Any way to stop my cat from meowing in the middle of the night?

[Anonymous]

sound machine and put the cat as far away from you as you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play with her twice a day. If she’s a young cat, you have to get their energy out.

Give her kibble in one of those cat food ball toys. That will help her stay busy too.

Give an extra one over night in case she is hungry

Best advice. Most important PLAY with her in the evening. Like a laser pen session where she’s running all over the place. And lap time too. Then she’s getting her needs met.

Oh dear.

You do know cats are nocturnal?

Nature and evolution means that cats want to be up and awake at night.

Sunny days are the time for sleeping.

[Anonymous]

What do you do when she wakes you up? If you give her attention you have unintentionally trained her to do this. You need to fully ignore until stops. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

Last resort but a spray bottle of water

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put her outside? I'm increasingly thinking pets aren't worth the trouble.

One cold November morning, I was awakened at 4 am by the sound of someone yelling outside. It sounded like a toddler crying out, “Mahhh-ma! Mahhh-ma!” I really doubted there was a toddler wandering around outside by themselves, but I couldn’t forgive myself if that’s what was going on and I just went back to sleep. There’s a lake behind my house and I’ve always been a little paranoid about its being a drowning risk. I got out of bed, put on my winter coat over my pajamas, slid into my shoes and started walking around in the pitch black darkness and eerie silence, except for this little voice. I brought a flashlight with me and successfully tracked down the culprit: my next door neighbors’ cat was sitting in their screened-in porch…crying? It wasn’t exactly meowing. It sounded miserable and I wondered if it was cold and couldn’t get back inside the warm house. Based on the fact that it woke me up next door, I seriously doubt the neighbors were getting much of a break from their cat’s vocalization anyway.

Please don’t put a loud cat outside and make it someone else’s problem too.

[Anonymous]

Our cat would meow during the night. She would sit on top of our printer and turn it on and off. Rrrrr, rrrr. Then she would paw at the window shade. Pat, pat. Pat, pat.

All that, I still miss her so.

[Anonymous]

💜

[Anonymous]

Ignore. It will stop.

[Anonymous]

Cats do this when they are sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to ignore her. Don't lock her out, don't throw her toys. Don't tell her stop, don't talk to her. Ignore her. Completely.

It will take about 10 days to 2 weeks, but it'll work.

It's really hard and you'll go crazy for 2 weeks, but they will learn that they're not getting the attention/reaction they want.

This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play with her twice a day. If she’s a young cat, you have to get their energy out.

Give her kibble in one of those cat food ball toys. That will help her stay busy too.

Give an extra one over night in case she is hungry

Best advice. Most important PLAY with her in the evening. Like a laser pen session where she’s running all over the place. And lap time too. Then she’s getting her needs met.

Oh dear.

You do know cats are nocturnal?

Nature and evolution means that cats want to be up and awake at night.

Sunny days are the time for sleeping.

Cats are not nocturnal; they are crepuscular. Which still means they awaken pretty early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Put her outside? I'm increasingly thinking pets aren't worth the trouble.

I'm not trying to start an argument with the cat lovers, but I was thinking this as I read the title before I clicked on the title to open up this conversation.

If putting the cat outside seems harsh, then put it in a room that is farthest from the bedroom. I love pets, but I need to sleep. If I don't sleep then my health, job and life suffer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cats do this when they are sick.

Cats do this because they are nocturnal and want you to be nocturnal with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play with her twice a day. If she’s a young cat, you have to get their energy out.

Give her kibble in one of those cat food ball toys. That will help her stay busy too.

Give an extra one over night in case she is hungry

Best advice. Most important PLAY with her in the evening. Like a laser pen session where she’s running all over the place. And lap time too. Then she’s getting her needs met.

Oh dear.

You do know cats are nocturnal?

Nature and evolution means that cats want to be up and awake at night.

Sunny days are the time for sleeping.

Cats are not nocturnal; they are crepuscular. Which still means they awaken pretty early.

Cats are nocturnal.

That is ehy they have the slit eyes and night vision that they have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Play with her twice a day. If she’s a young cat, you have to get their energy out.

Give her kibble in one of those cat food ball toys. That will help her stay busy too.

Give an extra one over night in case she is hungry

Best advice. Most important PLAY with her in the evening. Like a laser pen session where she’s running all over the place. And lap time too. Then she’s getting her needs met.

Oh dear.

You do know cats are nocturnal?

Nature and evolution means that cats want to be up and awake at night.

Sunny days are the time for sleeping.

Cats are not nocturnal; they are crepuscular. Which still means they awaken pretty early.

Cats are nocturnal.

That is ehy they have the slit eyes and night vision that they have.

NP, but the pp was correct...cats are crepuscular. It means they're most active at dusk and dawn. Ways to deal with it are to provide adequate daytime /stimulation (games, toys...things that keep them awake so they'll be tired and sleep later), don't reward the undesired behavior (because they'll keep doing it if it achieves the desired outcome), and manage their environment during the overnight hours so that they don't/can't disturb you (towels to stop the door from rattling, white noise machines, confining them to far away parts of the house).