Hi folks. My wife and I just picked up our first kitty last week. He's about 12 weeks old and has come from a house with five other cats and four adults. He is very very affectionate and loves to sit on our laps and be fussed but the moment one of us leaves the room he'll walk into the middle of the floor looking all lost and meow and meow and meow like a crazy thing. Even if he can see us he'll do it, sometimes following one of us into the kitchen or bathroom and just meow over and over and over. Once we sit down he'll jump up on our lap and lay down and after five minutes or so will finally purr quietly.
Night times are worst when we go to bed. The first night he wailed constantly, so much so that we only managed about an hour of sleep, he was really going for it relentlessly, once every 2 seconds without fail for at least five hours. We tried letting him on our bed and he sat still but the meowing continued, we then tried to put him in his room where he has a bed and litter tray and a lot of toys but again he just carried on. The second night was better, on the advice of a friend who has had many cats we put him straight to his own room and he went nuts to begin with but eventually calmed down enough for us to sleep until 4am when he woke us again by pulling the phone off the wall...
It seems to be improving very slightly but he's meowing so much I think we're both going to go completely insane. Is there anything at all we can do? He's a wonderful cat with a gentle nature and he adores his toys, seems very smart indeed, he's just killing us with all his shouting!
Night times are worst when we go to bed. The first night he wailed constantly, so much so that we only managed about an hour of sleep, he was really going for it relentlessly, once every 2 seconds without fail for at least five hours. We tried letting him on our bed and he sat still but the meowing continued, we then tried to put him in his room where he has a bed and litter tray and a lot of toys but again he just carried on. The second night was better, on the advice of a friend who has had many cats we put him straight to his own room and he went nuts to begin with but eventually calmed down enough for us to sleep until 4am when he woke us again by pulling the phone off the wall...
It seems to be improving very slightly but he's meowing so much I think we're both going to go completely insane. Is there anything at all we can do? He's a wonderful cat with a gentle nature and he adores his toys, seems very smart indeed, he's just killing us with all his shouting!
