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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2006elderly cat yowling
Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told me today that he is normal. So, that leave a behavior problem. He is 11 and the vet said he could be getting senile but only an MRI could determine that. She didn't recommend any medication but told me to call next week if he started doing anything worse. Any ideas? I also asked in rec.pets.health and healing newsgroup. All is normal with eating, pooping and sleeping. No changes in the household. He just wanders into different rooms and yowls and it lasts all morning and until 11pm. He sleeps all night and when he wakes up at 5am or so, he starts the yowling again. I thought he could have been in pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could be. At least, it's not medical. > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. Do you think he is having trouble hearing? > > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Do you think he is having trouble hearing? no. tested at home and at the vets. his hearing seems fine. Because he is a Himalayan, that breed is prone to kidney problems. The vet said his urn? was elevated a little. That is related to kidneys and the cat being dehyrated. But, when we came home Casey drank almost a whole bowl of water and ate a healthy portion of food. I told the vet that and she said all was okay then. Just to watch him and call next week. Thanks for the response. I am worried about him. He never acted this way before. Oh yes, he talks a lot and yowls sometimes, but not like this last week. He would yowl and yowl to be picked up to the bathroom counter to look at himself in the mirror. That would shut him up for 30 mintues or so. The vet said maybe he is just taking on a new behavior. "yepp" <yepphers@gmail.com> wrote : > Any ideas? I also asked in rec.pets.health and healing newsgroup. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. How much attention does he get? > "yepp" <yepphers@gmail.com> wrote : > > Any ideas? I also asked in rec.pets.health and healing newsgroup. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > How much attention does he get? He is my velco cat. I hold him like a baby and carry him around. He is almost glued to me at all times. A very needy cat. He has always been this way because as a kitten he was sick. Almost died at 9 weeks from respiratory illness. This last week with the yowling he has wandered away from me and I go pick him up and carry him back to the living room and he just wanders away to the bathroom or bedroom yowling like he is lost. > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the vets > last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told me [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Any ideas? I also asked in rec.pets.health and healing newsgroup. My initial thought was that it could be sign of deafness, but if you've determined that his hearing is ok then you might want to look into possible stress or anxiety issues. Have there been any recent changes to his environment? Maybe any new cats visiting the yard that he can see through the windows? You might want to start putting Rescue Remedy in his water. his water, in case it's a stress or anxiety problem. You're pretty sure it's not a deafness issue? > > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the vets > > last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told me [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > his water, in case it's a stress or anxiety problem. You're pretty sure > it's not a deafness issue? no, I checked by calling him from another room and he comes when called. The vet also checked his hearing while I was there. There haven't been any new cats around and no new changes in the household. I put the air conditioner on, but that is about it. He has lived in this house for 11 years and nothing has changed. Thanks for the idea though. I read about the hearing issue on health and behavior and thought maybe that was it too. [ yowling cat issue ] > I put the air conditioner on, but that is about it. Could it be that the air conditioner is emitting ultrasonic noise or anything else you can't hear, but the cat can and is suffering from? I can very well imagine a fan or a bearing emitting such noises, maybe due to a defect in progress. Test it: switch AC off. Squarely Yours Micha  SignatureSquare Dance is friendship put to music Andrea and Michael with tomcat strategists Blacky and Merlin More detailed info: http://www.curschmann-sachsen.de He might be going senile. Our precious did this in the last 2 year of her life She would continue to yowl till we walked over and tapped her on the head she stop but soon would do this again. She was going deaf but we also think she was losing it near the end she was 19.5 she died less than 6 months ago > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. Eleven isn't elderly for a normal cat. Just mature. Did it start suddenly? Any changes in his routine or household? I'd wonder about his hearing but that wouldn't be sudden. Maybe he hears so smells something you don't. Jo Maybe there are some unwelcome visitors on his property. Stosh goes bats and yowls and cusses at every squirrel who comes around, or at the suitors who come to the front window to flirt with the Ladies. Maybe Casey just wants to defend his little patch of territory, whether he goes out or not. (ours stay in, but it doesn't stop Stosh.) Blessed be, Baha > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. > Maybe there are some unwelcome visitors on his property. Stosh goes bats > and yowls and cusses at every squirrel who comes around, or at the suitors [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Blessed be, > Baha Thanks for all your help. I don't know what he is doing. I think he is looking for a girlfriend. Yesterday he was on the balcony in the pouring down rain yowling. He was getting drenched and just howling and yowling as loud as can be. The weekend gave me an opportunity to watch him closely and he did sleep and act normally a lot of the time. He is just anxious about something. He is an indoor only cat and he even tried to get out the front door which he never does. Well, maybe this too shall pass with time. > Thanks for all your help. I don't know what he is doing. I think he > is looking for a girlfriend. Yesterday he was on the balcony in the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > even tried to get out the front door which he never does. Well, maybe > this too shall pass with time. Stosh will try to step out if there are more squirrels than normal hanging around or if one of the neighborhood Toms has been coming to call overnight. Usually his noising comes overnight, or the very early morning. Fortunately we have a breezeway you have to go through before you can actually get into the house, so Stosh never gets any further away than two or three feet if he does sneak by. I think it's a game for him; he doesn't run or put up a fight when we tell him "NO, Stoshu!" and pick him up. Since he likes his hug whenever we come in, I think it's a ploy for a pick-up. Blessed be, Baha > Casey has been yowling loudly for about 4 days and I took him to the > vets last night. They took blood, urine and his blood pressure and told [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > pain and took him to the vet, but now I am not knowing what it could > be. At least, it's not medical. I do hope you can find a way to stop Casey from yowling. Soncek yowled for 3 consecutive nights in winter because of the sound snowplouhgs made. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > I do hope you can find a way to stop Casey from yowling. Soncek yowled > for 3 consecutive nights in winter because of the sound snowplouhgs made. > Best wishes, > Polonca and Soncek Good thing Rusty didn't yowl when the snowplow was running. I live right above a parkling lot and the snowplow usually worked in the middle of night. It was loud enough without cats yowling. There are quite a few cats living in the building. Imagine all of them yowling while the snowplows roared. Winnie |
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