Hi! Long time fan first time talking. Anyways, my cat passed away recently (we were very closely bonded) and she also had dementia. I noticed it when she was starting to forget where her water dish was. So she'd meow for it and walk to the bathroom meowing for water even though she had a full dish. So I'd pick her up and show her where it was. I kept it in my room because she rarely left it in her last years. Then she forgot her litterbox. So I moved that in to my space. Eventually, she forgot that there was even a space outside of mine. I got really good at reading my cat and her needs if she seemed to forget things. I had to try to do the remembering for her and adjust the space according to her failing memory.

The meowing at night really hits me hard. Sitting here with watery eyes. I had the most sweet, intelligent kitty you can imagine. She would also meow in the most agonizing way at night when she got older. I can't remember anymore if i went downstairs to comfort her, i hope i did. I still remember the last time she sat on my lap, looking into her beautiful golden eyes, legs stretched onto my chest. With one look she could communicate so many things, but that moment, she felt happy and relaxed.

I do have a seventeen year old cat that started showing signs of dementia about a year ago. Yes, she does start howling at sundown, before I get the nightlight turned on, she is extremely hard to wake up and when I do wake her up, she is very startled, my poor baby even forgets she has just had a snack (like 10 minutes ago) and demands to be fed again, which I do. Otherwise, she is skinny for an old girl, but in excellent physical health (as per her yearly vet visits and bloodwork and urinalysis'). I go in and cuddle her during her times of howling, she lives on my bed and is in seventh heaven when I do go to bed and she can snuggle with me. I love her to pieces.

We have an 18 year old cat who I am positive has dementia. If she turns around the wrong way and loses sight of us she screams her head off like she's been lost in the desert for years. Same story at night when the lights go out. Thanks for the tips Jackson!

YES! Our cat was 23 years old when we he finally passed and had this confusion/crying/panic every night of his last couple of years. It was obvious he didn't know where we'd gone or where he was. He'd carry around a sock or toy in his mouth sometimes. I'd pull him up in my bed and he'd go right to sleep ❤😪

Back in time, dementia in pets was less an issue, because they didn't as often live as long as they can now. But I think it's becoming an issue as our pets get more advanced medical care and live longer to develope it; so owners need to be aware and prepared for it. Animals really do suffer from a lot of the same or similar issues as elderly humans if they live long enough. Also - there may be multiple benefits to the christmas lights or nite lights: makes it easier for us two-legged animals to find the bathroom without walking into things, and easier to spot that hairball barf before we step in it !!

This vid is quite old but for anybody reading this. Cats also howl if they are suffering a lot! Watch out for kidney disease, high blood pressure, Fip, etc my cat howled and had neurological problems. I gave her all my love and took her to the vet for a diagnosis which was partial as she died and didn't have everything done. I didn't sleep for over a week carrying her when she had ataxia and was very weak. She died surrounded by all my care and love. 😭😭💔💔 this was a week ago. Love you Morena! ❤

My old guy was 20 when he passed away and the last two years of his life he did he howling at night thing 😢 poor baby, I hope he is at peace now and knows where he is

Yes, my cat DID have dementia. About 10 years in, she stopped using her box unless she had to pee. She got very clingy, started returning back to kitten behaviors, etc. I could go on and on, but after some advice, all I could do was make her comfy as possible and show her lots of affection.

This explains so much. My 14 year old cat yowls at night and I couldn't figure it out. I call him to the bedroom and he follows my voice and jumps in bed overjoyed to see me. Now it makes sense

My poor senior kitty is showing similar signs of dementia as well as losing her eyesight. It’s heartbreaking to watch beloved cats age and deteriorate.

Makes me remember my mother’s cat when I was a child. Her name was Lottie and when I was a teenager she got dementia and would wander into the living room, sit facing the corner and howl... as soon as anyone came in and touched her (she was deaf too) she would calm down. She lived a super long time though, nearly twenty years!

