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Cats tend to meow at you for a number of reasons. While some cats meow more than others, no matter which breed of cat you do have it is likely to drive you mad at some point if it is constantly meowing.

Understanding Why Your Cat is Meowing

One reason why a cat may meow more than usual is the fact that they may have realized that by meowing they will get exactly what they want. Due to this, they then start to use it to their advantage all of the time.

It could just start off with the cat wanting some attention and affection, but after the cat gets exactly what they want they start to meow more often to get other things that they want also. This is when they start to meow just because they want to. Something that can aggravate the situation, could be the fact that they are feeling bored or they are kept on their own a lot of the time. So if your cat does spend a large number of hours on their own, you may want to look at changing that by getting them a companion.

Controlling Your Cats Constant Meowing

Something that may help when you think that your cat is bored is to play some games with them and this should be done daily. Playing games with your cat will ensure that they get exercise, as well as keeping them preoccupied. To help with the demands of your cat, only attend to them when they are not meowing and when they are calm and collected. Do not let the cat intimidate you, or make you feel guilty as this is basically just giving into their demands. If you do give in you will only make the situation worse and the cat will use this against you. Your cat will need to learn that if they are quiet they will then get rewarded with what they require, whether it is food or whether it is to be stroked and played with.

Some owners enjoy nothing more than talking to their cats and they enjoy it even more when the cats respond to them. However, you may want to teach them to be quiet when you say so. To train them in this, start off by asking them to shush. This method may not work, so be a bit more forceful and tell them to be quiet. Once again this may not work, so if it doesn't you can always squirt them with a little water and that should do the trick. However, the emphasis is on a 'little' water ' do not soak your cat through as they tend to get the message with just a little squirt.

Overall the above tips should help you to train your cat not to meow all of the time. It may take a while but if you persist with the training it will be worthwhile.