Senior cat meowing all night

[Anonymous]

My 17 year old cat has been meowing all night recently. I am seriously sleep deprived from it. She always has been active at night, but this last year or so it seems worse. Is this normal? She never cries during the day but as soon as I go to bed, the crying starts and goes on for hours. She comes in and out of my room meowing all night. Has food, water, clean litter. I’m losing my mind here.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

This is a sign of dementia in pets, meowing or barking incessantly at senior age. 17 is very good innings for a cat so you might want to consider whether it is time to ease your kitty over the rainbow bridge. I don’t think that there are any effective treatments for dementia in cats or dogs, only strategies to manage symptoms.

[Anonymous]

This was our cat at the same age, turns out it was a sign of kidney failure. We treated with presciption wet food, she got better for a few months, then had another issue and we had to put her down.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes it helps if you go pick them up and take them to bed with you for a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes it helps if you go pick them up and take them to bed with you for a while.

Awwwww 😺

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This was our cat at the same age, turns out it was a sign of kidney failure. We treated with presciption wet food, she got better for a few months, then had another issue and we had to put her down.

Did you figure out it was kidney failure through a urine sample (or blood work)? We are having this same issue - 17 yo cat meowing in the middle of the night (I'm not OP). I took her in for a wellness exam recently and the vet said she seemed to be doing great. The vet even said it was fine for us to skip blood work since it was good last time and she seemed in good shape based on her physical exam. I think she asked a bunch of questions like - is she still doing other things she likes to do, eating, drinking, using the litter box, etc.

So, we've just been dealing with the meowing by shushing her, or after a couple of bad nights closing the bedroom door.

[Anonymous]

Normal. Dementia. Mine lived to 21 while doing this. I will never get a car again.

[Anonymous]

It can be high blood pressure or kidney disease.
Mine has both, but is treated for blood pressure now and the yowling at night got a little better.

[Anonymous]

My cat did this when she was going deaf.

[Anonymous]

Check for pain.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for all this.