I've had Frankie since he was 18 months and he is now 8. He's a pure white male (yellow eyes) and deaf from birth. Strictly an inside cat. In the last two years he has increasingly been yowling, like he is in pain. He sometimes does this just before he gets playful and starts running around. He has recently taken to yowling at around 2 or 3:00 in the morning. He is not in pain. And he knows where I am and where his sister is (sometimes were in the same room with him). I have assumed that it's because he can't modulate the tone of his meowing, he can't hear it and know that you use a certain kind of meow for certain reasons. But I am puzzled by this behavior starting after I've had him for five years. It did start happening after I moved from a condo to a larger townhome (not much larger), and I thought the initial yowling was to get used to the new place. Well, it's gotten worse and we've been here for two years.

I use finger wagging and a very stern look on my face to communicate with him when I'm not happy with his behavior. Usually works. If this yowling gets worse as he gets older, not sure what I'm going to do.

Sounds like a nightmare!
Have you spoken to a vet?

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