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Hey all,

so we have 2 beautiful british shorthairs from the shelter. They love each other and get along really well.

One is extremely vocal. It took us a while and some vet visits to make sure he isn't in pain. He isn't - he's just a screamer.

Now, his meows are cute most of the time, but he has now started meowing around 6am, both loudly and constantly, when we'd still like to sleep. He is very much into food, so he probably starts yelling the moment he gets a little hungry.

Have you had similar experiences and any advice?

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[–] Praxinoscope@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Yes. We had a cat who was a bit of a glutton and would wake us up yowling in the early mornings. We stopped feeding him in the morning and just gave him a full day's meal at night. He didn't wake us up after that change.

[–] Maestro@fedia.io 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This. We did the same with out cats. They have dry kibble available all day, but we stopped giving them wet food in the morning and only give wet food in the evening. Most of the annoying loud morning meowing stopped.

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

I like this idea. Will try dry food in the morning. He doesn't get nearly as excited about dry food 😁

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did you feed him just dry food? I'd be concerned about wet food going bad, especially in summer.

[–] Praxinoscope@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He always ate quickly so it was never an issue

[–] zipfelwurster@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

A full day's meal in one go? He's really into food but I'd be afraid he'd vomit if he ate that much 😄