Our 16 year old cat meows at night - a lot!

Question

She's been the vet recently and is on medicine for an overactive thyroid and is gradually being switched to prescription food for kidney disease. Had blood work about a month and 1/2 ago and it showed that the thyroid medicine is working, but turned up the kidney issue. She seems to be mostly deaf, but doesn't act 'senile' - she still finds her food and litter box w/o a problem. She cries much of the night - seems like she was better for a while after getting on the thyroid med, now she's ramped it up again over the last couple of weeks...of course she's sleeping soundly when we leave for work in the a.m.! Any ideas? I need some sleep!

Answer 1

cut open a stuffed animal and put a ticking clock in it. it will help her calm down. The other option is a womb bear. they sell them for infants and make kind of swooshing sound that will also calm her.

Answer 2

I promise you that if you let her (or force her) to sleep in your bed she will quiet down and be alot more secure. If that doesn't work, then you should really take her to the vet.

Answer 3

My cat had both hyperthyroid and kidney disease and was also going deaf and did exactly the same thing.  I attributed it to the fact that she was probably mildly senile and her hearing and vision at night was not what it used to be and would get a little confused sometimes at night. And she meowed loudly because her hearing was poor so she didn't realize her volume. Mine never missed her litter box either and dosage of thyroid meds made no difference and it also only happened at night.

I'd confine her to a room with her bed and litter box at night as far as you can from where you are sleeping if sleeping with you is not an option.  Try leaving a light on for her.