This man is good 👍🏻👍🏻 thanks for helping us understand our cats

I had some senior kitties that panicked whenever I'd clean the litter boxes.They were using the scent of the old litter to remind them where the boxes were and I would have to show them that the litter boxes were still there...only clean.The relieved looks on their furry faces were comical. I also had a litter box trained bunny that made the mistake of peeing in the kitties' toy box. The bunny's litter box was at the end of my bed & the toy box was at the side of the bed.He was a desperate bunny at the time☺Day light savings time is extremely cruel and confusing to animals too. I miss my pets so much.

Our elderly kitty Princess had it, I'm positive about that. She did the howling thing, too. We invested in nightlights.

My cat wakes up yowling occassionally at 2am. I go to her and comfort her. I thought she was having nightmares but pretty sure its dementia. This was helpful. Thank you.

My cat is 20 and 1/2 years old. He has dementia and he screams at night as much as during the day. His only comfort is when we sit with him on the sofa. I’ve tried everything and there’s no use. Only love and patience ❤️

Thanks, Jackson. You're talking about something that I've suspected about cats for quite sometime. I took in a cat who couldn't move with her family, hardly realising that she'd be my feline companion for the next twenty years. I could probably write a novella length manuscript about her behaviours over the final few years of her life, including eventually failing to recognise me in the sense that she would apparently mistake one my close male friends for me, became incontinent, and eventually, she became unable to walk. Towards the end of her life, she could never find the litter box and made a short daily circuit around my home, crawling from one place to another to sleep. Watching her gum down wet cat food was somewhat difficult. I made the last night of her life the best that I possibly could for her and had her put down the following day.

Talking about older cats having dementia, getting lost due to losing their sight and hearing. I appreciate your videos as they have helped me to understand my kitten better. I appreciated your illustration of what an older cat may experience and when you started rocking the camera to clarify your illustration, it clearly showed what I experience on a daily basis. I inherited Cerebellum Spinal Degeneration from my mother. Cerebellum Spinal Degeneration is a generic term that covers a wide range of neurological disorders which includes MS. The branch my family is on is rare, extremely rare. There is very little known about this particular branch. There has been found 12 people in the world with this disorder and most of them are in my family. We are 5 generation starting with my mother as for recording the ailment. With each generation we learn a little more about it. Some Symptoms we are born with. Example: Nonverbal Learning Disorder. Some symptoms we trigger through life's experiences. Example: in my case "Vertigo" was triggered by a ride on the roller coaster in Toronto in July 1985. When I got off that roller coaster I was never the same. As my balance was effected. I have to go down stairs or downhill backwards. For forty years I could not get anyone to listen to me. Finally 2 years ago I walked into my doctor's office totally off balance. His first thought was a brain tumor. He sent me for a CT scan, which of course came back as negative. Still my doctor did not understand when I tried to tell him that I have the Gordanier Syndrome, despite the fact that he treated mom, until her death 4 years ago. He sent me to yet another neurologist. Finally I now have my diagnosis, but unfortunately the files for my disorder is now in archives and neither my family doctor nor my neurologist are able to access the files as they relate to my brother's children. I appreciated the information you provided through this video that cats and dogs can also experience symptoms similar to mine in the later stage of life.

Please do more videos about older cats.

My cat who passed at almost 21 years old had dementia. We tried not to startle her with abrupt movements and I just cleaned up any messes she made because she would forget where the litter box was. She also went deaf, poor thing

I've had 2 cats with catzheimers & both would sit on the stairs going to the 2nd story & howl their hearts out - usually between 2 & 3:30 AM. When I got up to reassure them that I was still there, they generally settled down for the rest of the night. I have a 19 yr old rescue who was abandoned & now appears to have catzheimers, too. He howls at random times day & night, & usually acts like he's lost. Once he hears my voice, he's OK. I've had him for almost 2 years, & he isn't improving, It's a day to day challenge, but I do it b/c I love him.

EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY what is happening to my 16yr.old cat right now!!! Thanks for this.

Ive had a cat with dementia before and he did the exact same sort of howling at night. unfortunately he was so old and sick with multiple other health issues (his thyroid was funny, really bad teeth etc) the vet thought it was best if he wasnt suffering anymore :c it sucked because we only had him for a year or two and my younger brother was too young to understand why his best friend was suddenly gone, but im glad people are finding ways to help dementia in cats 😁

Our cat would stare at random things like our dishwasher or a corner for hours.😢 It was sad.

