To ask you how to deal with this

[Sobeyondthehills]

I live in a block of flats, everyone keeps themselves to themselves, noise can barely be heard when you are in the flats, as in I can't hear next door or downstairs when I am in the flat.

But if you are standing in the stairwell or someone is standing in the stairwell, the noise echos. best example I can give. My neighbours can have their music really loud and in my flat I can't hear it or it is very muffled, go outside my front door and I can the words.

Thats just to give an idea. But to the problem, I bumped into my neighbour and she has asked me to quieten my cat apparently when she walks up the stairs she can hear him miowing loads and it is distressing her.

I love my cat but he is an arsehole. The last week he has screamed at me because I cleaned the litter tray, I didn't clean it on time, the food bowl was not full enough, his water bowl his face was resting on was not close enough, I breathed in his general direction and and I am fairly sure one was because I am still alive and he can't eat me.

I have spoken to him and asked him to keep it down, but he just screamed at me in response.

So what the fuck do I tell my neighbour?

Maybe take the cat to a vet if he is so distressed that he screams a lot of the time?

Hahahaha I have one of those. He is the reason I am awake since he decided he needed his breakfast at 5am and when I resisted gave me a devilish look and began yowling at my children until I caved.

I really don't know. Do you think he properly yowls when you're out, which would be unusual? If so I'd probably try feliway.

Or is it his day to day (moment to moment) complaints which bother her? If so and she can only hear him on the stairs she may have to deal with it unless you buy him a throne and fan him with palm fronds all day. I've found even then it's touch and go.

@HuntIdeas I promise you he is not distressed, he is just an arsehole

@Nautiloid we set up a cam when we first moved in and there was nothing
, we may have to set it again, but at least one of us is home all the bloody time. I would say the maximum they are left alone is an hour and a half a day.

I may have to suggest the damn throne.

There is room on the hallway and maybe that is he what is plotting

There's nothing you can do about cats miaowing, your neighbour is being unreasonable!

Tell your neighbour that she must let him in when he is screaming, he wants to expand his domain

Tell your neighbour that she must let him in when he is screaming, he wants to expand his domain

TBF That would involve knocking down our front door

I have all day today to watch the fucker delightful one and see what he is doing

I think he needs more tuna.

@Nautiloid

He is one of the most spoilt cats in the world. He was involved in a road traffic accident and lost his leg, since then he has expected us to do everything for him.

Awww bless him!

Tell her he is very distressed by the noise of people on the stairs and it makes him miaow in protest, so could she keep her stair use to a minimum and be as quiet as possible to avoid upsetting him, 'He is disabled, you know.'
And then show her a photo of him on his new throne, 'so much happier now!'

How is the noise of the cat getting into the stairway? Badly insulated door? That might be something you could improve, even though I think your neighbour is unreasonable to complain about noise she only hears on the communal stairs, and especially a cat.

@makingmammaries

We are working on insulating our door, although we have recently had a man out to do fire safety work and he had to do something to do the door, so not sure if that has made it worse.

He does have a loud yell though, plus it looks like when he can hear someone he goes sits in the hall by the front door. I have always assumed its because its cooler in the hall, then anywhere else, but it could be because he is an arsehole.

certainly at the moment, keeping him in the lounge when I know she is going to be roughly home, her schedule doesn't change a large amount so it should be fairly easy