Ragdoll...a descendent of the Siamese...talkers...big talkers.

Basically, he sounds like he is calling for a friend or saying "I'm bored...somebody entertain me!"

Have you considered getting him a friend? A 6 month old addition would do the trick (not a tiny baby). That is what I would do if the dog doesn't want to befriend the cat.

if your vet cleared any medical reasons if you can make a little cat door going to an enclosed w/roof outside kitty kennel. This will allow the cat to go in and out and stay safe.

I have a crying cat. He doesn't sound as bad as yours, but Basil is vocal. He's a five year old neutered male and just doesn't seem to need as much sleep as my other cats. He roams the house and howls like a dog howling at the moon. I know that he really wants to go outside (I do take him out, well supervised, on a harness and leash), but he's bored after about 15 minutes outside as well. He's just a high energy guy that wants to be entertained. I've learned to live with it!

I'm assuming you have plenty of toys and playgrounds to keep him entertained? But, he needs one of his own kind.

My cat has plenty to play with. I'm a empty nester so My animals get all my attention. I play with them a lot. I have a large dog crate I used to use when y golden was a puppy so he can go outside safely when I can't take him out on his harness. He hates that I guess he feels fenced in. Does anyone know of a good enclouser for oliver so he can go out on his own. ANd where did you buy it. I see some that lok like long tubes. Anyone have one of them?

I don't think all cats need another cat, not do all owners need two cats! I've gotten second cats and it has not worked out for the first cat.

Ideally, I'd get him a cyclone pen made for dogs.....8x8x8'...........with a top or tarp on it. He needs something that allows him to move around, climb on ledges or hang out on a platform.

You can even attach the enclosure to your house and attach a cat door so he can go in and out at his leisure.

Here is a link that might be useful: enclosures

Ragdolls are known for their sweet disposition and soft voices. They are not talkers.

I think he is lonely, bored, wanting more attention. I have a Ragdoll, and she can be very insistent when she wants attention from us. She isn't a talker, though. A few mews, that's it. My cat does the love bites as well. I will be petting her, and she will be purring, and then she will bite me (but not hard enough to do anything, but she gives me a funny look when she does it). She will then stop biting and lick my hand.

I don't know if you should get another cat or not. But if I were you, I would get another Ragdoll (any excuse to get a Ragdoll!). I'd get another one, but my kitty have FIP, so she is a virus shedder.

Some cats are vocal. It just may be his way, and not that he is unhappy? My Sofie is quite vocal, and she is not a breed, she just talks all the time.

Regarding your question about enclosures, I bought one of these for my cats. Very sturdily made but not cheap. It's modular, so you can design it to your own dimensions. (Link below is to how some folks have used for outdoor enclosures.)

Here is a link that might be useful: Cat enclosure

I'm sorry to disagree with other posters but this sounds like more than a boredom problem to me. I'd be going crazy if I was the OP. I think he should be given another thorough exam by a different vet. Maybe the first one missed something.

Have to agree with beeanne.............since he hasn't always done this, I'd seek out another vet and even try to find a clinic that specializes in cats. He could have something hurting him and one of the clues is the fact that he's becoming mean.

But, I have to admit, I've seen cats that really want out of the house act 'crazy'. Still, I'd rule out health problems first, then give him a way to go outside on his own.

Hi! My 7 month neutered tabby, Jasper cries in the middle of the night a couple times a week. He will also wake me up every once in a while just as you described. Sometimes he will cry, and then run into the bath tub. One night I turned on the water and pushed him under it. HE STARTED PURRING and didn't make a sound the rest of the night! I never feed him or pet him when he does this because I don't want to reinforce the behavior by giving attention on demand. It gets annoying, and it would be easy to shove some food at him to hush him. I don't think it's the right answer, though. If he wakes me up, he gets shut out of the bedroom for the entire rest of the night. When we first moved into the apartment, he went from being with another cat to being the only one. He would cry incessantly every night. And loud. I was worried the upstairs neighbors would complain. Now we are getting settled (after a month) so he barely makes a peep! I just woke to find him purring on my chest. Now, that is what having a cat is all about :o) Good luck, and my advice would be to not reward him with food when he does this. Take care.

