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Cat waking us up
Twitch is a 3 year old foundling. She was an outside cat who adopted us
over more than a year long procedure. She started out showing up occasionally, then every day. We fed her because she looked starved. She wouldn't let us near her, but for a while she hung out. She lived out outside and allowed us to feed her and build her a cat house to live in. After several months she allowed us to pet her and sit with her. She didn't exhibit any signs of wanting to come in, until winter. Even then she prefered her heated bed. We worked on getting her to come in until finally during the coldest part of the winter she starting come in. Finally, last winter we coaxed her into coming inside at night and staying outside during the day. Now mostly she stays inside even when we go to work and just goes out for periodic quick trips of an hour or so. During the night she tends to sleep quietly on one of her trusty perches and doesn't bother us until we get up. She waits to be fed and then goes out for a while. Normally she comes back in after a few minutes to an hour. When we leave for work she used to go out and stay but as I said now she mostly just curls up and sleeps till we get home, though there are days when she goes out and disappears. When we come home she is waiting in one of the deck chairs and comes in. Sometimes she might go back out for a while or she may stay in. But she has gotten where she always stays in for the night. Over the weekend, things changed. About 3AM to 5AM she gets very insistent to go out. VERY INSISTENT. The problem is as soon as you let her out she wants right back in. If you let her in she wants right back out. When she does go out she stands on the doorstep and cry out like she wants back in, but if you open the door she runs down to the bottom of the steps and waits till you close the door then runs back up to the top and cries. If you go out she runs up like she is happen to see you. If you pick her up shes wants back down. Then she runs away alternating between running away and rubbibg your legs. She acts sometimes like she wants you yo follow her. Finally, she comes back in for a while and up until we go to work she runs through this routine several times. When we leave for work she is INSISTENT about staying outside instead of inside. Then when we come home she goes back to being her old self until the next morning. She just had her physical and was in excellent heath. She is fixed (we think). The vet says she has the scar and of course the fact she hasn't shown up pregnant in almost two years as evidence. Anyway, it's not like she's in heat. We are at our wits end which is NOT being helped b the lack of a good nights sleep. Anyone have any suggestions. -- Constitution; Bill of Rights; -- Void where prohibited by law |
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Talker wrote:
Twitch is a 3 year old foundling. She was an outside cat who adopted us over more than a year long procedure. She started out showing up occasionally, then every day. We fed her because she looked starved. She wouldn't let us near her, but for a while she hung out. She lived out outside and allowed us to feed her and build her a cat house to live in. After several months she allowed us to pet her and sit with her. She didn't exhibit any signs of wanting to come in, until winter. Even then she prefered her heated bed. We worked on getting her to come in until finally during the coldest part of the winter she starting come in. Finally, last winter we coaxed her into coming inside at night and staying outside during the day. Now mostly she stays inside even when we go to work and just goes out for periodic quick trips of an hour or so. During the night she tends to sleep quietly on one of her trusty perches and doesn't bother us until we get up. She waits to be fed and then goes out for a while. Normally she comes back in after a few minutes to an hour. When we leave for work she used to go out and stay but as I said now she mostly just curls up and sleeps till we get home, though there are days when she goes out and disappears. When we come home she is waiting in one of the deck chairs and comes in. Sometimes she might go back out for a while or she may stay in. But she has gotten where she always stays in for the night. Over the weekend, things changed. About 3AM to 5AM she gets very insistent to go out. VERY INSISTENT. The problem is as soon as you let her out she wants right back in. If you let her in she wants right back out. When she does go out she stands on the doorstep and cry out like she wants back in, but if you open the door she runs down to the bottom of the steps and waits till you close the door then runs back up to the top and cries. If you go out she runs up like she is happen to see you. If you pick her up shes wants back down. Then she runs away alternating between running away and rubbibg your legs. She acts sometimes like she wants you yo follow her. Finally, she comes back in for a while and up until we go to work she runs through this routine several times. When we leave for work she is INSISTENT about staying outside instead of inside. Then when we come home she goes back to being her old self until the next morning. She just had her physical and was in excellent heath. She is fixed (we think). The vet says she has the scar and of course the fact she hasn't shown up pregnant in almost two years as evidence. Anyway, it's not like she's in heat. We are at our wits end which is NOT being helped b the lack of a good nights sleep. Anyone have any suggestions. Guessing that she may have kittens out there somewhere. Follow her and find out. -- Peace, Fred (Remove FFFf from my email address to reply by email). |
