How do I stop my male cat from being as needy as he is?
This cat is ridiculous. He is always demanding love, he never lets me sit alone in a room with the door closed because he will meow and howl and just bug everyone else to where they have enough and let him in the room. Then he claws up my leg up and demand to be in my lap. This cat is a non-stop lover and don’t get me wrong I love having my cat love me but I am only one person I have a life I need to do other things and not have him in my lap or laying on what I am working on while I try and work on things. I got him when he was a baby for my birthday I cant remember what year but I believe he is between the ages of 8 and 10 and ever since we moved here about 4 years ago this cat has been attached to my hip even before then he was bad but not this bad. I read everything online and I thought it would be that he needed a friend which we got him but the cat sprays on everything when a new cat comes near or a new anything. We recently got a new min pin which is a buddy for him but the cat pees on everything with a clean cat box and all. I swear the cat was meowing and running to his cat box so I cleaned it dumped it even and washed it put new litter in and not even five mins later that cat came in my room and peed on a pile of dirty clothes in my room. I have a feeling he might have a vet problem but I have a friend whose cat does the same thing and all the vet could tell them was that it was stress. Which in some way I beliebe because he pees on the stuff when I am gone babysitting or at a friends for a couple days, but still when I get back he does the same thing and I don’t abuse this cat I give him all the love he could ever want and more so I have no idea why he is like this. Is it that I give him to much love? I don’t know how much more my family or I can take of this needy-ness. Is there any other way than just another cat in the house to make him happy and less needy?
Oh yes I forgot to add he is neutered. He got his manly hood taken away when he was younger.
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Even if your cat is neutered, if it wasn’t done very young, he may spray when he feels like it. We have one like that, he was done at 6 months (because that is what the vet told us), but if he is cross with us he will spray on things in the house – otherwise he only does it outside. Our next cat got done at the animal shelter before we got him home, so he was very young, and he does not spray at all. I think your cat is jealous of the new arrival, that is why he is spraying. If he already wants so much attention, he is not going to welcome a new cat. You said you moved there 4 years ago, maybe the move made him more clingy, afraid he might be left? Do any other people live with you? Maybe they could start showing him more affection, so he will not think you are the only one – if you are the only one who feeds him, let them do it too, so he will feel confident that other humans will take care of him.
Other than that – I think you’ve just got a gorgeous loving cat!
Try getting the cat castrated. It sounds like the problem is hormone related.
We have a 2 year old cat who is very needy also.
Both my wife and myself work from home so it is not such an inconvenience because he is entertaining and cheeky. But he follows my wife everywhere.
BTW he is castrated but that didn’t make any difference to his character at all. (although he did stop humping a stuffed toy lamb!).
Maybe castration would make a difference to his spraying behaviour tho. Our cat doesn’t spray at all – even outside. I think the spraying is a characterisitc of a sexually mature male.
I took care for a friend’s cat for a few days, and it did just that…
I even had to let it into the bathroom while taking a loooooong bubble bath…imagine that cat staring at me and sniffing around…
Dont be a wanker..
your CAt lovvvvvvves you needs you wants your attention..GIVE IT TO HIM…Animals give way more then we give in your case it sounds like a Choire..
Be a stand up guy, and spend some Quality time with him..1 hour a day of play time….life is important but He’s a part of that life he s not an accessssorrry….Paris HILTon u..
Yes the peeing is emotional..he feels unsecure and wants to mark your scent with his..