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Cat likes to make noise when I'm trying to fall asleep
This had been happening for a while then stopped now he is doing it
again. When I'm trying to go to sleep the cat starts to scratch on a cabinet in my bedroom like when they want you to open a door. There is nothing in the cabinet, consequently nothing to interest him. He only does this when I'm trying to sleep. I keep a squirt bottle by the bed and shoot him whenever he starts. Now he stop's and runs away when I reach for the bottle but he still starts the scratching again. It's getting to be a real problem. The cycle of scratch, squirt, doze, scratch, squirt doze....can go on for hours. If I lock him out of the room he scratches the door. I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to stop. I am literally losing sleep over this. -- Mark Heaely marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com |
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Have you tried having a play session with him before you go to sleep?
-- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "Mark Healey" wrote in message ... This had been happening for a while then stopped now he is doing it again. When I'm trying to go to sleep the cat starts to scratch on a cabinet in my bedroom like when they want you to open a door. There is nothing in the cabinet, consequently nothing to interest him. He only does this when I'm trying to sleep. I keep a squirt bottle by the bed and shoot him whenever he starts. Now he stop's and runs away when I reach for the bottle but he still starts the scratching again. It's getting to be a real problem. The cycle of scratch, squirt, doze, scratch, squirt doze....can go on for hours. If I lock him out of the room he scratches the door. I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to stop. I am literally losing sleep over this. -- Mark Heaely marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com |
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Have you tried having a play session with him before you go to sleep?
-- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "Mark Healey" wrote in message ... This had been happening for a while then stopped now he is doing it again. When I'm trying to go to sleep the cat starts to scratch on a cabinet in my bedroom like when they want you to open a door. There is nothing in the cabinet, consequently nothing to interest him. He only does this when I'm trying to sleep. I keep a squirt bottle by the bed and shoot him whenever he starts. Now he stop's and runs away when I reach for the bottle but he still starts the scratching again. It's getting to be a real problem. The cycle of scratch, squirt, doze, scratch, squirt doze....can go on for hours. If I lock him out of the room he scratches the door. I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to stop. I am literally losing sleep over this. -- Mark Heaely marknews(at)healeyonline(dot)com |
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I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to
stop Please don't kill your cat for normal cat behavior. How old is he? If he's a kitten, he will eventually calm down. Play with him before bed as others mentioned and leave the cabinet open. Have you tried ear plugs? Get him toys he can play with at night in the other room, a tall cat tree, a way to look out windows, etc. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to
stop Please don't kill your cat for normal cat behavior. How old is he? If he's a kitten, he will eventually calm down. Play with him before bed as others mentioned and leave the cabinet open. Have you tried ear plugs? Get him toys he can play with at night in the other room, a tall cat tree, a way to look out windows, etc. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 06:09:15 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to stop. I am literally losing sleep over this. Open the cabinet. -- Dennis Carr - KE6ISF | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- Wanna email me? Send it to ke6isf instead of bogus-user. |
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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 06:09:15 +0000, Mark Healey wrote:
I don't want to give him away or have him put down but this has to stop. I am literally losing sleep over this. Open the cabinet. -- Dennis Carr - KE6ISF | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- Wanna email me? Send it to ke6isf instead of bogus-user. |
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I agree not to kill an animal for normal behavior. Besides when you fall
asleep you hardly hear them scratching. Al;so maybe besides playing with the feline before bedtime that the human should consider getting another feline for this cat to play with. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "MacCandace" wrote in message news:20040705144816.11031.00001108@mb- Please don't kill your cat for normal cat behavior. How old is he? If he's a kitten, he will eventually calm down. Play with him before bed as others mentioned and leave the cabinet open. Have you tried ear plugs? Get him toys he can play with at night in the other room, a tall cat tree, a way to look out windows, etc. Candace (take the litter out before replying by e-mail) See my cats: http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace "One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human." (Loren Eisely) |
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