Really valuable info, Jackson; thank you. My cat Lucy lived to be 20, and though her mind remained sharp her hearing decreased dramatically. I had to be careful not to startle her when approaching from behind and remember that she couldn't hear me call her anymore. It's sad to witness these changes but very important to observe what your animals are telling you through their behavior and to adapt your habits and their surroundings to make their lives more comfortable. Love all the good work you do.

That was driving me goofy with those lights and I was hoping there was a reason for doing that. Which, in the end, you explained. I have one cat I believe is having dementia issues which developed after other long-term medical issues. She yowls at different times and she doesn't get around very well. My Mother-in-law has an 18 yr old Manx that we believe has dementia issues too. This one will stare at the back of the sofa for periods of time and she has gotten incredibly boney. She doesn't seem to eat much and seems so weak. Many times we have thought she wouldn't be around much longer but she hangs in there. I pray she isn't suffering much. 😵🐱🐈❤

My Chunky Bear lived to be over 18 & at about 10 we thought he was senile but he was happy. Now my Victor is over 14 & I've noticed changes in him that are definitely dementia. Makes me sad but he's happy still & knows he likes mama's lovin! 😺🐾🐾🐾🐾

Mine has started meowing loudly in the beginning of the night when the lights go out or sometimes even when she's alone in a room during the day. When I speak to her she quickly comes to where I am. I hope she's ok when I go to work.

Catdaddy you are so spot on! I am a nurse and have seen many similarities between my elderly patients and my elderly cats. They both need understanding, patience, and consistency. Thank you for all you do!

Also need to have your cat given a thorough vet check because dementia can be caused by a urinary tract infection in humans. Symptoms that seem to be dementia in cats can actually be high blood pressure (or sudden blindness caused by HBP) and many vets dont check BP routinely. You need to ask about it. Sometimes a chronic illness (eg kidney disease) can cause howling at night.

My 13+ year old howled in the middle of the night. She was speutered young, but it sounded like a hoochie mama hollah. I called to her, and she stopped. Now I understand why. Thank you!

Found this helpful. I have a cat I got as a rescue who howls like that when light goes out. I'll try a nightlight. Thank you for the info.

You are Brilliant Jackson!!! My cat used to Yowell as well last year and I could not figure it out. I looked on the net and others complained as well but you are the FIRST person who hit the head on the nail! This year my cat went blind and her hearing is very bad. So what you said makes PERFECT sense! She IS around 16 or 17 years old. Thank you so much for answering a question inadvertently that everyone else could not answer even directly. Right now she started peeing outside the litter box. I watched her and notice she WAS standing in the box .. just she did not realize she was not far ENOUGH in and her butt was hanging off the edge lol.

My older boy..Tenchi...probably had a version of Altzheimers. His little brain was having moments when he would get lost and occassionally would lose his coordination. In the last couple years of his 25 years with us...he had moments. When we lost Dante to complications of Bladder cancer..he was on his own..and was lost without him. After 3-4 days of night yeowls..we got another cat...a rescue little shorthair domestic who added a new complicarion as thry did not get along with each other..but eventually Tenchi's last 8 months with us were pretty good as he and Truffles became pals....but Tenchi,'s last day..4 years ago this weekend...he had a major stroke...and his little body did not figure out his mind was gone..and we had to do the unthinkable..and pit him down. Truffles was ok..but got very clingy to us...so we rounded up two 6 month old brothers..as Truffles did not get much of a childhood being abandoned as a kitten...and after a couple of months...her brothers Jonah and Jackson....my 15+ lbs Feline Forces of Nature love their 10lbs sister and are always up for play.

This information was really helpful. My 15 year old cat began yowling at night and getting stressed enough that he would pee near the router (probably cause of the lights). Getting LED socket nightlights and making sure there was an extra liter box upstairs really helped Spike and the night time yowling has all but stopped

I got lions mane mushroom powder for my 19 yr old senior cat. Before he was yowling and started walking in circles he was really stressed and had a hard time eating. I sprinkled a bit of the lions mane on his wet food twice daily and he stopped pacing and yowling after a couple of weeks.

