My kitten is meowing excessively; I want to get her away from this bad behavior. Any advice?

She is 4 weeks old, and I know very very young. But her meowing is more like screaming. It is starting to annoy my neighbors. I checked her out to make sure she was not sick, and the vet said she was fine, but I need to train her away from thinking she can scream at me all hours of the day and night.My kitten is meowing excessively; I want to get her away from this bad behavior. Any advice?
firstly - what type of cat is she? somee, like some siamese breeds, meow continuously.





Her meowing sounds like the cry kittens use to enable their mother to find them when they have been seperated.


she was taken away from her mother FAR too young. she probably has seperation issues, and she probably wont be as physically healthy as she could be because of it.


I suggest you return her to the mother for another four weeks if you can. If not, you need to make sure she is on an appropriate milk substitute and give her a LOT of love and attention, including physical contact.


.My kitten is meowing excessively; I want to get her away from this bad behavior. Any advice?
some cats are just more vocal than others. she is very young. this type of screaming may be cries for attention. have you tried picking her up when she cries? sometimes that quiets my cats.
Stop responding, its like when you have a sibling who keeps annoying you, if you ignore him/her they will stop when they realize they aren't going to get a response, it is the same with cats except they most likely aren't doing it just to annoy you
a kitten should stay with its mum for at least 6 weeks,it cant be weaned properly yet,
The first and the most handy ting is to ashure that she has enough time and space to play in the day time, don't react and do not give atention if she is meowling long, don't calm it with food or play. Don't punish her. The most important thing is is to know why is meowing
She will grow out of this as she gets older. This is her personality and you might want to consider giving her away and getting another kitten if you don't want to wait for her to get a little older.
Cats are the most stubborn animals you will ever come into contact with. I've had cats all my life, you cant make them do anything they dont want to do...they do have their own brains ya know. maybe it just wants some attention.
She is 4 weeks old and is screaming for her mother. That is a normal behavior. Make a sling with your shirt and carry her around while you are at home and keep her with you in bed (sleep on the floor so she doesn't fall off). Find someone who can do the same when you are at work. Babies need 24 hour care.





If this is a problem for you and your neighbors, give the kitten up to the Humane Society or a no-kill shelter that has in-home fostering. They will arrange for her to be cared for by someone who is actually HOME and can do the job.





I assume that her mothercat is dead. Nobody with any brain would take a kitten away at 4 weeks as it does cause psychological damage and can make it difficult for the kitten to bond later on. My sister and I have both taken in kittens who had been alone for several weeks from 4 or 5 weeks until 8 weeks. As adults, they would only bond with one or two people and were fearful of others, so I do have experience with this.
4 weeks and she's away from the mother? no wonder she's screaming, she was weaned too young. Kittens eat all the frigging time. Make sure she's not hungry. She doesn't have the capacity to eat only once or twice a day and have it last.





Oh, and kittens meow. It's what they do.
A squirt gun with water does well for breaking bad behaviors. You only have to squirt one or two times, after time when they see the squirt gun, they stop and run.
Yes she is too young and misses her siblings and mother. If she has the same, special place to sleep--like a BR for a few weeks will help. Put a warm hot water bottle and a ticking clock in there wrapped inside a towel--put this on a soft blanket. Also--it sounds cruel--but ignore here more and more when she meows and pay attention to her more and more and pet her when she does not meow. Get her another kitten (or a toy that looks like a little kitten) to sleep with. Also you can get yourself a good set of ear plugs. Remember--she's only a month old so this problem will slowly cure itself if you use this type of reverse psychology on her. Patience is important as is consistency.
Try and calm her down, give her care and attention and maybe she'll stop.
she was takin from momma too soon