What To Do When Your Cat Is Meowing Nonstop

When your cat is meowing all night long, what is the first thing you do? You pick up your cat, right? That’s the worst thing you can do. This is a positive reaction for your cat doing something that is annoying. So the result is that every time your cat wants something, they will start constantly meowing until they get it. The trouble is that also includes all hours of the night as well. Cats are the most alert during the night and most often want to play a game in the wee hours of the night. So they start meowing because they know this will get you to wake up and pay attention to them.

Nonstop meowing is annoying and frustrating and that’s putting it mildly. Imagine when you are trying to have a nice quiet evening after a long day at work and suddenly you hear this earth shattering meowing. There goes your nice quiet evening, because now your ears are taking a beating with all that racket.

Just telling your cat to be quiet doesn’t do the trick. If you give them what they want, they’ll be happy and then immediately find something else to meow about. Yelling and screaming doesn’t work either, all that does is make your cat meow even louder just to be heard over you. Your cat will take that as getting attention – even though it’s negative, it’s still attention.

If this sounds familiar, your worries are over. Even the noisiest cats in town can learn to be quiet with one method that’s been found to be the most effective.

Remember one thing, cats that meow constantly do it because they have learned to behave this way. Somewhere, somehow, your cat has learned that nonstop meowing gets attention and gets them what they want.

The best thing to do is to totally ignore your cat when they start meowing nonstop. Never give in to the verbal blackmail that your cat is attempting to do. This includes not looking at them, not talking to them, not picking them up, not petting them, even not walking in their direction! It’s absolutely vital that you do not give in to your cat’s demanding meow. If you need to, go watch television or listen to music with your headphones on. Go somewhere in the house where you can’t hear your cat. Or even leave the house, if necessary.

It may take a while, but eventually your cat will get the hint that the nonstop meowing is only getting them a negative reaction and will soon quit. When your cat is quiet is when you can shower them with attention. This will reinforce the difference between good and bad behavior.

If your cat is naturally the vocal type, it may not be possible to get them to be completely quiet. However, using this method will at least get them to reduce their meowing to a more acceptable level. Always remember that when training your cat, or getting them to modify their behavior, you need to have a lot of patience.