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My two kittens are now nearly in adulthood. One is just shy of being a year old (Gatsby); the younger one is just under 10 months (Archer).
Gatsby went through a particularly obnoxious teenager phase where he would meow all night to get attention. He would climb under the covers and bite my feet, and then walk around my apartment all day chattering. It drove me nuts, but eventually he just got over it. He still chatters sometimes at 6 in the morning but if I kick him out of my room he will go lay down in the living room and be quiet until I get up.
Archer, my previously quiet little mama's boy, now seems to be entering a similarly annoying phase. He meows all day. I don't think it happens when I'm not home, and it doesn't happen at night, but from 7 am on he will meow, meow, meow meow meow. Sometimes it's a yowling, sometimes it's just chattering and grumbling. He stands at the front door of our apartment and meows as if he wants in the hallway.
The only thing I can think of that he is specifically meowing for is food. When they were younger I would feed them each about a can of wet food each a day (portioned into two meals - 8 am and 6 pm) with kibble available all day for free-feeding. Now that they're nearly at adulthood (or something like it), they're getting a little flubby in the belly, so I only am feeding them the wet food with the occasional tablespoon of kibble if they seem restless. Archer will stand by the cupboard where the kibble is, but even if I give him a little bit (mostly to calm him down so he doesn't disturb my neighbours), he will go back to meowing constantly a half an hour later.
He doesn't seem to be in pain - he's playful and frisky as ever, wrestles with Gatsby, and sleeps cuddled up to me all night. How the heck can I stop the meowing, or is it just a phase I need to wait out? Anyone else experience this? You see so many articles about kitten behaviour but less so about specific adolescent cat behaviour.
Gatsby went through a particularly obnoxious teenager phase where he would meow all night to get attention. He would climb under the covers and bite my feet, and then walk around my apartment all day chattering. It drove me nuts, but eventually he just got over it. He still chatters sometimes at 6 in the morning but if I kick him out of my room he will go lay down in the living room and be quiet until I get up.
Archer, my previously quiet little mama's boy, now seems to be entering a similarly annoying phase. He meows all day. I don't think it happens when I'm not home, and it doesn't happen at night, but from 7 am on he will meow, meow, meow meow meow. Sometimes it's a yowling, sometimes it's just chattering and grumbling. He stands at the front door of our apartment and meows as if he wants in the hallway.
The only thing I can think of that he is specifically meowing for is food. When they were younger I would feed them each about a can of wet food each a day (portioned into two meals - 8 am and 6 pm) with kibble available all day for free-feeding. Now that they're nearly at adulthood (or something like it), they're getting a little flubby in the belly, so I only am feeding them the wet food with the occasional tablespoon of kibble if they seem restless. Archer will stand by the cupboard where the kibble is, but even if I give him a little bit (mostly to calm him down so he doesn't disturb my neighbours), he will go back to meowing constantly a half an hour later.
He doesn't seem to be in pain - he's playful and frisky as ever, wrestles with Gatsby, and sleeps cuddled up to me all night. How the heck can I stop the meowing, or is it just a phase I need to wait out? Anyone else experience this? You see so many articles about kitten behaviour but less so about specific adolescent cat behaviour.
( or I would show you my cat. He's black and white but his sister looks like a blue point Siamese. Sometimes looks are deceiving.
