Have her spray the bed with the Feliway spray. This is a very difficult time.
I've been there several times myself. Have her try giving him something
special to eat when it is sleeping time. I worked shifts that rotated every 28
days for a while. Ebony Thomas Katt--a 3 + year old feral--learned that when I
said goodnight he could jump on the bed, get something special, and was
supposed to nap until I got up. It is doable. Getting the patience to do it
is the trick.
If you have men who will
exclude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of compassion
and pity, you will have men who
will deal likewise with their
fellow man.
St. Francis
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelley Saveika
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT - HELP, Cat crying all night long.
Nina,
he can sleep whereever he wants. She says he gets in bed with her for 20-30
minutes, then gets tired of that and gets out of bed and starts pacing and
crying and does that until 5 am.. It almost broke my heart.
She says she can't live without sleep forever, and I see her point. He
apparently stops crying about 5 am, and she gets to sleep for 2 hours. That's
not a good schedule for a working person. She works half a day on Friday and
took a nap after getting home. He allowed her to sleep then. She says this
weekend she has been sleeping from 5 am to 11 am, but she cant' do that during
the week.
Everyone isn't us, Nina. I wish they were, it would be so much easier. I
can't keep all these cats either - if I do I can't do rescue. Though I am
frustrated and aggravated right now and not wanting to do rescue at the moment.
On 3/18/07, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Kelley,
Just by your brief explanation it sounds like this guy is confused and
scared. Since he's affectionate during the day, and you hinted that
she's not giving him attention at night, I'm guessing he's calling out
for reassurance. Do you remember me telling the list about Sophie
Matilda? I had her confined to a bathroom because she's cat
aggressive. She cried day and night, (but it was worse at night), and
would only settle down when I was with her. This went on for what
seemed like years, but was really only days. I got very little sleep,
(sleeping on a bathroom floor is not so great for my aching back
either). The scariest and most upsetting part for me was wondering if
she would ever stop. She actually cried herself hoarse. Well, she did
settle down and start to feel safe and at home.
Give us more details. Is this kitty free to sleep with his new mom or
is she locking him out of her room at night? See if you can get the
adopter to give him more time. You know, set a time limit to see if
once he acclimates to his new surroundings and knows that he's home for
good he'll stop crying. If she'll give him just one more week, he may
be just fine. What's one week without sleep compared to the rest of
their lives together? Poor little guy, he deserves to have his human
give him this consideration, I hope that she does.
Nina
Kelley Saveika wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I adopted out a cat on Thursday night. The adopter called me today
> and said he has been crying all night every night and she hasn't been
> able to sleep at all. He is fine during the day, very affectionate,
> likes to give her kisses, but he will not let her sleep. I need
> suggestions, or else this adopter will return this cat. As he's a
> black cat, he is not going to have too many options. She is not
> petting him when he is crying. He is eating and using the litterbox.
> I don't know how to get this adopter past this. She's willing to try
> things for a few more days, but I don't think much longer than that.
>
> Kelley
>
>
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