My cat Berto is nearly 17years old now and lost more and more of his hearing over the past 2 years. I think now he is completly deaf.. the only problem is, i am not! or should i say, not yet!! because he screams and screams. He has always been a pretty loud cat and demanded attention, food, or someone to watch him go to the litterbox (? has anybody else ever seen this behaviour in cats?). But now it's getting worse and worse and he wakes me and my husband up at 5.30 in the morning, and screams at night when he comes to bed and during the day. I give him food, cuddle with him, but sometimes he just walks around the flat miauing.
I think he can't hear himself anymore and I used to talk to him a lot and he might miss that (think I am ignoring him), so I try to use a kind "sign-language". But his constant screaming is driving me insane. I cant study or talk on the phone or sleep one night through. In the mornings I have to lock him in the bathroom for 2 hours so I can get some sleep and I don't like doing that.
Anybody got any ideas on what might help? Or experiance with older deaf cats? I go to the vet regularly and he is healthy, apart from not hearing and not being able to jump on high things anymore.
Thank you for all your help.
I think he can't hear himself anymore and I used to talk to him a lot and he might miss that (think I am ignoring him), so I try to use a kind "sign-language". But his constant screaming is driving me insane. I cant study or talk on the phone or sleep one night through. In the mornings I have to lock him in the bathroom for 2 hours so I can get some sleep and I don't like doing that.
Anybody got any ideas on what might help? Or experiance with older deaf cats? I go to the vet regularly and he is healthy, apart from not hearing and not being able to jump on high things anymore.
Thank you for all your help.