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Hi! My 1 year old Maine Coon cat has developed the habit of meowing incessantly 1-2 hours before meal time (which is twice a day, once at 9am and then at 8pm) every day. He's never been fed while meowing because I didn't want to reinforce that behavior, but he's always been generally chatty - meaning, he talks all day, but it's a lot more as meal time approaches. We did however screw up in that, while we don't feed him as he meows, we do talk back to him... so he doesn't get a meal, but he does get attention.
We've seen the vet a couple of times in the past few months (preparing for a trip) and he's always been in the correct weight for his size. I feed him two sachets of Royal Canin Kitten (which we're slowly changing to an adult alternative, since he's very sensitive) and 40g of Canagan kibble. I've tried giving him more food for a week, and nothing changed, so I adjusted back to the regular amount.
I honestly don't think he's hungry, since he's continued to gain a healthy amount of weight, and there's nothing clinically wrong with him. Assuming this is indeed behavioral, does anyone have any tips of how I can train him to stop, or at least do a little less of this? It's becoming too much... He's confined to a room of the apartment at night now (with plenty of space and all the things he needs, naturally), because he was waking us up too early everyday and severely disrupting our sleeping schedule.
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We've seen the vet a couple of times in the past few months (preparing for a trip) and he's always been in the correct weight for his size. I feed him two sachets of Royal Canin Kitten (which we're slowly changing to an adult alternative, since he's very sensitive) and 40g of Canagan kibble. I've tried giving him more food for a week, and nothing changed, so I adjusted back to the regular amount.
I honestly don't think he's hungry, since he's continued to gain a healthy amount of weight, and there's nothing clinically wrong with him. Assuming this is indeed behavioral, does anyone have any tips of how I can train him to stop, or at least do a little less of this? It's becoming too much... He's confined to a room of the apartment at night now (with plenty of space and all the things he needs, naturally), because he was waking us up too early everyday and severely disrupting our sleeping schedule.
Here's the criminal.