Walking cat leads to excessive meowing

Is he neutered?

My older cat will do this, but only certain times of year (usually when other cats are in heat). He is neutered, has no claws, and has lost all of his teeth, but it doesn't stop him from wanting to be outside chasing the ladies during heat season! LOL Poor old guy! We usually do keep him in an upstairs bathroom with litter and food during the night when he is like that. If we didn't, none of us would ever sleep!

This is due to the fact he WANTS to GO OUTSIDE. This is why I feel letting a cat OUTSIDE on a harness and leash is not only confusing to the cat, but IMHO is cruel to the HUMAN. If a cat wants to go outside which yours clearly does it will now meow, cry, and carry on until it gets its way since it has now been outside.

I hate to tell you but from all my years of rescue/rehoming and working with no kill rescue groups in the USA the only way to stop the meowing is let the cat outside whenever it chooses. Now that is up to you if you want to do that. But that is the only "cure" I know of .

It is fine you need sleep .

There are a lot of fun and exciting things outside. Ultimately though, cats are creatures of habit, and while Buttercup and Wesley were door darters as young rescues they have absolutely no interest in going outside now.

The benefit of going outside is that you have less concerns over destruction of your property as they can spend more time stimulated outside and scratch trees and poop and pee wherever and the cats generally get a lot more exercise and can walk for miles and miles which is excellent.

The downside of going outside off leash, is that its not very neighbor friendly since you can't really prevent your cat accidentally scratching the quarter panel of his car (yeah, ask me how I know) when trying to climb all over it everyday and lay poop presents in his flower garden and the like. It also exposes the cat to various dangers from cars to dogs to predators to mean people to poisons in various automotive spills/pesticides/plants to ticks/fleas and exposes both your cat and thus yourself to disease. The best 'mousers' are also usually well fed cats, as they will hunt for sport (why cat toys generally mimic prey) even if stuffed, and this can add another stress to the local environment (particularly in Texas around breeding season for endangered song-birds for example).

Given the pros and cons, I would keep your kitty indoors for you cat's health, your safety, and respect of your neighbors and the environment. In time, the expectation and in our case at least even remote desire to change routine and go out goes away. A compromise if you have the means would be a cat door leading to an enclosure or cat fence, provided you can ensure you keep the baddies out and the goodies in. Being overweight is not good for kitty though, so I would tackle that with an adjustment in feeding.

Can you build him an outside enclosure with a cat door so he can go out safely, and come inside when he wants to be inside?

We built an outside enclosure for the 4 outside cats we now have inside full time. Funny - they prefer to be inside most of the time - but, when they do go out they are safe and secure while they are bird or bug watching.

Predators - animal and human are just one issue for cats living out doors - there's also all kinds of diseases just waiting for a host. Two of the strays we have tested positive - one for FIV, and the other for FeLV, so, naturally we need to keep them indoors so other cats won't get infected.

If you don't take him out, I think after a while, he'll quiet down. Meanwhile, putting him in another room might be the solution you need -- how about some classical music too, and toys?

I am very glad you have found a way to make your home happy and quite again !