Hi everybody,
I have a problem that is driving crazy.
My kitten Giada meows constantly, dawn till night, with very few breaks during the day. And it isn't even a classic sweet meow, it's more like a loud high-pitched meow, something that pierces like a drill right through my ears and brain and shakes my nerves!
She's nearly 11 months old, healthy (apart from a giardia that isn't going to go away), not spayed yet for a long series of reasons, anyway she has never shown any sign of heat.
She meows when
And when she doesn't meow, she howls, yowls, moans, etc...
The only grace time is between midnight and 5 am, when she wakes us up because she's hungry, and the cycle repeats!
She's been doing this since last February, at that time she would start meowing very loud around 10 pm every single night, then she started doing it all day long.
She's lovely, sweet, cute, but this habit is making living with her in harmony very hard.
How can I survive this?
I have a problem that is driving crazy.
My kitten Giada meows constantly, dawn till night, with very few breaks during the day. And it isn't even a classic sweet meow, it's more like a loud high-pitched meow, something that pierces like a drill right through my ears and brain and shakes my nerves!
She's nearly 11 months old, healthy (apart from a giardia that isn't going to go away), not spayed yet for a long series of reasons, anyway she has never shown any sign of heat.
She meows when
- She's hungry (which she happens to be every about 45 minutes)
- She's bored and wants to play
- She wants company
- She feels hot and looks for a cooler spot
- She's tired
- She sees a fly, a mosquito, a midge, a moth, a spider, or whatever bug on the floor, walls, ceiling, in the air
- She sees a fly, a butterfly, a bird, a bat, another cat, outside the window
- She thinks she has seen any of the above (even when nothing is really there)
- She sees a shadow, a glare on a wall, ceiling, any other surface
- She hears a can or a jar opening
- She jumps from the floor to the counter, table, window sill, and the other way round
- I'm in another room and the door is closed (i.e. the bathroom)
- She just likes to hear the sound of her voice
And when she doesn't meow, she howls, yowls, moans, etc...
The only grace time is between midnight and 5 am, when she wakes us up because she's hungry, and the cycle repeats!
She's been doing this since last February, at that time she would start meowing very loud around 10 pm every single night, then she started doing it all day long.
She's lovely, sweet, cute, but this habit is making living with her in harmony very hard.
How can I survive this?
. Since it's stressing you to the degree you described, and a reason for her constant yelling isn't easy to determine, then in order to ease your feelings and have your emotions more calm (and give you a little more control over the situation) --which is much better for your cat since cats pick up on human stress, you need to take temporary steps, at least until you can reach the stage that 
