Deafening vocalizing

Having posted the original story of the rescue of this poor old feral guy
(took a year and a half to trap), he has been completely vetted, neutered
and blood work is exceptional. He has been living under bed for a week and
yesterday was coaxed out for a pet for the first time. All is well and good
with eating, drinking and proper litter etiquette BUT he is the noisiest cat
I ever had. Weird and very loud meows all night long. He is stone deaf so is
this just a habit with him? The noises are really LOUD and vary in dramatic
content. LOL. Is this an adjustment for me to make. No point yelling at him
and I don't want to startle him because when he is sleeping nothing wakes
him. His intent regard of the fearsome TV is enough to convince me that 1.
He has never been in a house and 2. Cats sure do see TV. He is about 8-10
years old if that is any help.
TIA

"Surelyyoujest" wrote in message
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Having posted the original story of the rescue of this poor old
feral guy
(took a year and a half to trap), he has been completely vetted,
neutered
and blood work is exceptional. He has been living under bed for a
week and
yesterday was coaxed out for a pet for the first time. All is well
and good
with eating, drinking and proper litter etiquette BUT he is the
noisiest cat
I ever had. Weird and very loud meows all night long. He is stone
deaf so is
this just a habit with him? The noises are really LOUD and vary in
dramatic
content. LOL. Is this an adjustment for me to make. No point yelling
at him
and I don't want to startle him because when he is sleeping nothing
wakes
him. His intent regard of the fearsome TV is enough to convince me
that 1.
He has never been in a house and 2. Cats sure do see TV. He is about
8-10
years old if that is any help.
TIA

Is he near you when he does this?

"Surelyyoujest" wrote in message
...
Having posted the original story of the rescue of this poor old
feral guy
(took a year and a half to trap), he has been completely vetted,
neutered
and blood work is exceptional. He has been living under bed for a
week and
yesterday was coaxed out for a pet for the first time. All is well
and good
with eating, drinking and proper litter etiquette BUT he is the
noisiest cat
I ever had. Weird and very loud meows all night long. He is stone
deaf so is
this just a habit with him? The noises are really LOUD and vary in
dramatic
content. LOL. Is this an adjustment for me to make. No point yelling
at him
and I don't want to startle him because when he is sleeping nothing
wakes
him. His intent regard of the fearsome TV is enough to convince me
that 1.
He has never been in a house and 2. Cats sure do see TV. He is about
8-10
years old if that is any help.
TIA

Is he near you when he does this?

He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.

He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.

"Surelyyoujest" wrote in message
...
He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in
cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the
room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in
general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.

I was thinking maybe he was crying because he didn't know where you
were. There goes that theory!

"Surelyyoujest" wrote in message
...
He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in
cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the
room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in
general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.

I was thinking maybe he was crying because he didn't know where you
were. There goes that theory!

in article , Surelyyoujest at
wrote on 12/1/03 4:57 PM:

He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.


Some cats are vocal. I have one that my brother had to give up and she is
quite vocal, but she was MOST vocal when I first got her and she was in a
new environment. I'm certain time and confidence will make him more quiet,
although vocal cats are never completely silent. Have you tried getting some
Feliway for calming him down? I hope he gets more confident soon.

Karen

in article , Surelyyoujest at
wrote on 12/1/03 4:57 PM:

He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.


Some cats are vocal. I have one that my brother had to give up and she is
quite vocal, but she was MOST vocal when I first got her and she was in a
new environment. I'm certain time and confidence will make him more quiet,
although vocal cats are never completely silent. Have you tried getting some
Feliway for calming him down? I hope he gets more confident soon.

Karen

On 1 Dec 2003 19:47:23 -0600, Karen
wrote:

in article , Surelyyoujest at
wrote on 12/1/03 4:57 PM:

He does it to the room as a whole. He is usually near me as in cringing
under the bed but he also does it when he is laying anywhere in the room, on
his way to the litter box, on the way to water and food and in general,
whenever the mood seems to strike him. If he is awake, he's talking.


Some cats are vocal. I have one that my brother had to give up and she is
quite vocal, but she was MOST vocal when I first got her and she was in a
new environment. I'm certain time and confidence will make him more quiet,
although vocal cats are never completely silent. Have you tried getting some
Feliway for calming him down? I hope he gets more confident soon.

Karen
Can you tell if he is Siamese? They are great at talking. I really
loved the sounds: chirps, trills, etc that my Siamese made. We used
to have conversations that lasted quite a while. There is a book "How
to talk to your cat" that is interesting.