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Well, I have two neutered cats, both 4 1/2 years old. One of them is always crying at stange times. He'll just sit and cry. He seems otherwise perfectly happy and healthy, and sometimes it will pacify him if I pick him up and pet him, but sometimes nothing seems to do it - he'll just meow and meow on and on. It's really a little maddening sometimes, and I can't figure out why he does it. Does anyone have any experience with this - crying for no apparent reason?

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Hey msolga, good to see you! I am so looking forward to having Lacey for a week or so, it will be such good company for Paddy, he needs the adrenaline rush as he's so laid back! Lacey will be happy too she can go out on the porch, which she's not used to!

I am keeping track of all your posts even tho' I don't post as often as I should, and I enjoy hearing all about your little loves!

Hugs

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Snood, I've had cats that cry too. I think it's because they are trying to communicate that they want something. The problem is figuring out what they want. Not easy. Could be attention, mental stimulation, a drink of water, a toy. Or it could be just your standard cat nutsiness. I agree that it can be very annoying. My neighbors aren't too happy about it either.

Mikey doesn't make as much noise as my previous felines. The noisiest was Miranda, who was part Siamese. I gather that Siamese tend to be a vocal group.

But, like I said, it could be just cat nutsiness.

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I used to have a girl cat who was a great hunter.

When you hearfd her howling, you knew she'd caught something, and wanted to tell you, and/or show you. Sometimes being told she was a clever girl just wasn't enough - you had to break out the camera, and she'd pose untiil you took her photo.

She knew she needed evidence of her skills. All her skills were useless when the snake got her, though - or perhaps hunting the snake was what got her killed. Crying or Very sad

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oh dear Margo - snakes is one danger ours don't have.

speaking of catching things though - Paddy had deposited a mouse plus a half eaten Shocked

pigeon on the patio this morning Evil or Very Mad

A good job he's about to have his routine worm tablet!

I think the miaowing is for something as well - bored? wants someone to play? maybe?

Rosie is a very quiet cat - both my daughters have cats who constantly talk to them, with clearly different miaows for food/going out/attention.

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MY guy meows too. Usually it is at night when he is more prone to craziness. Sometimes it's for water, sometimes for attention.

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My Joe will quiet down about half the time if I pick him up and pet him, but sometimes he's implacatable, and just cries and cries....

Can't figgur it, sometimes...

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Well, he is a cat! Cats are hard to figure sometimes. Plain and simple.

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We've been having some torrential rain over the weekend, continuing into this morning.

Possum went outside and sat on the chair, under the eaves, where he didn't get wet. This wasn't enough - he was quite put out by all the wetness - so he came inside and abused me roundly, for an extended period. I haven't been so well told off in ages - not too sure exactly what he wanted me to do about it. Make it go away, I suppose! Confused

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Aw, poor kid!

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Clock's ticking for Oscar, I think.

he's been on this last round of antibiotics for nearly a week now...with little to show...except he DOES seem to be perking up....no real abatement in his symptoms though.....

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margo wrote:

We've been having some torrential rain over the weekend, continuing into this morning.

Possum went outside and sat on the chair, under the eaves, where he didn't get wet. This wasn't enough - he was quite put out by all the wetness - so he came inside and abused me roundly, for an extended period. I haven't been so well told off in ages - not too sure exactly what he wanted me to do about it. Make it go away, I suppose!

of course! and why didn't you switch it off for him?

Dlowan I'm so sorry to hear about Oscar, I remember those horrible traumatic times well. Fingers tightly crossed for an improvement.

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Had to have Oscar euthanased an hour ago.

He woke up miserable, after having been better for a couple of days, and there were no better antibiotics on offer for him. No way I was prepared to have him end his happy little life with misery.

Vet and vet nurse were lovely...and the vet did the best job of any I have ever had at inserting the needle painlessly for him.

I have been readying for this for the last six months, but it is still bloody hard.

He wasn't the brightest Siamese I have ever had, but he was unfailingly happy, endlessly and gently affectionate (one of those cats who just softly moulds himself to you, whenever you are at rest for a moment) and always responsive and sweet.

I certainly sometimes wanted to shake him when he shat on my bed, but now I'll even miss that!

Goodbye little friend, and thank you for thirteen and a half years of joy.

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Deb

I'm so sorry about Oscar.

{{{dlowan and Miranda}}}

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Oh Deb, I'm so sorry.

Oscar had a good life, didn't he. You gave him that. And you took good care of him right to the end. A cat can't ask for more than that.

Well, of course they can. Rolling Eyes

But it's the most we can do.

Pour yourself a nice, strong drink and give Miranda an extra snuggle.

We're all thinking of you tonight.

(((((HUGS)))))

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Thanks guys.

All hugs welcome.

I've been doing this since I was a little girl...but it never gets easier.

It's all good though....I wish I could I know I would go painlessly, being hugged by the person I love most in the world, telling me how much they love me.

You know, it was so helpful that the vet and the nurse cried too...and the nurse sort of put her arms round me, as I put mine around him.....I KNOW, intellectually, how healing empathy is....but it is great to feel it at difficult times.

I used to worry about all this love and concern being given to pets, while people die like scraps of rag in the wind, unregarded.

But then I sort of hope that, as long as one is balanced in one's concerns, and active in trying to better the lot of all beings on the planet, no love and compassion is ever taking away from the sum total of love and compassion in the world....

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dlowan -
I've been through that a couple of times. The loss is almost enough to make me not want to have pets, to avoid the pain. But just like the Garth Brooks song, I would miss all the good stuff, too - and they are a treasure and a joy.
May you find comfort from your loss.

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dlowan wrote:

Had to have Oscar euthanased an hour ago.

He woke up miserable, after having been better for a couple of days, and there were no better antibiotics on offer for him. No way I was prepared to have him end his happy little life with misery.

Vet and vet nurse were lovely...and the vet did the best job of any I have ever had at inserting the needle painlessly for him.

I have been readying for this for the last six months, but it is still bloody hard.

He wasn't the brightest Siamese I have ever had, but he was unfailingly happy, endlessly and gently affectionate (one of those cats who just softly moulds himself to you, whenever you are at rest for a moment) and always responsive and sweet.

I certainly sometimes wanted to shake him when he shat on my bed, but now I'll even miss that!

Goodbye little friend, and thank you for thirteen and a half years of joy.

Deb, here's my hand for you to hold for bit.
Poor little Oscar. He sounded the sweetest of critters. You're going to really miss him. (So what's a little turd or two on the bed, every now & then, when everything else about him brought such pleasure & happiness into your life?)
You did absolutely the right thing, but I don't have to tell you that, do I?
<sigh> It makes one feel so helpless when there's nothing more one can do, doesn't it? And I know what you mean when you say it's so bloody hard, despite preparing yourself for months.
A big hug to you, Deb. I'm so sorry. Sad

Love,
Olga

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Thanks guys....

Yeah, it sucks that their life spans are so much shorter than ours..

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dlowan wrote:

Yeah, it sucks that their life spans are so much shorter than ours..

It sure does, Deb! Sad

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