My sweet little old man Pewter had some form of dementia, every time he found himself in the basement he would pee everywhere in a panic (thankfully all the floors are tile) so we put baby gates up so he would stay upstairs in his familiar rooms and favourite spots. Also put nightlights in the hallways at night

Wow, that's why my 20yo cat Ben would yowl in the middle of the night... That makes sense! Thanks Jackson!

Thanks for covering this topic This has been at the back of mind for a while concerning my 17 year old male. But I do think it's just reduced vision in his case. He doesn't cry when lights go out, just kind of hangs out in less places and doesn't leave my bedroom much.

Our baby had dementia, as the vet put it "Kittyzimers". She would sleep on my sisters bed because it was the sunniest spot but would get 'sun-downers' every afternoon. She would stand in the hallway yowling for us and when she saw someone she would trot after us and be fine but then often wander back into the hall and do it again. It was horrible having to hear her cries and know there wasn't much we could do to help. She also pooped in my wardrobe a few times. I think she left my sisters room but would get lost in the hallway and decide my wardrobe was an acceptable replacement because she couldn't find the litter box.

Before my 19 year old cat passed this year we joked that he had kitty dimensia cuz he would wake up from a nap and wander the house yelling, like he didn't know where we were until we called for him and he'd come running. He would also "forget" how to drink out of his water dish, scooping it all on the floor and licking his paws instead. But at the same time he would go through the effort of climbing a chair, table, and 4 foot fish tank to shove his head under the lid to get a drink. I always wonder if he was just stubborn and wanted fish tank water THAT bad or if he was confused by his own water dish

2:19 “it’s almost like a bad willy Wonka experience” this man was ahead of his time

I believe my cat had Some dementie too she never meowed. But when she got older she would just stand in the middle of the room meowing for nothing. When I stood next to her and asked her what was wrong she looked at me like oh yeah. I remember you and she would stop. She also forgot how to use the litter box. She would poop over the edge of the box 😂. Loved that cat ❤️

I wish I had known this. My lifelong friend Charlie started this around 20 yo. She was always a vocal lady, but now some nights she would yowl like a mating bear, scared the heck out of my son’s friend. I thought she missed us at night, but never knew how bad it was for her. Now I feel guilty. She lived to be 22.

My Old Lady Baby, Dementia, is 20 and now has little dementia. She rarely wakes up yowling but she will loudly and proudly announce herself at 3am to get brought up into bed.

That is exactly what my boy did at night. It breaks my heart that he was affected with this along with dealing with cancer. He passed almost 2yrs ago and I still miss him 😢

So important to remember - THANK YOUU as always !!

Thanks so much Jackson ❤. God bless you for the awesome work you do.

My cat, Jaina, is 11 months old and im so frazzled on how nice she is? All thanks to you!! Since we got her at the shelter 8 months ago, she does this kind of rolling the 'R' noise when she walks around anywhere, and when i do it back she runs to me or does the noise louder. Sometimes she will bring a hair tie to me, drop it in my lap and then do the noise again, then we will play fetch for like 30 minutes or so. She also is surprisingly nice, as in when i had to give her a bath she did meow but never bit or scratched me. Jaina lets me cut her nails with no issue, lays on top of me at night and does this thing where she nuzzles her face into my hand while sleeping, and she likes to sit in a chair next to me while im gaming or on the computer. since we got her, and a little before i would always watch your videos on how to get cats to love you, how to take care of, mistakes cat owners make, and other things about respecting the cats space and learning how they specifically show love in their own way and they have healped a loooooooooooot, so thanks

Update on Mango:. He's a lot happier and not howling quite so much. I'm letting him sleep at the foot of my bed and jump up on the bed if I hear him start howling. He eventually moves somewhere else to get comfortable and go to sleep after he calms down. He was originally banned from my bed because he was throwing up on it and everywhere else. He's not throwing up anymore, except for an occasional hairball. It became difficult when I had to launder my bedding every Saturday. Not anymore. We're both happy! 😸

Thank you for this very insightful tip Jaxson. I had no idea animals could go through dementia or Alzheimer's disease. It got me thinking about my kitty again. I got her when she was 6 months old from a private owner. (9 1/2) She's had always seemed to be on the less fortunate scale when it comes to reacting. Sometimes when her brother Spice (10yrs) and sister Myla (2yrs) pick on her she just sits a meows but doesn't do anything. Is it possible for cats to lack self protection skills because of some form of cognitive disability? I rescue orphaned bottle baby kittens and have had cats all my life but I have never had a kitty quite like her before.♡

Always appreciative of what you do for cats. Respect.

