Hi everyone, thoughts needed please.
We had two cats who did everything together; mooched about, sat on shed roofs, snuggled, slept, ate. A few months ago we lost the older boy who was 15 to cancer. He was fit and his normal self but the nose cancer was beginning to impact his breathing so we made the decision to let him go before it became too much for him. Our other cat who is a year or so younger has always been a tad needy but we've reached new levels now. Since we lost C. he literally has hardly stopped moaning/crying - day in day out, sometimes it sounds like he is actually screaming. He wakes up around 6am and starts moaning. He'll sometimes make his way up to us in bed and snuggle down but all the time moaning very loudly. When he gets comfy he stops and goes back to sleep. Sometimes if we just feed him he'll stop but often just recommences when he's stopped eating. If we put him out he cries and cries at the door- it's awful. The neighbours all hear him he's so loud.
I can't get another cat I'm afraid. We have a dog and they live amicably together so he always has company. Any suggestions please? I feel do sorry for him because the loss of C has obviously hugely impacted the little fella but it's driving us nuts, particularly my husband who can't seem to cope with it at all.