And when I said I pushed him under the water, I meant his hindquarters under a running stream. I didn't submerge his head :O) Just want to clear up any confusion before it happens!

I'd take him to another vet.

Ragdolls are sweet things, cuddly & agreeable.

It sounds like he's in pain.

I'd suspect bladder/kidney problems.

Best luck.

Have another vet check him, especially his feet. Sometimes a claw grows into the foot. Other times if a cat has been declawed the feet hurt for the rest of their lives. Is he neutered? Sometimes unneutered cats act like that. I know a breeder who had not clipped claws in a while whose cat acted like that and a claw was messed up.

I'd have him checked because something might have been missed. I had a vocal Siamese once but nothing like you're describing. Mine meow a greeting or when bringing me a toy, but not constantly. Sounds like distress to me.

Well my last post was a couble of months ago. I did take ollie to a vet that only sees cats. Did tests. Nothing wrong. I did notice the older he was getting the more he wants me. He actually is a little better with the crying. I was retracing when the crying started and it was when my daughter moved out. He likes me best but he doesn't like change to happen. He is terrible spoiled. Wouldn't you...
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Realizing this was originally posted a while back I wanted to tell you what we do with our male Siamese cat,
Dude was wanting outside really badly, but after he go fixed he decided he wanted to roam the neighborhood and not come home. We solved the problem by letting him out into the garage. It is attached to the house, and we have "windows"/vents (about 6X12 inches)with screens cut into the door. We did this when we moved in to prevent carbon monoxide buildup, since the furnace is above the garage, and water heater is in there as well. These little vents are 2 at top and 2 at bottom, the bottom ones just happen to be at the right height for him to sit and look out, he get the fresh air coming in through them. Now when the dog wants out back and I let her, he runs for his door and goes "out" as well. He is happier, will come meow & run for the door. I say "do you want out" and he dances! We don't leave him out there over night but he is happy while there.

Thank you everyone for all your useful information. I wanted to share another photo on how I get my cat outside when I don't have his harness on. He has the regular cat run that has attachment to it, and then I thought maybe he doesn't like being low in the grass. So I invested in one of the umbrella nets to keep the mosquito's away. The bottom has water balloons going around it so he can't get out. Of course I sit with him. He loved that to. He even has one of his perches in there. Its hard to set it up in the winter, and I would n't sit out there, it's to cold.
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Please, anyone with any ideas HELP!! My husband and I just brought our 2yr old siamese cat home 5 days ago. I know they are social, and vocal cats - kinda the reason I got him. I didn't want one that hid all the time. Anyway....he cries non-stop all night long. I've tried everything I can think of, he just won't stop. Its not like he will cry for an hour or so and then stop and start again later, it's ALL NIGHT LONG, every second. I've tried shutting him out of the bedroom - didn't work - he clawed at the door and howled even louder. I've tried the water bottle - didn't help, he figured out what was going to happen and dodged me. The only thing that I can think of, is that he is lonely, cause he has food and water. But he lived with a gazillion cats before and now he is the only kitty, and i know my husband is not going to let me get another one to keep this one quiet, so that is out of the question. He doesn't want outside, cause he is afraid of "outside". I don't know what to do, and my husband really isn't liking this "up-all-night" lifestyle. Please help if you have any suggestions.

mrsblake, you need to take a long breath and assess the situation. You've taken a two year old Siamese from a home with a lot of other cats and it has only been 5 days. You state you know that Siamese are among the most vocal of cats. You are going to have to live with vocalizing. Are you and your husband prepared to do so? You've thought through this adoption carefully and have made this decision? Secondly, cats are creatures of habit and require an often very long adjustment period. It is not uncommon, for example, when introducing a new cat to a formerly one-cat household that it might take many months, even years, for adjustment to occur. A two year old adult cat may require a very long period of adjustment to a new situation especially if it has come from a home with other companion cats. You and your husband will need to help nurture the cat through this period with love and understanding. 5 days is not enough--by any means. Also, have you taken it to the vet for a thorough exam just in case the crying is related to an illness? What was the result?

