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Furry Chat => Rants and Advice => Topic started by: BennyJackdaw on July 17, 2016, 02:24:04 PM
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I have to deal with this every morning. Our cat Stoner starts yowling at around 4:30 in the morning, and eventually that wakes my mom "Sister Mary Elephant" up and she has this "if I can't sleep, no one can" mentality and yells at our cat as loud as she can. I have no idea how to get Stoner to stop yowling every morning.
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What I would do is figure out why it is yowling.
- Is she stuck in the room?
- Is the water bowl empty?
- Is there something in the house that is scaring it? (for e.g., my cat is scared of the curtains blowing on a windy day.)
If it's a female, she might be in heat.
I would say, if your cat is yowling to be fed, ignore the yowling as it is going to promote yowling if you 'reward' it with food. Only reward when it has stopped yowling for about 10 seconds straight. It's what I did to my cat and it worked. If this doesn't work, consider free-feeding it instead.
If the cat is yowling for attention, ignore it but only give it attention when it's quiet. If it starts yowling again, immediately stop the attention until it's quiet again.
Otherwise, it might be stressed or ill. Check with vet.
If its not too much of an inconvenience can you take a video of it?
Not a vet but I own a cat ^_^
I know how you feel. My dog would always whine in the middle of the morning xD
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What I would do is figure out why it is yowling.
- Is she stuck in the room?
- Is the water bowl empty?
- Is there something in the house that is scaring it? (for e.g., my cat is scared of the curtains blowing on a windy day.)
If it's a female, she might be in heat.
I would say, if your cat is yowling to be fed, ignore the yowling as it is going to promote yowling if you 'reward' it with food. Only reward when it has stopped yowling for about 10 seconds straight. It's what I did to my cat and it worked. If this doesn't work, consider free-feeding it instead.
If the cat is yowling for attention, ignore it but only give it attention when it's quiet. If it starts yowling again, immediately stop the attention until it's quiet again.
Otherwise, it might be stressed or ill. Check with vet.
If its not too much of an inconvenience can you take a video of it?
Not a vet but I own a cat ^_^
I know how you feel. My dog would always whine in the middle of the morning xD
We've tried ignoring him for years, and he still does it. And even if I wanted to, it won't stop my mom from yelling her head off every morning.
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From what I know cats have a different clock than human do in that they are active much earlier in the morning compared to most people. Part of your yowling is probably just a consequence of that, though cats I have had would just jump in the bed and play or bite. Maybe your cat is just talkative?
FYI yelling at the cat won't do anything. Cats are way better with positive reinforcement than negative reinforcement.
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Benny, probably frightened or wants attention.
None of the 3 cats in my home ever meow yowling at all, mine only get vocal when they want food, attention, or play.
Like Halei mention, they seem happier when not being yelled at, I'm guessing it's true with every species.
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Another possibility I thought of. My cats were indoor cats and never got outside, but that didn't stop them from "hunting". They would take their toy mice and haul them to a bedroom, plop it on the floor, and then yowl as loud as they could like they were trying to say, "look what I brought you!" This would usually be early in the morning. Any chance that might be it?