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Freckles- (1993-2011)

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Purred: Sat Sep 5, '09 10:10pm PST 
Whisper, have you asked your vet about the yowling? Often its noting to worry about or may just mean you are getting a little deaf but it could be the sign of something serious like high blood pressure.
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Purred: Tue Sep 29, '09 10:12pm PST 
bump - for housekeeping. snoopy
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Patches

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Purred: Thu Dec 8, '11 8:23am PST 
Glad I found this thread and am going to have to read through everything a little closer.

For some time I have been waking everyone up at night. Any time between 2 and 4 in the morning I have been meowing loudly and often sounding like I am in distress. Mom runs downstairs to find me with a toy in my mouth or batting it around. Sometimes she sneaks up on me so she can see what I am doing and what is wrong. EVERY time I am there with a toy. I cry to them as I carry them around.

Mom found this a little annoying at first, but settled into my routine. Then I started playing for a little longer. At least an hour of loud meowing and crying. Okay, she adjusted to that eventually. Then I started throwing in a 10:30 PM session, too. Well, within the last week I have had several days where I am doing this about every two hours around the clock. Mom is getting very tired and would love a good night's sleep. I'm also playing in the bedroom, often running across the bed and waking everyone up. Mom calls me over and I settle down for a few minutes, then I am off and playing again. Scampering all over the room and crying to the toys. I even carry the dogs' toys around and cry to them.

Does anyone know how to help me sleep a little more at night so everyone else can sleep, too?

A little background on me ... I am about to turn 22, and am on prescription food for kidney failure. I've had a couple of UTI's this year, but things seem to be okay right now. My eye sight is not as good as it used to be, but Mom has fixed up some lamps for me downstairs and they stay on all night now. That seemed to help at first. I have access to food and water. I just seem to have found a new burst of energy. Mom thinks I have found the cat nip mother load somewhere. Mom had made a video for facebook, but we just posted it here. You can hear what I sound like. Mom said turn up your volume so you get the full effect. laugh out loud I should point out that the first half of the video is me. The rest was my fursister, Pippi, playing with toys. Mom would like to point out though that Pippi was sleeping just fine and not playing with toys until I woke her up. Oops.

Hope someone has some advice.

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Sassy

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Purred: Fri Dec 9, '11 12:04am PST 
Hi patches, I also yowl when I carry a toy around. It is some kind of automatic thing cats can do when they have killed prey and maybe to warn off others who may try to steal it of to tell our kittens dinner is served. It could just be that you are doing this too but since it is a change in behavior it is worth discussing with your vet.

One thing to definitely get checked is your blood pressure as that can also cause yowling and is very common in cats with CRF. My sister Strangelove started yowling and mum showed the get a video and when they checked her blood pressure it was really high. That can also cause vision loss and deafness and it's easy to treat if you do have it
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PatPat

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Purred: Fri Dec 9, '11 3:09pm PST 
my sisfur Biscuit talks to her toys, my brofur Ras talked to the walls for about a year before he left us for the bridge (he was 18) but I think at your age your meowm might want to let you have your own schedule and enjoy the time you have. 21 is a grand old age...
maybe if you play more during the day you will sleep more at night..but it is our nature to play and hunt at night as well...
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Patches

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Purred: Fri Dec 9, '11 3:45pm PST 
Thanks Sassy and PatPat. For the most part Mom is glad to see me playing and content to let me set my own schedule. I've had a couple of days recently where the playing every two hours was just about around the clock. That she finds a little tough.

We do have a little video clip for the next vet visit. We will watching things and see if we need to move that up. We certainly have things to think about.

Mom feels so blessed that I am still around. My health has certainly been changing over the last year, and I guess this is just one more step. But I'm not done playing yet. Move over Santa ... I have my own pile of toys to put under the tree! MOL
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PixieBelle- ♥

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Purred: Fri Dec 9, '11 8:34pm PST 
I think it is wonderpurr that you are so active when you're about to turn 22! It sounds like you are having lots of fun. But since this is a recent development, I wonder if you've had your thyroid level tested recently. Hyperthyroid would possibly give you a burst of energy - not the worst thing for a Furt to have, but it can also have less beneficial effects so some treatment might be in order. If you've lost weight recently that would be another sign of HT.
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Patches

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Purred: Sat Dec 10, '11 3:23pm PST 
My thyroid was checked a little less than a year ago. The vet had thought that would be off and was surprised when it wasn't. Lab work was done again this summer, and the only thing they mentioned was the kidney failure, which luckily had not changed a lot over the last year. All things to consider and keep in mind though because things can change.

Um, PixieBelle, Mom says I don't need bells to play with. I can make enough noise on my own. laugh out loud Thank you (and PatPat) for the page pretties though. Speaking of making noise, I am happy to announce that we ALL had more sleep last night. I thought I was going to have to give Mom one of my nicknames and call HER "Grumbly Britches". Hehe. We're hoping I am going back to my routine of one night time play session, although Mom does love seeing me play more.
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