Why does the cat constantly yell?
Why does the cat constantly yell? Determining the causes of destructive behavior is the best method for solving the problem. Eliminating the cause of irritation is much easier than changing your pet's habits.
Let us immediately note that there are three main reasons for constant yelling:
- Instincts.
- Physiology.
- Psychology.
Instincts cannot be changed through education; you need to come to terms with this right away. Physiological reasons are most often accompanied by discomfort, which the cat expresses by meowing. Psychological problems are always accompanied by stress, which can provoke both behavioral and physiological problems. Let's take a closer look.
Sexual instincts
Different in males and females. But they also have many similarities.
Cats
Females demonstrate their readiness to mate by behavior and attract males.
The cat's behavior is characterized by the following signs:
- refusal of food;
- frequent visits to the toilet;
- often urinates in places other than the potty;
- constant licking of the intimate area;
- rolling on the floor;
- frequent screams;
- swollen vulva.
Cats
In many ways the behavior is similar, but there are a few differences:
- refuse food;
- doing business in the wrong places;
- urine acquires a pungent, unpleasant odor;
- urinate on vertical objects;
- constantly howl for a long time.
Solution
An option is to regularly let your pet outside.
But the solution has a lot of disadvantages:
- cats will become pregnant as a result of binge drinking;
- both sexes will not stop behaving badly, will continue to mark the territory until the sexual hunt passes;
- cats will definitely fight, and as a result they will end up without an ear or an eye;
- the pet may get lost and not find the way back;
- They often catch worms and always come back with fleas.
The second option is the use of hormonal agents, due to which the animal will stop suffering. But this will lead to the development of tumors. So the only correct, truly humane way to solve the problem is castration, sterilization. These surgeries are simple and performed frequently, so the techniques are refined.
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The operation is completed in half an hour. Pets are injected with anesthesia into the bloodstream to numb and immobilize the animal. Castration and sterilization takes place quickly. The cat comes to his senses within a few hours. To prevent the pet from licking the surgical field, wearing a collar is prescribed.
The cat screams at night
Cats tend to be active at night, as in the wild they begin to hunt at sunset. Thanks to the special structure of their eyes, cats see perfectly in the dark and are considered universal night hunters.
One of the most common reasons why a cat cries at night is a lack of physical activity during the day. If your pet sleeps all day, interrupted by eating and going to the litter box, there is nothing he can do to stay healthy except to be active at night.
Most cats, even those that receive adequate exercise, exhibit short periods of activity during the dark hours.
Usually the activity lasts 10–15 minutes, but during this time the cat actively runs, sharpens its claws, screams, and behaves defiantly. After a burst of activity, the pet calmly goes to the lounger and falls asleep for the whole night. If the cat does not receive adequate exercise during the day, bursts of activity can last for hours.
Is the cat screaming for no reason?
If you are sure that your pet is getting enough exercise and is screaming for no reason, contact your veterinarian before jumping to conclusions. Night cries may be associated with latently developing diseases.
The most common disease, the first symptom of which is the heart-rending cry of a cat, is urolithiasis. With urolithiasis, urine accumulates in the bladder and cannot exit through the urethra because it is blocked by sand or stone. Trying to empty the bladder, the cat experiences acute pain, as a result of which it screams.
Urolithiasis may be indicated by:
- Ignoring the tray.
- General malaise.
- Increase in base body temperature.
- Apathy.
- Inflammation of the external genital organs.
- Small amount of urine during bowel movements.
- Presence of blood in the urine.
If your cat only cries at night, it is likely that she is reacting to stimuli that she does not hear during the day. The pet may hear the movement of rodents under the floor or in the walls, the crackling of electrical wiring, suspicious sounds from neighboring apartments or from behind the front door.
What to do if a cat is yelling under the bedroom door?
Many owners prefer to sleep with cats, but when trying to train their pet to sleep on a bed, they encounter a number of behavioral problems. A heart-rending scream under your bedroom door is nothing more than a test of your nerves' strength.
Interesting! If you decide to change your routine in one day, without preparation, because you wanted to, a panicked and hysterical reaction from your pet is quite expected.
If you decide to accustom your cat to a bed, act progressively. For the first few nights, place the bed in the bedroom as this will be more familiar to the cat. Only after the pet has come to terms with sleeping on a lounger within the bedroom can you try to move it to another room.
How to stop a cat from scratching furniture using improvised means?