Omg I cannot thank you enough! I would never understand what my 20 year old a was going through!

Older cats with chronic hypertension will also vocalize at night. Cats 10 years and older should have biannual exams and blood pressure checks. Treatment is vital, otherwise kidney failure, or worse, saddle thrombus, is imminent If your cat has hypertension and is given appropriate treatment for it, the night howling should cease.👍

This is exactly the explanation I've been seeking!

Sometimes doing the right thing hurts. But it is still the right thing. I rescued a couple of old cats. Was not certain of their ages but old, and looking old. After a couple of years of reasonably good health One demented, I did all the right things, but when it got to the stage where he was just crying ALL the time, the vet quietly suggested it was time to help the cat pass on. The vet said the cat had all the classic signs of dementia. There were no signs of physical causes. But the cat was plainly suffering distress.

Now that I think about it, our old cat probably did have dementia cuz he'd start meowing and screaming very loudly at night whenever he went somewhere in other room. But once you like, called his name or walked to him, he'd just look at me and meow calm as if saying "Oh, there you are"

We used to have a cat, at some point when he was around 15 years old he became very forgetful, he would be meowing at the door asking to go outside, then as soon as he stepped outside he would be standing there, utterly confused as to how he got there or what he was doing there, turn around and walk back inside, or, if the door had already closed, he would start meowing again, in summertime when the door was always open during the day this was not too big of a deal, but as it got colder and that door stayed shut, he would be meowing there all day long, because these episodes of going in/out could last for hours sometimes, he was a really awesome cat though, fond memories.

Thank you cat whisperer

I had a cat who passed away around 4 years ago from liver cancer, he was around 15 and had faids, he definitely lived longer than anyone thought he would. He had dementia and every night when I got home from work I'd pick him up and carry him around while I got myself (and him) dinner, he would join me by climbing on my back while I was doing yoga, curl up on my chest when I was watching TV, and come bedtime I'd wake him up from his nap and carry him into my room so he didn't get lost in the night. He was(is) my best friend and the best cat I've ever had. It was heart breaking putting him down but I'm glad he went out the way he did, right by my side and full of treats x

My 20 year old cat is showing signs of dementia. She is going downhill and I know I won't have her for much longer. I'm going to really miss her when she passes away :(

You're amazing Jackson! Your videos truly help me understand the way cats experience the world. I hope you're doing well :)

Great video! I'd love to see more on senior cat care; my guy is 11, but he's definitely crossed the line from adult to senior this year, and I'd like to know how to make him comfortable.

4 years ago we moved into a house with a basement. Our girl cat, then 15, promptly went downstairs and started yowling, something she had never done. She kept doing it - morning, noon and night - every time she went downstairs. It was really distressing because she sounded like a lost soul. I investigated and found a place where she clearly napped, against a wall. A friend with an elderly, nearly blind dog had to rescue him whenever he encountered her backyard fence, because he didn’t know how to get away from that apparently (to him) dead end. I wondered if my kitty, who has cataracts, was experiencing the same kind of confusion when she got to the basement wall. We moved to an apartment a year later and she continues to yowl. But now she does it before she lies down for a nap, which happens often since she is a cat, after all. She may have been wailing in the basement for the same reason, not because she was confused or lost. I dunno, this feels like a terrible explanation of my question. Can anyone help anyway? Thanks 🙏

Christmas lights around the floor. It's simple yet brilliant. Thanks Jackson.

I have put night lights around my house. Even though she doesn't have demina but just in case she gets confused and for mom when going to the bathroom and not stubbing her toes.

I had a Chihuahua mix who developed dementia. She went blind first, and then lost her hearing. Still, she was OK because she had her sister with her. After a while though, she started getting stuck in corners, behind doors, and around furniture. She would start crying, and we'd have to come and rescue her. It always got worse at sundown. Finally it was just too heartbreaking, and we had to let her go. I brought her blanket back and put it into her sister's bed. I left it there until the scent faded away, and the other dog seemed to get past the grief stage. The other dog lived another 6 years, and finally died in her sleep at the age of 21.

