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Well, we moved, and we're still having problems with Puppy meowing at night. Quick history:
Puppy has an anxiety disorder (he hallucinates and meows at walls when he has an attack). A really good diet has lessened the frequency of the problem, but he does weird behavior once a nigh. The vet suggested the off chance that it was mice in the walls. We have since moved to our new home (4 times the size and pest-inspected), and he's started up again.
We had Feliway during the first month to keep him calm, and he slept in our room at night, door closed. He had no problems, so we figured to stop the Feliway since he seemed settled. Back to the meowing...
Cat in room, door closed: meows to go out around 2
Cat out of room, door closed: meows to come in around 6
Door open: wanders around the house aimlessly, meowing at everything all night long.
So, trying again...any ideas before we turn to Feliway as a permanent solution to the problem? It's better than Paxil, but I'd really like to find another solution than drugging him up all the time. We are getting a second cat in a month, but we'd like to have Puppy settled better before we introduce more stress. The vet thinks his disorder is stress-induced.
...suggestions....
Puppy has an anxiety disorder (he hallucinates and meows at walls when he has an attack). A really good diet has lessened the frequency of the problem, but he does weird behavior once a nigh. The vet suggested the off chance that it was mice in the walls. We have since moved to our new home (4 times the size and pest-inspected), and he's started up again.
We had Feliway during the first month to keep him calm, and he slept in our room at night, door closed. He had no problems, so we figured to stop the Feliway since he seemed settled. Back to the meowing...
Cat in room, door closed: meows to go out around 2
Cat out of room, door closed: meows to come in around 6
Door open: wanders around the house aimlessly, meowing at everything all night long.
So, trying again...any ideas before we turn to Feliway as a permanent solution to the problem? It's better than Paxil, but I'd really like to find another solution than drugging him up all the time. We are getting a second cat in a month, but we'd like to have Puppy settled better before we introduce more stress. The vet thinks his disorder is stress-induced.
...suggestions....