Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and I am also a new, first time cat owner. At the beginning of July, a very friendly stray cat decided to adopt me and my husband. We tried to find her owners for several weeks (flyers, knocking on neighbors' doors, checking with local vets, placing ads, etc.), but no one came forward to claim her. We took her to the vet and got all of her vaccines updated and made sure she was spayed... and then we welcomed her into our home (we weren't sure if she was ever a house cat before, but I think she must have been because her overall behavior is very good). We have one ongoing problem though and we have tried everything that was recommended to us by the vet and friends with cats. I also researched this problem a bit and tried suggested solutions from my reading, but we are not having any luck. KitKat (which is our new friend's name) has a constant meowing problem. Honestly, I think she just likes to meow. It's not hunger, she has a clean bill of health, she's not upset - in fact she is usually purring, meowing, and rubbing her face on things all at the same time. It's a loud meow and it is at it's worst between 5:00 and 5:30 a.m. EVERY DAY. We are just not morning people at all and this has been quite challenging for us. We were told to totally ignore the behavior and she would give up and stop, but that didn't work (we've ignored this meowing literally for several hours straight with no reaction to her at all - we don't speak to her, look at her, nothing - and she still continues to meow). We've also been using a Feliway plug-in for about 3 weeks now and that isn't working either. In fact, she started scratching our good rug A LOT in the area of the plug-in and I thought one of the effects of the plug-in would be to deter scratching? The vet had us get the plug-in because he thought she may be anxious about living in a new home. Honestly, I just need some sleep and I'm desperate for advice. If we close the bedroom door, she just sits outside and meows for hours. If we open it, she sits next to me and meows. I just think she likes to hear herself meowing! HELP! (Sorry for the long post.)