Hey! You are great!!! Thank you! I know how to treat dog's with it.. you kinda need to tell them to sit down cuz they don't know what to do or how...and i love cat's so much..it breaks my heart to hear that cry they have when they are 'lost'. Thank you for this

This triggered motion sickness for me. Always suffered with that since...forever. It was the different colors and then the movement...OMG! LOL. I had to RUN to throw up!

My Manx cat Stimpy had dementia the vet diagnosed her, I took her to the vet because she would start crying when out on the lawn, apparently she was getting lost in her own back lawn! She met her demise when she jumped the fence one night and our two Jack Russells played tug of war with her, that was probably the saddest thing I have experienced in my life. RIP Stimpy😭

Thank you! Our cat is struggling with this so I will definitely try the lights and keep the scents in mind for sure!

I am from India. Thank you Jackson Galaxy for this video...I am a huge of yours, by the wag🐈

I had a 17 year old that would howl of he woke up in a dark room without me. I put a night light in the hallway. I now have an 18 year old and have night lights in several rooms. She forgets she has a water fountain.

My 18 year old beautiful boy has dementia. He’s gone blind in one eye this past week or so (weepy fluid stuff, and glaucoma) his back leg is all bent, constantly hungry, etc. preparing myself for the fateful day as best I can..Which never works. 😢

In all the health concerns I always thought about, this was never one of them... I'll keep this in mind...

YES!! My cat does!! He freaks out when the lights go out!! Then this past June i moved in with my daughter & he Ricky, stays in my bedroom!! He hates her 2 dogs & other cat!! He is 18 this month Nov2020. So i just stay with him. And when not in room leave lights on & all his toys are all in bedroom. 😿

my family has a 20 year old cat that I brought indoors last summer named Marshmallow (he's doing very well, and he's unofficially my cat now) who had trouble like Roach. what I started doing to try to help was at first, I put a little light from the $1 store in the corner of our L-shaped hallway so he'd have a directional point between the kitchen and my room, and we keep every other door shut except mine. later on, the light burned out, but by that time we had gotten motion-activated night lights for the kitchen (some of us would wake up very early for work) and I had set up my room where it was very accessible to him and he had established his scent there too. Nowadays, the only time he shouts is when he's looking for me or wants me to be in my room with him. There's a chance that he wants me in there because he's forgotten that I'm still in the house, just a different room, and he's panicking, or he's learned that that will get me to come over most times unless I'm actually gone (family tells me he does it when I'm gone too) but I generally do my best to keep him comfortable and feeling secure as he's aging.

My parent's elderly cat (19 years old!) does this. I always assumed she was calling out for her previous owner, who recently passed away. But this makes a lot more sense, since she's also developed terrible cataracts in her advanced age. I wish we could take the poor girl in to have eye surgery, but she's so frail, I doubt she'd survive the procedure. Another sign is that she's been forgetting to use her litter box. She isn't incontinent and doesn't appear to have any bowel problems, as she does this deliberately.

Our baby girl is getting it. But our younger girl helps her if we don't get up to help her. They're very bonded now

This has helped a lot. Thank you

I had a cat, Grace, growing up I was really close with. We did everything together when I was a kid and she slept in my room. When I went out to college and came back, I realized she didn’t know me anymore. She looked at me like I was a stranger. That was my first experience with cat dementia. It made me cry so much because I had essentially lost her. She became increasingly confused and not like herself. She was an “outdoor cat” and one day she went out and never came back. I miss you Gracie.

Such a kind person

I just got a ad with you on it before this video lol.

I have a 15 year old cat, and we’re about to move. 😬 we’ll see how it goes. We’re going to try to set up furniture the same way, and we’re keeping all of his familiar objects. Hopefully, it won’t be too crazy stressful for our senior boy.

Thanks for the info cat daddy 😻

This is such an important topic. Thank you so much. My Sammy is going through this now and it's heartbreaking.

