What does my adopted cat wants?

Hi!

11 days ago we adopted a 5 year old cat.

She's really sweet during the day. She already seems at ease and confident in our home. However, every night, at around 10 pm she starts yowling and pacing the appartment as if she's looking for something. We're still awake, so it's not because she can't see us anymore (during the day when I'm away from home, she doesn't do this either - I filmed her).

I feel like we are trying everything. Feliway, bach flower therapy, ... I went to the vet and she doesn't really know what's up either, thinks it's just because she's still a little disoriented. It's nothing physical.

When she starts doing this, we take her with us on the couch, she doesn't stay. We try to play with her, but she's not really interested. I feed her late in the evening, at around 9-10 pm, so that's not it either (she also always has dry food to her disposal).

But why does she only do this at night? We're starting to think that maybe she misses to go outside. With her previous owners she was able to go outside, even though she was scared and didn't go much further than the windowsill - maybe this was enough for her? Or maybe she misses her feline friend? Even though her previous owners say that they weren't that close and that the other cat was usually away from home (they basically just slept in the same room).

We just don't know... Does anyone have experience with this? Or maybe advice? I'm starting to miss the peaceful evenings and good nights of sleep :)

Thank you!

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