Hi everyone. I love cats and recently (like a year ago) lost one of my two sweet kitties to cancer so I decided to sign up to foster with an organization... and I instantly find myself in murky waters. Basically, I'm starting to realize the first foster assignment they gave me is likely a feral/community cat (he was not described to me like that at all ). How we got to this point was not my decision (I know TNR is the infinitely kinder/better choice for some cats who will never be happy indoors), but that's beside the point now. I don't think this poor guy can go backwards—his best shot at a healthy, happy life is going to be as an indoor/pet cat, whatever that ultimately looks like for him. The vet estimates he is a year old and he is fully vaccinated, neutered, etc. now. We are following the protocol for socializing him and already seeing some slow but steady progress so I'm very hopeful. We're willing to do whatever it takes and keep him for as long as we need to. However, my question (sorry for the long preamble) is, how do you tolerate the nights - i.e., the incessant, heart-breaking meowing - with a cat like this?? He seems to stay up all night just breaking my heart with his little meows. Looking for his family/colony that he was torn from, looking for a way out, I don't know. But it's so awful and I don't know how to help him with his overnight distress. Are there activities that will help give him something to do? He doesn't know what to do with cat toys, scratch posts, food puzzles, etc. so those have all been seemingly useless. What does he want? What will help him? Or do I just tough it out with earplugs while he adjusts? :(
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