I'm Crashing

[elizabethann]

You might call and ask the vet if he can prescribe him an anti-anxiety medication. Poor guy,and poor you!!

That's a good idea.

Emily, I don't have a spare room (but I appreciate the idea). I live in a 3 room apartment and the only doors I have are to my bedroom & the bathroom. Thanks anyhow.

[lvpets2002]

Been down that road with my first babies.. First I just learned to get in as much sleep every two hours & for sure when the babies were asleep.. I also put night lights in every room.. I also made sure all had full tummys before bed time & that helped.. Last but least if needed I went to the garage to sleep & gave the house to the babies..

[Kirsten]

I also think you should contact your vet about this. Could it be he's losing his sense of hearing?

Kirsten

[jazzcat]

I'm right there with you. Five of my seven want to sleep with me and the other two come and go on the bed. I am getting sick from lack of sleep so last night we had enough and shut the bedroom door. We sleep with an air purifier running that makes noise so I didn't hear the pawing at the door but Richard did. He said he got up and sprayed outside the door with the water bottle to make them stop. I feel much better today after finally getting about 7 hours of undisturbed sleep.

All is not great though. Ripley decided to let us know how he felt about the closed door and pooped in the dining room. Figures!!! There was no reason to do it except to show he is mad. He has big time behavioral problems.

[catmandu]

I have never really had this problem since I had the Found Cat Hotel but I can remember when Pouncer was a clingy Kitten and she used to MEEEEOOOW when I left the apartment and wanted to play all the time too.
I think that getting Mr Scrappy solved that.
You may have to put aside an hour before bed time and wear down Cosmos energy level , although if hes that ill that might not be a good idea.

[Medusa]

Try earplugs. Seriously. They work.

[Freedom]

Ruffles was like this when her thyriod started overdrive.

I put her in the spare bedroom with a huge dish of food. She has a soft place to sit in there and a few toys, and that worked.

I know, you said no extra bedroom. What about
- play time before you got to bed.
- you and Fenway in your room, kitty in the rest of the space with food and toys; you keep a squirt bottle to stop the meowing and scratching
- OR kitty in the bathroom with the food and door closed, night light on
- OR kitty in the bedroom and you on the sofa
-OR get a garage like someone else suggested.

Will be curious to hear if the vet had any suggestions.