"rob" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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| Hi All,
|
| I'm about to go insane - our cat will not shut up. He's taken to meowing,
| literally, once every 2 seconds or so for up to an hour at a time or more
in
| an effort to get me to let him outside. He was an indoor cat for a long
time
| until we moved to a house with a back yard that we could completely close
| off. Now, he wants nothing but to be outside, all the time. Morning, noon
&
| night he meows... constantly. It's like his brain is stuck in some endless
| loop. He is neither ill nor injured, btw. We never let him out when he is
| meowing, only when he's quiet & pleasant - it's our feeble attempt at
| positive reinforcement.


Cats are not like dogs - forget about this one.


| We're also attempting negative reinforcement (squirt
| him with a water pistol, soak his tail in the bath, tether him to the
| furniture, etc, when he meows constantly), but nothing is working.


If I got this treatment I'd meow too!


| We're
| half starting to consider options like a shock collar or even de-meowing
| surgery. Those are the last things we'd want to do, but honestly, we are
at
| the end of our rope. Any suggestions?
|
| Thanks in advance...
|
|
| Rob


Why can't he have a cat door?