I know they are vocal cats, thats why i wanted one, and yes we are prepared. We have been talking about and discussing getting a cat for a very long time. I know that it may be too soon to say anything, but it's not really me that is having a problem with the cat, it's my husband. He needs his sleep as he works very long days and even nights. I love the cat to death, Moki is my baby! I'm so afraid my husband is going to tell me that we have to get rid of him, thats why i'm asking for help.

I took him to the vet right when we got him to make sure he was up to date on his shots and that he was healthy. they found nothing.

You say i should nurture him. How do i do that when he is meowing, I get up and he runs and hides. He doesn't want attention at night. When he does want attention at night, he comes right to me and lays on my head.

Its like he's calling for something, but it can't be a female cat cause he is neutered. Am i right or wrong there? I know there are a lot of cats around the premises.

We just adopted a 2 year old gray DSH from a shelter, after he'd been there for 7 mos, and his elderly owner died and he went into the system.

We are giving everyone lots of love, but one of our existing cats only tolerates him (Clyde, a 6yo male) but our 6yo female (Bonnie) hates him, hisses and growls at him, too. Our new guy, Smokey, gets upset and runs away, but sometimes he stands his ground and stares at her. He does do things to piss them off - like getting in their faces all the time, even in the litter box - but he is very social and I think he actually likes other cats. He likes people, too, whereas Bonnie & Clyde are afraid of other people. He is very sweet most of the time, even licks us, and sleeps with us, but he hardly sleeps more than 2 hrs at a time, with us in bed with him, and yowls at night sometimes. Sometimes he wakes up and runs over to us talking to see if we're "alive", and that settles him down. But this yowling is different and we can't figure it out. Cuddling him doesn't help. Yelling (duh) doesn't work. Calling him back to bed doesn't work. We can't force him to settle down because he is also a hugely muscular cat at 11 lbs and eats a full can and still wants more. He was checked out by our vet, and the shelter one as well, and I'm taking him to a new vet Tuesday. We think he might have worms, but probably not hyperthyroid as he's not losing weight. He just talks alot and yowls around 6am and there's no stopping him. The food/water/litter are all checked before bedtime and are fine. Plenty of toys lying around. Plenty of perch & warm sofa/bed space. Even a mild sedative (Xanax - from our Vet) had minimal effect. He's unsteady on his feet, but doesn't sleep more or eat less! We may have made his crying worse by feeding him even when he is crying at dinner time, instead of waiting for him to stop. Problem is, he doesn't stop, and we have 2 other well-behaved cats who are also hungry!

We have tried to ignore his yowling, and then he "acts out" and we find he's knocked over our shelf products, or is on top of the TV cabinet or something falls and we know where he is, still yowling. Impossible to ignore with (possibly) dangerous products falling & breaking. He has an amazing amount of energy, and uses it at night, despite playing with (all of them) during the day. On his own, he does sleep more than 2 hours, I've noticed, just not with us.

We love him and want to keep him, but after a month of little sleep we're trying clicker training (minimal effect) and we're thinking of trying a dog barking collar. Has anyone thought of using a dog stop barking collar (static) to control yowling? Would it even work on a cat? Is is safe?

We're at our wits end. Could he be depressed, lonely or bored? Does he need a kitty anti-depressive? I don't want to have to drug him for the rest of his life - I think he wants attention, but at 5 am in a 1 bedroom apt. with neighbors it's too much for us to bear. Any help appreciated.

Just to let everyone know, my cat is being much more quite at night now that i keep him up during the day. He doesn't really like it, but he snuggles right up when we go to bed. He has calmed down since the move and is more comfortable around everything. Thanks for the advice!!

Kara

Cats are wild animals no matter how much people cruelly imprison them and inbreed them to keep their pedigrees. Let the poor little thing go out and be a cat for gods sake. My cats have toys and food indoors and are free to come and go when they choose. I get presents on the door step sometimes but am happy that they are doing what cats do. Can you imagine being cooped up inside for the rest of your life? Its just not right. Let him out