Fill the spray bottle with water. And as soon as your pet starts tearing up the sofa or other unauthorized place, sprinkle water on it! There will be no harm to either the cat or the furniture, but the pet will begin to associate its favorite activity with unpleasant phlegm!
If you are thinking about how to stop a kitten from scratching the sofa, then this method is unlikely to work. Usually, kids accidentally damage furniture while playing. They begin to climb the curtains, try to conquer the sofa, the carpet hanging on the wall - this is normal behavior. If you pour water on your kitten every time he plays, you will simply grow a nervous creature, apathetic to everything. The same applies to scaring sounds.
How he yells in the morning - reasons
A cat's heart-rending cry in the morning most often indicates hunger. Again, you should contact your veterinarian before jumping to any conclusions. Older cats often experience severe pain in the morning when their joints become stiff. Urolithiasis can also cause attacks of acute pain in the morning when the cat wants to empty its bladder.
Important! In fact, there are a lot of physiological problems that can make a cat scream heart-rendingly and only a veterinarian can differentiate them.
How to stop a cat from yelling and demanding food?
If your pet is used to yelling and demanding food, it will not be easy to correct its behavior. The best method of dealing with the problem is prevention. As soon as you notice unwanted behavior, exclude your pet from the kitchen until you have filled the bowl and placed it in its usual place.
If the cat is used to actively asking for food, carefully review its diet; perhaps the pet constantly feels hungry. Even with a sufficient amount of food, the feeling of obsessive hunger can be associated with vitamin deficiency, metabolic disorders or mineral deficiency.
After feeding your pet, be sure to take it out of the kitchen if you are going to eat. Close the door to the kitchen and ignore the screams. The cat must accept that your food is untouchable, since you are the leader of the “pride”. It is in your best interest not to encourage begging and not to feed your pet from the table, even if he really asks.
Nocturnal lifestyle
Before moving on to the reasons for unwanted behavior in cats, it should be remembered that all felines are active primarily at night or in the early morning hours. This rhythm of life gave wild cats an advantage over prey and other predators, which were less active after sunset.
Cats' visual organs are also geared towards a nocturnal lifestyle; they function even worse in illuminated conditions than in twilight. In a word, even cat physiology is on the side of their activity from dusk to dawn.
For wild cousins of domestic cats, night hunting is a way of survival
However, the millennia lived side by side with humans were not in vain for cats. Pets, in the process of long evolution, have learned to adjust their rhythms of life to human rhythms. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to find cats sleeping side by side with humans. But you need to keep in mind that cat sleep has little in common with human sleep.
Instead of sleeping once a day, cats take short naps of a few minutes each.
Cats sleep very lightly and often wake up, since full, deep sleep is an unaffordable luxury for them. Wild cats couldn’t afford it and slept in “portions.” This sleep order was passed on to their distant domestic descendants.
Signs that a cat is wandering
A cat in heat causes a lot of trouble to its owners.
The average duration of a cat's heat is 5-7 days. There are also temperamental individuals that can walk for 10-14 days every month. The first time a cat begins to ask for a male cat is at the age of 6 months, but this is too early for mating.
The characteristic symptoms of estrus are immediately noticeable:
- friction of the pet against objects - often, for a long time;
- loud screams with inviting notes, often at night;
- more affectionate behavior with the owner and others;
- refusal of food (the cat may not even eat its favorite treats);
- frequent urination, especially if there is a cat nearby;
- when stroking the tail area, the animal protrudes its back part, twitches its tail, and bends its paws;
- clear fluid is discharged from the vagina.
Symptoms may vary between individuals. There are animals that walk almost unnoticed, and the owner finds out about the heat after pregnancy. But more often the first signs are pronounced.
Guide smoothly
The first simplest and most non-offensive measure to prohibit something is to physically direct the pet’s movements. For example, I taught my cat not to walk on the laptop when it is open. In the early days, the then two-month-old kitten did not leave the computer alone: it needed wires, then the mouse cursor, then the mouse itself... And at the same time there were constant attempts to walk across the keyboard. I wordlessly directed the cat's movement with my hands, turning it past the keyboard. Literally within a month we managed to teach the animal to bypass an open laptop. She walks around closed doors calmly, but I don’t mind.
Use your imagination: this technique can be used in many situations. For example, when training to use a tray and a scratching post. Just pick up the cat and move it to the place where he needs to do his business. You can combine this with a prohibitory word when an animal tries to play in the wrong place, and then praise it when it understands and does the right thing.
