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Cat Excessive Meowing

post #1 of 7
1/9/12 at 1:39am
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     Hi all, i am a new cat owner with a small prob, or sometimes a very large prob. my new 10 month cat is a serious meowist :). i am wondering if there is anything out there such as a cat meow collar. and i know a lot of you are against this and find this to be very cruel and i normaly agree but i am out of options. i have tried everything i can with this cat to stop his meowing wich at times is very excessive. he tends to hold out his meows like a coyote howling at a full moon. and were i am at the moment it is very unaceptable.

 

      i am living with some family for the past six months (moving into a new region) and they have two cats to begin with. so i know my problem is not that of boredom or new sorroundings as we been there for six months and he gets lots of play time. he has his worms delt with and is to young for other medical probs that cause meowing in cats to be very loud such as thyroids or such.

 

      his feeding time is regular and sometimes food is always availabe even outside there normal feeding shcedule as there are three cats in the house so we try to keep the food tray full so it is not a hunger problem either. my cat at night time will meow when the other cats to go bed and will not stop till morning when everyone is up again. my family who are cat lovers cant stand it anymore and are pusing for me to fix the prob or get rid of him cause it has been going on for a long time and they are fed with it cause the cat will not cease.

 

      now i am open to any suggestion, but being a first time cat owner but not a first time pet owner,(i have had six dogs in my time not all at once) i am finding that training a cat to shut up is not the same as a dog. i love my cat and i have wanted to go for a cat this time round as a change of pace and i love my cat as any of my other dogs. but to be honest i am finding him to be more stubborn and well sorry to say mentally slow. i do not believe cats to be any were as smart as dogs as i never had this issue with a dog in my life.

 

      if you have any ideas or do know of a cat meow cat collar please let me know. also i do not nueter my pets. those of you who find a cat meow collar to be cruel i personaly cant understand then how you find nuetering a animal to be any less cruel.  so this may be my issue but it is no way a solution as i refuse to do so. being a male myself i would not appreciate it if someone just came along and said hey you lossing them tonight and if you dont like it well then tough :( and having nuetered two my past six dogs i can personaly say i see a difference in attitude. for instance they are more depressed. and i dont blame them. would any of you men be if you lost your pair??

 

 

      so i am more open to a cat meow collar than a loss of gender.(i am not trying to be funny this is just how i feel about that issue).

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post #2 of 7
1/9/12 at 6:55am
You won't want to hear from me that getting your boy neutered will help calm him down, but I need to say it anyway. He's in his teen age years right now and his hormones are raging. Add that to the fact that he is most likely a talkative cat in the first place and I can see why this is happening.

I've never heard of cat meow collars. Based on the fact that cat's behavioral motivations are different than dogs, I'm not sure that they would work anyway. Vets will debark dogs, but having adopted a dog from a shelter that was debarked, I can tell you that not only is that one of the most cruel operations out there (far worse than neutering), it also doesn't work. I say this as that dog is barking loudly at a passing car.

I do have a cat that is very talkative and he is neutered. To get him to stop, all I do is interact with him - either pick him up, put him in my lap or play with him. Give them a positive distraction when they are talking and they will learn that being silent rewards them. Cats are motivated by "what's in it for me?", so if you use positive things when he is behaving how you want him to, he will learn (eventually) to change his behavior. Dogs do things to please you. Cats do things to please themselves. Keep that in mind as you work thru this issue.
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post #3 of 7
1/9/12 at 12:29pm
Have you ever smelled a billy goat? An unneutered male cat won't only yowl incessantly as, and after, he reaches sexual maturity, he will mark his territory, meaning all over your house, with extremely unpleasant-smelling urine.
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post #4 of 7
1/9/12 at 3:18pm

You know the answer to your own question.....he needs to be neutered. Neutering a cat decreases their risk for a variety of different types of cancer. And honestly, male cats don't think of their male parts the same way you think of yours. They aren't used for pleasure, they serve the purpose of reproducing. The vet isn't removing anything from you personally, honestly, you need to get over this. Your cat is disturbing your family and you are asking us how to make the cat stop doing what he is naturally supposed to do.  This isn't a behavior problem, it's a mental hurdle you need to get over so your cat can relax and be peaceful. And so can your family. 

 

The more I think about this, the more upset I get. You are looking for a tool that will punish your cat for a natural behavior.  Do you think it would be fair to put a device on you that punished you every time you did something natural, or wanted to?  Your cat is sexually frustrated and adding a punishment to his frustration can lead to more significant behavior problems. It isn't the right solution. The right solution is neutering your cat. 

 

Do me a favor, research neutering, and if after reading all the benefits of doing so you still believe your cat should be punished for something he can't stop.....then I don't know what to tell you. 

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post #5 of 7
1/10/12 at 12:32am

January is Responsible Pet Ownership month, so this article is actually featured on our main page this month -

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/spay-and-neuter-your-cats

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post #6 of 7
1/10/12 at 6:09am

 I can completely relate to this issue, as my 7 month old kitten is an excessive meow-er. However she is spayed, healthy and there are no obvious problems such as food shortage, or litter tray mess. She doesn't like it when people leave the house, but even when people are around she still is very noisy...I'm not sure if this is because of a problem, or if she just wants attention, or if something is wrong :(

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post #7 of 7
1/10/12 at 11:07am

Well, our eldest yargles (sort of a cross between a yowl and a yodel, very loud) when he feels like it.  He's neutered, OF COURSE, and his vocalizing doesn't bother me at all; in fact, I love it! but if he gets going a little too much, I talk to him and I  might go to him and pick him up, hold him and pet him.  That's all you need to do!  And I also STRONGLY recommend he get neutered asap, of course, for all the reasons others have stated. 3a.gif 

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