Hi,
I adopted my senior cat (8 yrs old) back in late Feb of this year. (So about 10 months she has been with me.) Her previous owner had passed away, and this is my very first pet, but I was willing to give her everything I have.
Only took her about half a day to get used to my small apartment. She was so sweet! Hate to be picked up but always slept by my feet, head butting me everywhere I go, sometimes she would head butt my bone and you'd hear the soft "bang", but that didn't stop her from showing her love.
Only recently, she began her little "escape", I open my door after work, and she would run about 2 feet in the hallway and look back at me as she wants me to show her why I was gone for 9 hours. She doesn't run off though, normally she'd come inside after I call her a couple times, or give her a little push. (Before this happened, after I open the door, I can see her running from the bedroom half awake, just to greet me. Now it almost like she ONLY stays by the door throughout the day.)
Now, here's the problem : she would non-stop yowling at the door, almost once every hour or so... I tried to clap loudly and tell her to stop, but her yowl would get louder after hearing my voice. I do play with her when I can, but she'd lose interest quickly, rest for 5 min, and then go back to yowling at the door. I have the feliway diffuser, but it's almost useless when it comes to the smell of being outside.
And only two weeks ago, she became overly attached to me, meows and follows me everywhere I go. She'd only stop if I lay on my bed or sit on my chair, but then she'd sit next to me and just stare at me. Again, If I proceed to play with her while sitting down or lying down, loses interest, takes her little rest, and yowl at the door!!!! D: Last night, I heard she tried to turn the knob!
I know she is bored at home when I'm at work, I have lots of toys lying on the floor, a food scooping thing from Catit, a water fountain, a hidden box in my closet for her, couple "high level" places for her to sleep/rest, some old clothes lying on the floor (noticed that she'd jump in my sweaty dirty laundry while I was gone....), many many boxes everywhere in my apartment. (No scratching post, she enjoys my old books in my book shelf more.)
Does anyone have any solution to the yowling at the door? As well as dealing with overly attached cat? I'd very appreciate it if you have happen to have similar situation with your cat(s) and would like to share some tips~ The yowling is so frustrating, to the point where I just want her out. But then I'd lose a piece of my heart knowing that there's a chance of her catching diseases or even die from incoming cars, etc.
I adopted my senior cat (8 yrs old) back in late Feb of this year. (So about 10 months she has been with me.) Her previous owner had passed away, and this is my very first pet, but I was willing to give her everything I have.
Only took her about half a day to get used to my small apartment. She was so sweet! Hate to be picked up but always slept by my feet, head butting me everywhere I go, sometimes she would head butt my bone and you'd hear the soft "bang", but that didn't stop her from showing her love.
Only recently, she began her little "escape", I open my door after work, and she would run about 2 feet in the hallway and look back at me as she wants me to show her why I was gone for 9 hours. She doesn't run off though, normally she'd come inside after I call her a couple times, or give her a little push. (Before this happened, after I open the door, I can see her running from the bedroom half awake, just to greet me. Now it almost like she ONLY stays by the door throughout the day.)
Now, here's the problem : she would non-stop yowling at the door, almost once every hour or so... I tried to clap loudly and tell her to stop, but her yowl would get louder after hearing my voice. I do play with her when I can, but she'd lose interest quickly, rest for 5 min, and then go back to yowling at the door. I have the feliway diffuser, but it's almost useless when it comes to the smell of being outside.
And only two weeks ago, she became overly attached to me, meows and follows me everywhere I go. She'd only stop if I lay on my bed or sit on my chair, but then she'd sit next to me and just stare at me. Again, If I proceed to play with her while sitting down or lying down, loses interest, takes her little rest, and yowl at the door!!!! D: Last night, I heard she tried to turn the knob!
I know she is bored at home when I'm at work, I have lots of toys lying on the floor, a food scooping thing from Catit, a water fountain, a hidden box in my closet for her, couple "high level" places for her to sleep/rest, some old clothes lying on the floor (noticed that she'd jump in my sweaty dirty laundry while I was gone....), many many boxes everywhere in my apartment. (No scratching post, she enjoys my old books in my book shelf more.)
Does anyone have any solution to the yowling at the door? As well as dealing with overly attached cat? I'd very appreciate it if you have happen to have similar situation with your cat(s) and would like to share some tips~ The yowling is so frustrating, to the point where I just want her out. But then I'd lose a piece of my heart knowing that there's a chance of her catching diseases or even die from incoming cars, etc.
