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Some Cat Advice
We have two Cats coming up to two years. Ella can be a bit aloof but likes attention when she wants it. From the moment we got Ella she has ALWAYS been vocal. If you look at her she mioaws, if she wants something she mioaws and whether happy or sad she mioaws.
It has always been endearing and part of her character but the last few weeks things have changed.
Ella seems to demand attention by wailing and crying, she walks from room to room crying and will sit looking at you wailing. I think it is that she wants attention but she is becoming a cat that wants to be played with 24 hours a day and with the best will in the world that is not possible.
She talk to her and stoke her but she will just walk around crying. She has been neutered so I know she is not in heat.
She is healthy and when we play she purrs and enjoys it but she is becoming so demanding and it is getting the point where it is becoming upsetting. We don't know what to do - she is so loved but she never seems to content.
Effie likes to be involved in everything too but doesn;t make the noise Ella does. I can hear her upsatirs following my partner as he walks around the house wailing and miaowing and there seems like nothing we can do.
It's werid but it seems to stem from her findign a barbie doll belt and almost adopting it as her young. She carries it around the house, we throw it and she fetches but loses it. Since having this toy she never seems to be happy. it could be unrelated but it is getting to the point where we just don't know how to please her.
It has always been endearing and part of her character but the last few weeks things have changed.
Ella seems to demand attention by wailing and crying, she walks from room to room crying and will sit looking at you wailing. I think it is that she wants attention but she is becoming a cat that wants to be played with 24 hours a day and with the best will in the world that is not possible.
She talk to her and stoke her but she will just walk around crying. She has been neutered so I know she is not in heat.
She is healthy and when we play she purrs and enjoys it but she is becoming so demanding and it is getting the point where it is becoming upsetting. We don't know what to do - she is so loved but she never seems to content.
Effie likes to be involved in everything too but doesn;t make the noise Ella does. I can hear her upsatirs following my partner as he walks around the house wailing and miaowing and there seems like nothing we can do.
It's werid but it seems to stem from her findign a barbie doll belt and almost adopting it as her young. She carries it around the house, we throw it and she fetches but loses it. Since having this toy she never seems to be happy. it could be unrelated but it is getting to the point where we just don't know how to please her.
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Would be worth visiting your vet in the first place anyway to describe the problem so he can check her over - he may have some suggestions of his own too.
She talks a lot and has different ways of communicating. It is not just miaowing. There are purrs,churrs and other noises she makes. She says "please" and "thank you" in cat language and is also chatty with her tail.
my cat murphy (10) is the same always has been.
wierdly his brother was completely silent
They are very intelligent cats and require much more stimulation than your average moggy so maybe the only course of action is to play with her more.
Although its always worth consulting your vet and making sure that she is 100% healthy and doesnt have an over-active thyroid which can make them hyper, and nothing sinister is causing the demanding behaviour. If nothing else, the vet can advise on how to keep her occupied as well. (Also you mentioned that she purrs when she plays - although I am sure she is playing, some cats also purr when stressed so I'd get her checked.)
Good luck!
That is why I asked if the cats went outside - I suspect if I confined mine indoors they would drive me mental asking for attention constantly. It does sound as if the OP's cat is bored. Definitely worth asking the vet to check her over though.
(the OP did say she is neutered).
She isn't oriental but she is an intelligent cat. You can see it in her eyes and the way she does things. Her sister just runs around without thinking but with Ella there is a thought process.
She does want attention, she has the option to go out but is not interested and wants to be involved in everything. I now give her some playtime everynight. I lay on the floor and she sits on the exercise bike and we "box" one another. She loves it and this seems to have calmed things down. She has a mean right hook. Now we have this time, just me and her, she has settled down. The problem is our girls are spoilt - we know that! :rolleyes:
If she does cry we ignore her and she stops but if it is convenient I will wait a bit and we go to "box" . We do the games in our spare room and you can tell that if we get up she hopes we are going to that room.
She seems a much happier girl!