very loudly vocal cat...in the night of course!

[dandycandyjellybean]

Just that really and it's driving me insane. She is 15 and has always been vocal, and often at night. In the past I just wore earplugs. However, don't wear them now as have 4 yr old ds and she is starting to wake him, too. Not just for food, although that starts it. Even if I get up and feed her, she then has a good old guzzle then yowls all the way back up stairs, does a massive poo and then yowls (according to dh) 'I just laid an egg' all the way down the landing to my room!!!!

This can happen 3 or 4 times a night and it is really starting to drive me mad. The only thing I could think of was buying a silent dog whistle and giving a good old blast on that every time she yowls and see if that startles her out of it? Other ideas gratefully received. We really should have a 'baggy eyed from lack of sleep' emoticon on here!

Can you stop her coming upstairs?

You have my sympathies - I have a very talkative cat too!

Has she been neutered?

Yes neutered, at about a year. Stopping her coming upstairs is the next resort after the dog whistle.

I am being a bit sentimental really; she is deffo my cat, and has always slept with me, and her sister is my dh's cat and sleeps adoringly with him. (Separate rooms as dh needs special bed as he is disabled). I tend to turn over a lot in my sleep, and as soon as I do, Daisy swaps sides too! Was thinking the other day how much I will miss this when she goes (she is old and do think about it ). So am reluctant to do that; but will if all else fails. She is also absolutely soft as pudding, unlike her sister is a vicious little minx and is very intolerant of strangers; hisses and scratches as soon as look at them. She took ages to get used to ds, whereas Daisy used to lie next to him on the bed when he was little - he would lie there kicking his legs and subsequently kicking her in the head and she would just lie there and purr and dribble!!!

Go and see your vet. Sometimes older cats can have treatable medical problems which might cause behavioural changes similar to what you have described.

I'm sure there was a thread on here a while ago where someone's cat was doing a similar thing and it turned out to be dementia. I'll try to find it

Here it is - a few good bits of info on there