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I adopted 6 month old Savannah-Bengal in the end of November and over the course of the last few weeks, he has become increasingly demanding with me. I give him lots of love, play sessions, he has a cat tree, several toys, and I just bought him a cat wheel (hasn't come in the mail yet) but he is constantly demanding my attention by incessantly meowing at me. When I'm not home or when he forgets I'm not home when I'm in bed- he is fairly quiet, but as soon as I walk in the door or he finds out I'm in bed he is meowing. And it's not a cute meow, it's almost a yell (and sometimes is). He is always wanting my attention to play or for food. I have tried the ignoring method but it only works about 1% of the time, I'm trying to quiet train him with treats but so far it's not going well, I've even gotten to the point that I've got him a calming collar. I try not to make him wear it because I feel like it's not necessarily healthy for him, but I'm losing sleep over his meowing and it's making my family nuts. He's getting neutered in a couple weeks so hopefully that will cut down on some of the nighttime meowing, but what do I do about his demanding behavior with me? My husband doesn't want us to get another cat (he's not much of a pet person and getting my Bengal was a sacrifice for him).