Kitten may have seperation anxiety
Hello! My roommate and I took in two sibling kittens when they were two months old. One is mine, the other is hers, and these kittens are now five-almost-six-months-old. One thing I noticed after having them live with us is that they absolutely love each other, are the sweetest kitties, and its the cutest thing ever! But when ever my cat was not in the same room as my roommates cat, my roommates cat would IMMEDIATELY start looking for her. That immediate searching then formed into the loudest, painful meows, so around two and a half months my roommates cat would come to my door and meow until I let my kitty out. And even if they were both together, he would still come to my door and meow until I let him in. And after I let him in he would meow until I acknowledged him. This occurs after I have played and fed them both to make them sleepy.
As he has gotten older, the louder the meows have become, and the worse it sounds. He sounds like he is crying and suffering, and then will start knocking over things in the living room and scratching things to get attention. He absolutely cannot do anything without my kitten. He cannot eat without her, pee or poop without her, sleep without her, or even do regular shenanigans without her. Sometimes I want to spend time alone with just my cat, and those moments are few and far in between, as if you are not paying attention to him or leave him alone, he will meow and meow and meow and start knocking stuff over/clawing things until you pay attention to him. The longest that he has meowed non-stop was two hours.
I really do not know what to do, as I do not want to give in to his meows but it's honestly concerning me even though he is not my cat. My roommate doesn't seem to mind, and gives into him on the first meows. My roommate and I will not be living together soon, so it makes me nervous on how he will be once we separate. My kitten doesn't look nor meow for him when she is by herself, or realize that he is behind the closed door playing with my roommate. Is there anything I can do to calm this cat, or will he just be like this? Because I feel like he will just be like this until with move out, and then turn into a sad, depressed kitty.
Submitted November 17, 2018 at 07:37AM by lechugagage
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