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Morgan redux
1) I shut him up in the laundry room -- the room farthest from my bedroom, and the only room downstairs with a door (it's part laundry room, part powder room) -- last night as an act of desperation. I could still hear him, but the noise was muffled (neither of the neighbors with whom I share walls has complained yet, thank goodness). It sounded rather like someone was bowling, and yelling every time he got a strike [wry g]. His litter box is there to begin with, and I put his food and water and an old rocking chair cushion with an afghan in there, too. And a small lamp since the room has no windows. I'm not sure why I thought that was such a terrible thing to do to him -- it's significantly better than when he and his brother used to be banished to the garage every night in my other condo when they were much younger. And it's also significantly better than being put outside every night the way lots of people used to do with their cats. I did manage to sleep last night, although that may have been more the result of sleep deprivation than anything else. I also had to mop the laundry room this morning because he strewed litter into his water dish and then knocked it over. His water dish is clear at the other end of the room and around the corner (the room is L-shaped) from the litter box now, not that it was that close before. Hopefully that will help.
2) I am going to make an appointment with the vet this week and see if she's got any ideas.
He sleeps much of the day. When the guys were younger, I used to send them outside for most of the day, and they'd come back tired and sleep all night. I know most people nowadays think that's being a bad cat person, but it worked for us. It doesn't work that way anymore, alas, because he's way too old to be putting out on his own, although he does sit on the patio with me in good weather. I need a good way to tire him out, I think [wry g]. Except he doesn't seem to have enough energy anymore to get tired out enough to do any good.
Oh, well. Thanks for listening, so to speak.
2) I am going to make an appointment with the vet this week and see if she's got any ideas.
He sleeps much of the day. When the guys were younger, I used to send them outside for most of the day, and they'd come back tired and sleep all night. I know most people nowadays think that's being a bad cat person, but it worked for us. It doesn't work that way anymore, alas, because he's way too old to be putting out on his own, although he does sit on the patio with me in good weather. I need a good way to tire him out, I think [wry g]. Except he doesn't seem to have enough energy anymore to get tired out enough to do any good.
Oh, well. Thanks for listening, so to speak.