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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2005MEOWING!
Hi everyone, I got a new addition today. He was found outside my work by a fellow employee. He's about 2 years old, male, total tomcat.... he wasn't neutered. I immediately got him neutered and brought him home. I currently have two other males cats both neutered... one 8 years, one 4 years. The new cat is in the spare bedroom with all amenities. Here's the problem, the new guy will not stop howling and meowing. He is EXTREMELY needy and loving. He loves to be around people. When I go in he is all over me, bumping me with his head and just staring at me because he loves so much. BUT.... when I leave, all hell breaks loose. He will not stop howling and meowing. He hears us walking around the house, and the cats sitting right at his door don't help. He just really wants to be around everyone, and is also very curious about my cats (my cats aren't so enthusiastic). I need to sleep tonight. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can calm his poor little heart???? Thanks so much, Kelly PS - I can't let him out because my cats are not comfortable with him at this stage and I don't want to rush things. Plus he stills smells like a tomcat. PPS - the 15 year old female cat I posted about earlier is actually my brothers cat, for those wondering why I didn't mention her below. > Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks so much, > Kelly > Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks so much, > Kelly You will have to spend the night in his safe room with him. ;) > > Hi everyone, > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > You will have to spend the night in his safe room with him. ;) That's what I was thinking... Cathy Yes that is what I was thinking I would have to do too. We'll see how it goes.. :-) Kelly >> Hi everyone, >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > You will have to spend the night in his safe room with him. ;) Well Oscar the meowing cat never did stop meowing and howling. I tried many different things to get him to stop, including sleeping in the room with him. Turns out what he is really meowing about is that he really wants to see my other cats. Unfortunately, my cats aren't enthusiastic about this idea. Oscar did not stop meowing the whole night.... from 5pm to 7am this morning he never slept (and this is a cat that just had surgery yesterday!!). I had one, maybe two hours of sleep. Needless to say I had to call in sick today. The whole plan with Oscar was to have him live here for 2 weeks, and then my fiancee and I get our new house March 11 and we were going to move in and slowly work on the new place and Oscar would come with us and live there (along with the 4 year old neutered male). Well with the way Oscar is howling, I'm afraid to report that I took him this morning to be boarded at the local vet clinic until we gain access to the new house on March 11. I cannot be kept up like this. I feel that the solution would be to give him free run of the house, but this is not possible because I'm my cats will freak and get their noses out of joint. This is not fair to them. I even tried putting him in our basement, and his howls could still be heard all over the house. I kept thinking "Okay, he has to stop soon because he has to sleep". Nope... This cat was so exhausted that he slept the whole car ride to the vet hospital this morning. Poor thing. Fortunately, he is familiar with this vet hospital because this is where he was quarentined for "claim" for a week before I took him (I wanted to make sure he wasn't someone elses cat). He gets a very big cage there and all the staff love him and we can go visit whenever we like. I'm hoping these next couple weeks go quickly, because boy did I feel guilty bringing him back there. I talked to the vet and she said his howling could certainly be due to the fact that he's still technically a Tomcat. It takes a while for all those hormones to wear off. She assured me he would settle in just fine in the new house. <sigh> Kelly Oh and at the new place I will move Oscar in first, get him settled with NO other cats around.... hope that his hormones have calmed, and then move Harley (other boy) in. Both of these cats are good with other cats, and both were very curious about each other. But Oscar just doesn't know how to respect personal space (he would keep getting too close to Harley and Harley would puff up and meow really loud). So certainly a slow introduction should be no problem with these two. It's just hard because so many new things will be happening at once and they will both be stressed (especially Harley with a brand new house and all). Kelly > Well Oscar the meowing cat never did stop meowing and howling. I tried > many different things to get him to stop, including sleeping in the room [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Kelly > Well with the way Oscar is > howling, I'm afraid to report that I took him this morning to be boarded at > the local vet clinic until we gain access to the new house on March 11. I > cannot be kept up like this. What a great temporary solution. Kudos to you. >> Well with the way Oscar is >> howling, I'm afraid to report that I took him this morning to be boarded [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > What a great temporary solution. Kudos to you. It didnt' feel like a great solution, I feel so guilty! In the car he made me cry because he looked up at me with those cute eyes, made a little meow while looking straight at me... then put his head down and fell asleep. Poor Oscar!! If only he could have eventually ceased meowing... I am still amazed and cannot believe he kept it up for over 12 hours straight. Man! Kelly > >> Well with the way Oscar is > >> howling, I'm afraid to report that I took him this morning to be boarded [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Oscar!! If only he could have eventually ceased meowing... I am still > amazed and cannot believe he kept it up for over 12 hours straight. Man! Kelly, someone less smart would have tried to put up with it until they were at the end of their rope then given him to a shelter. He is still yours, and he is coming home when you can address introducing him. Meanwhile, he is safe and cared for. You can go see him and pet him and talk to him, too. > Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Thanks so much, > Kelly Can you put a small radio in the room? A talk station might work if he likes to be around people. MLB
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