Brand new rescue VERY vocal - advice?

[TheTurnOfTheScrew]

After the sad death of our lovely old moggy a few weeks ago, we collected a pair of 18month old female cats from a rescue yesterday. One is pretty vocal, the other extremely so. Constant meowing. CONSTANT. Is this just a stress/anxiety reaction to the move, knowing how much cats hate change? If so, any tips for reducing this? We're making sure if she meows a lot that she knows where we are for comfort.

I also wonder if she is part Bengal - she is big and muscular for a female, silky fur, boisterous, very high climber. If so, would being so vocal just be par for the course?

It could actually be so many things. Did the rescue tell you that she's very vocal and give any idea why? Did she have a vet check with them before she left? If not, it'd be worth taking both of them to the vet, just to check for any problems and for advice. Maybe she just needs time to settle into her new home with you? I have a very vocal cat, but she quietens down after a chat and some attention. She's a long blackhaired moggie and doesn't look like she has any of the known vocal cat mixes in her. Lots of play will tire her out as well

Thank you.
She was vet checked yesterday before she came, and given a clean bill of health. She certainly isn't showing any other signs of pain. No-one mentioned her being vocal, and we didn't experience this when we spent time with her last week at the rescue. But she is definitely a gobshite .

You'll probably spend a lot of time talking to her until she calms down. Maybe she's just the spokesmog for the other cat. Once she knows where she is and that she's home she'll stop being so vocal.

In the meantime, ear plugs!

TheLongRider

Yup, earplugs on the shopping list. The miaowing is quite endearing now, but not at 3am. It's a good job they're cute, and I'm soft...

Talk back to them. Always. In fact, answer every yowl with a comment of your own and, if possible, try to get ahead of them.

PS - your comments don't need to be breathtaking. An 'Unh Huh' is quite sufficient.......

5am serenade today...better than 3am, though, and the daytime yowling is ever so gradually decreasing, so I'm optimistic that in the coming weeks they might be a little less shouty.

They are hilarious though. Less Chatty Cat proudly presented us with DC2's slipper last night, and when we woke up this morning she'd unpacked a basket of cuddly toys and left them in the hall. Our last cat was amazing, but something of a haughty Grande Dame type, so it's refreshing to have two overgrown kittens.

They sound wonderful. You, less so! Where are the pictures????? It's the rule, dontcha know?!?

My lass is rather... talkative, shall we say! She's 1/4 siamese, and I swear it's all in the voice. She likes to complain if something isn't up to scratch. And narrating her life. She lets me know when she's finished dinner, when she wants to go outside, when she's going to bed.... She's a darling, but when she's in a mood (such as when we get home from work and she's pissed off as it's been raining all day and she's been unable to go outside and has cabin fever, which we need to know all about) it can get a tad much!

In some ways it's a positive sign, she feels comfortable enough to be so vocal. Especially this time of year, you may find you get early morning calls as it's light early. I never knew if ours just wanted company or food, but you could try leaving a little snack out or in a timer in the hope that would help.

I'm not sure it's just hunger - she's on a rant now and has just eaten. But getting a timed feeder for a 5am snack can't hurt. Typically we had one until a couple of months ago, but got rid in a clear out not long before our old cat unexpectedly died. Obviously they won't be going out for a few weeks yet, so hoping they might sleep better when they're better exercised.

Awww, they are gorgeous! Thank you!!!!

She just wants to chat with you. As others have said, talk back to her.