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One of our three cats is a meow-machine when she wants something, and getting out her favorite toy (fake mouse which she fetches) or picking her up and giving her lots of love calms her down. We can't let any of them sleep with us or we're rewarded a bad night's sleep. The CL ad really made my day. Thanks!
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I have heard good things about this Feliway product for helping cats relax:http://www.amazon.com/Feliway-Plug-Diffuser-Refill-Milliliters/dp/B000WHUOEI
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Try and wear kittie out during the day so kittie sleeps when the sun goes down.

Also, the spray bottle. I know this is frowned upon but every cat is different. My cat is 12 and it's the only thing that's really shut him up. In fact, he digs it. Helps him self-clean more thoroughly.
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I was so sure this was a gag, until the edit. Now I just can't tell! Hilarious, though.

My cat yowls at me constantly, for food or play or lovin'; I have to threaten her with a dampened dish towel about the ears to get her to pipe down.
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I used that Feliway plug-in to try to get my cat to stop peeing on things (bed, couch, STOVE). It actually seemed to work. I had a spray of something similiar too, and the cat was all about it. Interesting thing is that my other cat (the one who was well-behaved and didn't pee on things) seemed to have no reaction to the stuff. But crazy-cat loved the happy-kitty-crack.... definitely mellowed him out. You might try that.
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My cat has been a talker since he was a kitten, now 11. Getting kitty on a regular feeding schedule helps. It will take a bit to adjust if he is not used to it. Also, a good friend gave me this calming agent called HALO, CLOUD NINE Herbal Dip. It is made for pets and contains all natural ingredients. It is an oil so I just wipe a little bit in his main sleeping area, around the rim of his food bowl and whatever is left over on my fingers, on the back of his neck. It takes about 15-20 minutes to kick in, but it works. I have also been using it for our current roadtrip that we are on.
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My cat was a total psycho until she was the only cat in the house/world. She did reluctantly accept a new man about the house after an intensive training program (his - also, she destroyed his couch. She did not poop on it, so she must have really liked him a lot from the start!). We are still not allowed to close any door ever, and so long as we provide her with multiple hiding spaces (she does NOT go outside. Ever. There's no ceiling out there.), fresh water in a glass (though she has recently graduated to a glass bowl...marginally acceptable - I'm still not allowed a glass), and treats/food/pets/litter cleaning on demand, we get along fairly well now.

Really, the thing that did it was convincing her that she is the ONLY CAT IN THE WORLD. She settled right down. She's also 18...so that might have something to do with it...
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A-MA-ZING.
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There are several solutions to a cat like this. In fact, I can think of approximately one hundred and one ways to deal with a cat like this.
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I had a feral kitten once, that grew up into a monster of a cat. Despite being given the best health care, food and love - it hated people. Would approach you, and then just sink it's teeth into your arm, leg, face for no apparent reason.

All ended living at the bottom of someone's garden, food thrown down and the people who owned the house didn't like using their garden. Vet refused to treat it, after it hospitalised the vet nurse when having it's jabs.

My conclusion was that feral kittens/cats should never be tried to be domesticated. They are just too wild. We had the kitten from around 3 weeks old (Mother believed killed, life in danger). We hand reared it, everything. It was just a wild cat, that should have been left alone.
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sounds a lot like a cat we used to have, sadly she passed away this year at the age of 16

twice I needed medical attention after she attacked my hand, and I was the person she loved most in this world. (Not bad attacks but bites that got infected, both when I was in bed half asleep and thought the bite wasn't too bad and was so tired I rolled over and went back to sleep)
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Yup, I had a cat like this. Rescued her and her brother as feral kittens. The brother is very affectionate though skittish but she was just evil. Pure evil. Evil and freakin brilliant! No matter what we tried to do to make her happy, she'd find a way to outsmart us.

After 12 years of misery with her, the vet finally suggested we give her prozac. Yeah, giving her a pill every day sure was fun. It actually seemed to help. She came up and snuggled at one point! But it also induced a short bout of anorexia which beget fatty liver disease which she did not survive. Her body was functioning but she decided it wasn't worth it.

But for about a month, she was a happy cat. Still feel guilty that I never really did figure out how to make happy for the long term.

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