Hi, I'm new here! I am a university student and I have a 5 month old kitten named Nala that I adopted from a woman who was giving kittens away. I got her when she was almost 7 weeks old. She used to be really cuddly when she was young, always slept in my arms wrapped up in a blanket. She would always be by my side and follow me around the house. At night she would sleep on my bed right next to my pillow on her blanket. With time, however, she started meowing non-stop and playing very aggressively. My vet told me this is because I got her when she was too young to be separated from her kitty mom and litter mates. Her behaviour is getting worse. She still likes to be in the same room as I'm in and will generally come check out what I'm doing if I leave the room, but she continues to meow (or better, scream) non-stop really loudly, sometimes starting as early as 5 in the morning. I live in an apartment on the first floor and the neighbours have been complaining that they can't sleep. I usually take her outside around 7 (she is leash trained as she cannot go outside in any other way). She really likes going outside on walks and she responds very well to leash training. But as soon as we're back inside she continues to meow for no apparent reason! (When she wants to go outside, she'll meow by the door; but most of the time she's just meowing around the house). She also continuously knocks over her water bowl. This is the most annoying thing ever as she does this continuously throughout the day, and I constantly have to clean up the mess!!! She no longer sleeps on my bed and hates to be picked up. She never sits on my lap (nor anyone else's). I share the apartment with a friend from university and she is so fed up with Nala's behaviour that she often goes home to her parents' to sleep and work. This makes me sad as I really love my cat but I also really like spending time with my friend. The biggest problem is the meowing and the water spilling. Does anyone have any experience with this? My friend really wants me to re-home Nala (my vet suggested the same thing), but she's my baby and I don't want to do that unless absolutely necessary!! Any help is greatly appreciated! THANK YOU!
Here are some recent pictures of her:
Here are some recent pictures of her: