How can I train my cat to stop meowing for attention?

[norseamd]

Stop being a bitch and give in to your cat supremacist overlords.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

Assert that you're the boss by assuming a stance of dominance. Every time she meows, walk up in front of her, drop your pants, spread your legs (as such), get a raging hard-on, and stick your thumb up your rear end.

Piss on everything you own for good measure.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Get another cat, if you have a girl don't get another girl.

That's bogus. We have three girls and they get along fine.

 

[Grooveriding]

I doubt you can do anything about this, this is just how your cat is. Most of the behaviour modification you can do with your cat has to be done in the window of kittenhood. I don't think having a vocal cat is something you could of changed then either.

One of ours is very vocal and the other is really quiet. Cats are so routine driven that this is going to be part of your cat's daily routine. Get used to it

 

[MongGrel]

They all have different personalities, I've had many different types over time.

Siamese tend to be more vocal, but even that orange tabby guy I had in the pic up there will literally scream at me sometimes till I stop and give him some belly rubs when i get up in the morning or get home from work

 

[rudeguy]

Train a cat. ..


Bwahahahahahaha

 

[Sea Moose]

Get a dog?

 

[jwhorfin]

Kitty's do as they wish. You really don't have a problem... unless they give you the look...

 

[lxskllr]

My girl hits me when she's tired of my bullshit. No claws. Just enough to say fuck off for the time being.

 

[Denly]

That's bogus. We have three girls and they get along fine.

You're the luckiest one, during my time as a foster parent f/f always pita. Even I myself have 2 F and it is pita.

 

[Mixolydian]

they have such tiny brains, they can't really understand or learn anything. poor dumb little things.

 

[Muse]

Aw, come on, you can't train cats. That's part of their appeal, they are independent. Accept it. You're lucky if they want and appreciate your attention. If they don't, tough, it's their call. I don't have any animals!

I found ~1/4 of a squirrel outside my house yesterday sitting in the center of a ~1 square foot pad that sits there. Later in the day the partial carcass was gone. Probably all the work of some neighborhood cat.

 

[Muse]

And after a few minutes she usually stops, but that's more than enough time to wake me up.

I have noisy neighbors. They think nothing of having their TV on loud at 4AM. I've taken to wearing those silicon ear plugs they sell at the pharmacies. Used most effectively, they block out such sounds. In particular if you have the door of your bedroom closed, you will not hear your cat.

You could also do what I do and get up around 5AM. Before the modern age people used to wake up around dawn and go to sleep when things got dark. We are still genetically programmed to do this, melatonin is produced based on physiological triggers.

 

[halik]

Welcome to the club; my cat tends to wake me up when I'm sleeping in late, usually by tapping me in the face with his paws, meowing and then running away like a dick. I usually just toss him on the bed and go back to sleep and he does the same.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ednsz3jwe6shn3u/2014-12-02 10.37.39.jpg?dl=0

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I saw an animal planet cat show. We all inadvertently train our cats to meow and purr. Feral adult cats make almost no noise except growl at each other. Mothers purr around their kittens and kittens meow for milk but that's about it.
Funny how we train them to do something that irritates us.

I noticed my cat has started to purr much more since we got a puppy. He was still very quiet with our first older dog but the older dog kind of kept to himself and never really acknowledged our cat. The puppy does not. In the past I'd have to touch him to see if he was vibrating that's how quiet his purr was.

 

[Ichinisan]

I saw an animal planet cat show. We all inadvertently train our cats to meow and purr. Feral adult cats make almost no noise except growl at each other. Mothers purr around their kittens and kittens meow for milk but that's about it.
Funny how we train them to do something that irritates us.

I noticed my cat has started to purr much more since we got a puppy. He was still very quiet with our first older dog but the older dog kind of kept to himself and never really acknowledged our cat. The puppy does not. In the past I'd have to touch him to see if he was vibrating that's how quiet his purr was.

I don't know how I would train my cat to purr. I don't give him affection as a reaction to him purring. Instead, he purrs when receiving lots of affection.

 

[lxskllr]

I saw an animal planet cat show. We all inadvertently train our cats to meow and purr. Feral adult cats make almost no noise except growl at each other. Mothers purr around their kittens and kittens meow for milk but that's about it.
Funny how we train them to do something that irritates us.

I noticed my cat has started to purr much more since we got a puppy. He was still very quiet with our first older dog but the older dog kind of kept to himself and never really acknowledged our cat. The puppy does not. In the past I'd have to touch him to see if he was vibrating that's how quiet his purr was.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-cats-purr/

 

[SlitheryDee]

The only thing that seems to lessen it is ignoring them completely. Petting them, shooing them away, making loud noises to scare them, shooting them with a water gun, or anything else will reinforce the behavior. It's all some form of attention, and that's what they want.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Clearly you need to pet your pussy, maybe take it to the store occasionally and buy it some nice things?

Wait, what were we talking about again?

 

[shortylickens]

they have such tiny brains, they can't really understand or learn anything. poor dumb little things.

So whats your excuse?

 

[Mixolydian]

So whats your excuse?

Ignorance is bliss

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I don't know how I would train my cat to purr. I don't give him affection as a reaction to him purring. Instead, he purrs when receiving lots of affection.

I believe the point is we pet them because we love our pets. We associate as humans purr = happy cat so we pet them more thus cat learns purr = attention

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Mythbusters tried to herd cats it didn't go so well.

http://www.catchannel.com/news/mythbusters-tries-herding-cats.aspx

I remember the sheep dog had to go because he was getting bummed out that the cats wouldn't group up. Funny stuff.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Train a cat. ..


Bwahahahahahaha

You can sort of train them - establish a routine, they'll stick to it and get pissed if you deviate.

 

[Leyawiin]

We had a very vocal tom cat when I was a kid. I'd hear him "talking" to my mom every morning when she'd get up to make my dad's breakfast. It was kind of hilarious how excited he'd get because someone got up and all the funny vocalizations he'd make.