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Hi,
My name is Sarah and I recently adopted a cat, Sophie, from a shelter almost a month ago now.
The shelter told me she is 1.5 to 2 years old. She was spayed. She was surrendered with her kittens. I’m not sure, but the previous owner probably chose to surrender her with them, I don’t think they had to. Sophie was only in the shelter a month before I adopted her and her kittens were all adopted out at least a week or two before then.
Sophie vocalizes, loudly and persistently, for reasonably long periods of time. Sometimes it might be related to her mealtimes and others it is not.
She is a caliby; sweet and sassy but more sweet.
Initially, every morning at 5:30 Sophie would cry and cry and cry, presumably for food.
She seemed to be hungry 24/7. (She would also wake me around 2:30 or 3 a.m. and cry for a while.)
I was not free feeding her, as I read this was bad.
When I asked the shelter later what her feeding schedule was like, they told me she was fed once a day, in the morning. So I think she was free fed there.
Once I had transitioned her from the mix of kibble she was eating provided by the shelter, I started using an automatic feeding machine and set it to feed every 6 hours, hoping that would keep her belly satisfied.
Sophie gets 3 three portion meals, plus 1 two portion meal, and each portion is 2.5 tsps. I also give her 1/2 of a 5.5 oz can of wet food with her latest meal of the evening. I don’t believe I am under feeding her But if you think I am please let me know. I have a vet appointment just under a month from now; that was the soonest I could get.
After Sophie eats, even as recently as this morning, she will cry. She cried for at least an hour. Last night, after eating, she cried and cried for at least an hour too ….. Sometimes she was trying to get into the storage area where I keep her wet food. Sometimes she saw people out the window and cried. I played with her a bit more but still she cried.
She cries other times. Sometimes she cries at the door to go outside. Sometimes I have no idea why she’s crying, like when she looks up at the empty wall as if she sees a ghost. Maybe she does.
Sophie has definitely woken up my upstairs neighbours at times. I am concerned they will complain and I will get in trouble. I am trying to adjust her feeding schedule slowly so her last meal is a bit earlier (10:45) and breakfast is a bit later (6:20 am now)
I give her lots of playtime in the evening.
In the morning when I need to sleep more, she sometimes brings her toys in the bedroom. If I go to play with them with her in the living room she just wants to cuddle next to me more than anything, and then meows to be let in the closet where her food is.
I have done my best to ignore crying unless there seems to be a good reason for it, like Jackson Galaxy and all the other articles about this excessive meowing say to do: ignore and don’t reward. I think maybe it helped with the three a.m. wake ups in the bedroom since they are much less frequent, but I think she still cries in the living room sometimes and I just sleep through it.
One morning I woke up and Sophie was on my bed hogging half of my pillow and she was very calm and quiet. I couldn’t fight the urge to pee and so much for quiet after that. She cried for an hour and a half at least, even though I was ignoring her.
Please help me with her crying so I won’t have to give up my sweet sassy girl.
(In the photo where she’s looking up with awe or concern, I think Sophie is seeing spirits; there was nothing up there
)
My name is Sarah and I recently adopted a cat, Sophie, from a shelter almost a month ago now.
The shelter told me she is 1.5 to 2 years old. She was spayed. She was surrendered with her kittens. I’m not sure, but the previous owner probably chose to surrender her with them, I don’t think they had to. Sophie was only in the shelter a month before I adopted her and her kittens were all adopted out at least a week or two before then.
Sophie vocalizes, loudly and persistently, for reasonably long periods of time. Sometimes it might be related to her mealtimes and others it is not.
She is a caliby; sweet and sassy but more sweet.
Initially, every morning at 5:30 Sophie would cry and cry and cry, presumably for food.
She seemed to be hungry 24/7. (She would also wake me around 2:30 or 3 a.m. and cry for a while.)
I was not free feeding her, as I read this was bad.
When I asked the shelter later what her feeding schedule was like, they told me she was fed once a day, in the morning. So I think she was free fed there.
Once I had transitioned her from the mix of kibble she was eating provided by the shelter, I started using an automatic feeding machine and set it to feed every 6 hours, hoping that would keep her belly satisfied.
Sophie gets 3 three portion meals, plus 1 two portion meal, and each portion is 2.5 tsps. I also give her 1/2 of a 5.5 oz can of wet food with her latest meal of the evening. I don’t believe I am under feeding her But if you think I am please let me know. I have a vet appointment just under a month from now; that was the soonest I could get.
After Sophie eats, even as recently as this morning, she will cry. She cried for at least an hour. Last night, after eating, she cried and cried for at least an hour too ….. Sometimes she was trying to get into the storage area where I keep her wet food. Sometimes she saw people out the window and cried. I played with her a bit more but still she cried.
She cries other times. Sometimes she cries at the door to go outside. Sometimes I have no idea why she’s crying, like when she looks up at the empty wall as if she sees a ghost. Maybe she does.
Sophie has definitely woken up my upstairs neighbours at times. I am concerned they will complain and I will get in trouble. I am trying to adjust her feeding schedule slowly so her last meal is a bit earlier (10:45) and breakfast is a bit later (6:20 am now)
I give her lots of playtime in the evening.
In the morning when I need to sleep more, she sometimes brings her toys in the bedroom. If I go to play with them with her in the living room she just wants to cuddle next to me more than anything, and then meows to be let in the closet where her food is.
I have done my best to ignore crying unless there seems to be a good reason for it, like Jackson Galaxy and all the other articles about this excessive meowing say to do: ignore and don’t reward. I think maybe it helped with the three a.m. wake ups in the bedroom since they are much less frequent, but I think she still cries in the living room sometimes and I just sleep through it.
One morning I woke up and Sophie was on my bed hogging half of my pillow and she was very calm and quiet. I couldn’t fight the urge to pee and so much for quiet after that. She cried for an hour and a half at least, even though I was ignoring her.
Please help me with her crying so I won’t have to give up my sweet sassy girl.
(In the photo where she’s looking up with awe or concern, I think Sophie is seeing spirits; there was nothing up there
)
other times its just wanting a few pets from the gf and i. reassurance that we didnt forget about her? i dunno i didnt have much luck trying to feed graycie the recommened amounts etc. she always puked or just didnt eat or finnish the food so i just feed her half a 3.5 or 5 ounce can in the morning and the rest at night with dry food left out at all times for her to nibble on she is a healthy 11pounds 1 ounce according t her last vet visit.hope this helps good luck