Love the jingle at the end, I'd like to hear the whole song :)

Wow, very helpful video. Thanks for sharing.

We keep salt lamps lit all over the house, and little night lights in the sockets. The salt lamps are very soothing and it's nice for us to have some light if we need to go downstairs in the middle of the night - not to get blinded by a bright light. Works for cats AND humans.

Thank you! This is exactly what my cat has been doing more and more the last couple of years, especially since we've been forced to move a couple of times. I have been calling it "toweling" but it sounds just like the caterwauling sound you played in one of your videos about vocalizations. It's a very loud, deep, resonating sound he only makes at night and it's been hard to interpret. I thought he might be announcing his presence in a strange neighborhood but he kept doing it after we moved and now he doesn't get out of the apartment. I think he may be feeling lost, not necessarily from dementia but just being unfamiliar with his environment. I know cats like stability when it comes to their sense of place and that's been disrupted. I still am not entirely sure what's going on but this video had given me a better idea so thanks.

My cat is only 7, but I'm already a little worried about how she'll fare when she gets into her tens & really starts aging. I don't have personal experience with dementia in cats, but I'm researching it because I want to make sure I can always be there for her just like she's been there for me.

My 20 (? ish) cat has just developed dementia - frantic incessant yowling when he wakes up can't see me. He has also started jumping in the bath to yowl when he wants something..... but that might have something to do with the great amplified acoustic of the bath. He has never jumped in the bath in his whole life until the dementia kicked in - he was peeing in the bathroom instead of his tray, so I placed another another tray in the bathroom and that fixed that. Still very healthy - he had his senior's check recently, some kidney failure but it seems to be under control. There is also yowling in at 2.30 in the morning. BTW - age is unknown - I have had him for 11 years and I got him from some friends who had found him a couple of years before that as a stray - but definitely a lost older pet - no microchip at the time - only an ear tattoo to say he was desexed. Love your show but here in the Australian suburbs we do tend to let our cats outside (except at night) - the biggest danger is paralysis ticks.

I think my cat may have dementia sometimes she looks at me like she doesn't realize who I am and she growls and hisses she can even crawl up into my lap and look at me and start growling and hissing like she doesn't know who I am she's been with me for 11 years I don't know what to do I really don't I feel so bad for her. What should I do

Ah, I can't watch this due to the flashing lights but I'm sure it's good advice. I'm going to close my eyes for the rest. P.S-Thank you for everything you do

This is amazing tips!

My mom had it and my cat that recently passed. Would wake up startled and would do that wale. I would talk to her and the other cats would come to her aid too.

Never knew this was a thing for cats, but now I do. TFS

My old nineteen year old cat who passed away in 2016 started doing nightyowls. I don't know if she necessarily had dementia, she already had other issues like having become deaf and having severe arthritis in the hips and legs. I was living in a very small room apartment and left her at the house she grew up in with my dad's, but it was becoming clear she got either lost in it or lonely. She stopped the sad yowling mostly when I took her with me. Sometimes a sad little toiletyowl, but I'd pat her and take her back in the living sleep kitchen dump and she seemed atleast more at ease.

Years ago a stray female kitty stopped by for a visit, a bit of food and someplace to take a cat nap, once she was full and well rested she simply got up and walked away, no thank you, no "by your leave" she just left. At 4am the next morning as my bf was leaving for work he looked down and noticed in the basket we had left for the cat the day before was now full of 4 NEWBORNS (about 3 days old) and the cat coming around the corner if the house. Apparently she decided the day before that we were good humans (and suckers) and she brought us her babies as a thank you. They all moved in and we kept three babies: Priss, had PU and had to have "gender reassignment surgery" by shortening his ureter, and cancer which he lived with for his entire 15 years, FuzzyCat (the only long hair) ended up with pancreatitis for several years treated with special food and supplements but his last day he ended up with a saddle thrombus which was the most horrific experience EVER, and Tigger, she was very "special" and had what I can only describe as, kitty autism. She passed due to CHF. Tigger was nonstop, didn't like to be touched, never made eye-contact, no idea when she ate because we never saw her eat but she was in perfect physical health until the CHF. Her behaviors were nearly identical to the adults and kids I worked with who were actually on the spectrum.