Puccini the Opera singing cat

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

Dear God, I'm being driven slowly bonkers by our cat singing at 4 in the morning

It's proper singing too, not yowling, he's not distressed at all.

Roughly translated it means 'This is my hooooooooouse, I have people and I loooooooove them ,they give me fooooood and I quite fancy some now I wish they get up and feed meeeeeeeeeeee and plaaaaaaay.....'

We've had him since Christmas, he was a stray and just turned up in a dreadful state and he took a long time to get tame but he's gorgeous now and super tame.

He used to go out at night when he was semi feral but now sleeps on the spare bed on a special fluffy blanket

He's only about a year old,and either fully Bengal or a cross. Very, very vocal, in the day he chats away , it's like a proper conversation. It's just the singing at night that's keeping us up, it's like having a new born, we're EXHAUSTED!

we put food down, play with him until he's had enough, Feliway diffuser- any other suggestions?

I have ear plugs but if they come out his singing wakes me up. I could gaffer tape them to my head...

Will he settle down as he gets older?

Other than that he's gorgeous

Sorry - which is what we do generally in this house. Especially in the early hours. I'm not human before 8 o'clock.

Misty - the spray has alcohol so you need to leave it at least 20 mins after spraying so it shouldn't be used in the situation you've described. I've sprayed it on a blanket the day before the vet's to put in the carrier. Weirdly the noisiest cat on earth loves his carrier and the car and is fine at the vet's!

We had another good night- I feel like a new woman after 3 good night's sleep!

It sounds as if a new routine has been established.

Really pleased to hear that you've had a breakthrough! Bless him. If I were you, I'd give him a massive fuss in the morning and congratulate him on sleeping through. I think they understand more than we think they do. And they like confirmation that they are doing something right.

Ours is well behaved at the vets too. The vets are still nervous of him though.

Yours has the white t shirt chest, that's a realatively new breed point. Our cats mum wasn't particularly well marked but her kittens were.

Ours sleeps in the utility room, otherwise it's 4:30am paw in the mouth. Never to Dh, always me.

I tried the utility room but he just went out the cat flap and sang

Do you think he's a Bengal then?

He's got the nose and muzzle for it. Was he neutered when he turned up?.

I love his nose

Yes he was. He was a bag of bones,his fur was so dull ,he was in such bad condition. No microchip. We asked around but no one knew anything which is surprising as close knit here and we all know whose pets / kids belong to who. His back paw has no claws,they look like they've been chopped off. Vet wasn't concerned, but they're showing no signs of growing back .

Can't believe how well he is now

( Sorry,I do like to ramble about him)

Well de-clawing is illegal here. Was he castrated when he turned up?.

Bengals are great cats --I'm having a moggy next time-

Oh you said yes cava

He's not been de clawed unless someone has tried to do it themselves,eeek! They've just been chopped off, only one paw.

I say that too- moggie next time

It's very odd, to neuter a cat then lose it.

And not micro chip it vet said it was odd too as they're usually done together according to her.

Oh well,we chipped him .

I'm not telling mine yours has a bed, every night when I take him down to his covered dog bed, blankie and all necessarys he miaows like it's completely unexpected. "Time for beddy byes asbo" "mroww" which is "but I am in bed" you utter witch

Another good night!!!

This morning he brought he favourite ball and dropped it at my feet when I opened my bedroom door