meow meow MEOW meow - black & white Siamese kitty

I've always said that Sylvestra is a Siamese in a Tuxedo. She's built like a Siamese cat, long and slinky, has a Siamese coat (except for the coloring), and has a Siamese attitude - very dependent, very sweet and loving, and very LOUD. She's always been that way, but over the years it's gotten worse, and I believe I've been unknowingly reinforcing it, petting her when she meows. She's gotten to the point where she meows A LOT. She's 9 1/2 years old and in perfect health.

I did a search for old posts about this, and they say to not pay attention to her when she's meowing, to pet her and give her attention when she's being quiet. I'd like to get a little more specific - if she's been meowing, how long do I need to wait after she stops to pay attention to her so she won't associate it in her mind with the meowing? She meows so much now that it's tough to catch the quiet spells. Have any of you had this problem and managed to improve the behavior?

She's very sweet and affectionate, and she's a wonderful cat, except for the constant MEOWing. I feel bad withholding attention.

She obviously has a lot to say!

Phoenix talks a lot, too. Sometimes it's cute, sometimes...you just wish they'd learn to whisper!

Sylvestra sounds like JC! I haven't found that ignoring his meows works - he just turns up the volume. He's a very chatty kitty, and enjoys having us "converse" with him (I speak English with him, and my husband speaks German, but that doesn't seem to make any difference to the cat. He'll only obey English commands, though, and of course only when he feels like it.) We used to have an Applehead Siamese, and he was the same.

i love talktive cats when ever they meow I say what?? and they meow back again. None of my guys are really big meowers. Some talk more then others. Sebastain has the CUTEST littliest meow you can hardle hear it! And moemoe can meow with toys in his mouth!