In the course of time it took me to take out the trash and turn on the front sprinklers, he had escaped from his harness and was gone. This was last night and he's been inside since he came back.
He is a Siamese and while he has always been vocal, this is a new level of "vocal". I can't truly describe it. It's a desperate meow that is rattling the whole house and I am starting to worry for one of my dogs who must have a stress-free environment due to health issues. This has been unsettling the home for quite some time now and we're all stressed about it. Any input/advice would be greatly appreciated.