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Fred wrote in
: Guessing that she may have kittens out there somewhere. Follow her and find out. I've been around cats most of my life including several pregnancies, so I'm pretty sure she doesn't have kittens out there. She never put on weight, except the normal fat pads, and never had any development in the nipples, and I haven't noticed any increase in the nesting instinct. Someone suggested she may have found a kitten which I suppose is possible. If she had a litter or adopted one why would she act this way only in the morning. At night when I get home she's exactly the way she has always been right up to going to bed. The change in attitude in only EARLY in the morning. I did try following her to see if she really wanted to show me something but she doesn't actually go anywhere in particular. She just sort or wanders around. -- Constitution; Bill of Rights; -- Void where prohibited by law |
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Talker wrote:
Fred wrote in : Guessing that she may have kittens out there somewhere. Follow her and find out. I've been around cats most of my life including several pregnancies, so I'm pretty sure she doesn't have kittens out there. She never put on weight, except the normal fat pads, and never had any development in the nipples, and I haven't noticed any increase in the nesting instinct. Someone suggested she may have found a kitten which I suppose is possible. If she had a litter or adopted one why would she act this way only in the morning. At night when I get home she's exactly the way she has always been right up to going to bed. The change in attitude in only EARLY in the morning. I did try following her to see if she really wanted to show me something but she doesn't actually go anywhere in particular. She just sort or wanders around. AH HA! She thinks you don't get enough exercise! (;-)) OK, So no kittens. You have a mystery on your hands. Best of luck with it. -- Peace, Fred (Remove FFFf from my email address to reply by email). |
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On 23 Oct 2008 08:39:56 GMT, Talker wrote:
Over the weekend, things changed. About 3AM to 5AM she gets very insistent to go out. VERY INSISTENT. The problem is as soon as you let her out she wants right back in. If you let her in she wants right back out. When she does go out she stands on the doorstep and cry out like she wants back in, but if you open the door she runs down to the bottom of the steps and waits till you close the door then runs back up to the top and cries. If you go out she runs up like she is happen to see you. If you pick her up shes wants back down. Then she runs away alternating between running away and rubbibg your legs. She acts sometimes like she wants you yo follow her. Tess is 3 1/2 years old, strictly indoor, and has always slept through the night with me. A couple of months ago she started waking up between 3 and 5 AM and scratching the bedroom wall, leaping off the walls, jumping on me and generally being a pain. I would wake up and try to calm her down, staying awake for 30 or 45 minutes and usually ending up shutting her out of the bedroom. One night I was so tired I just lay there and didn't react. She carried on for about 5 min and then settled down. The next night I did the same thing and again she calmed down in a few minutes. Then it dawned on me that she wanted to play and by trying to calm her down and putting her out I was playing with her. So I kept ignoring her and after a few days she was back to sleeping through the night. Just a suggestion. Margaret |
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I did try following her to see if she really wanted to show me something
but she doesn't actually go anywhere in particular. She just sort or wanders around. Would putting a cat flap in your back door be a reasonable option, or would that be inadvisable in your area? I know that in areas with large populations of raccoons and skunks cat flaps can be ill-advised. |
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On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:23:57 -0500, Cory
wrote: In article , says... snip... Tess is 3 1/2 years old, strictly indoor, and has always slept through the night with me. A couple of months ago she started waking up between 3 and 5 AM and scratching the bedroom wall, leaping off the walls, jumping on me and generally being a pain. I would wake up and try to calm her down, staying awake for 30 or 45 minutes and usually ending up shutting her out of the bedroom. One night I was so tired I just lay there and didn't react. She carried on for about 5 min and then settled down. The next night I did the same thing and again she calmed down in a few minutes. Then it dawned on me that she wanted to play and by trying to calm her down and putting her out I was playing with her. So I kept ignoring her and after a few days she was back to sleeping through the night. Just a suggestion. Margaret *Onyx taps his Anti on the shoulder* Anti Margaret?? Jist whut, eggsackly, izza matfur wif ussez katz wantin' tu pway inna middul uf da nite?! --- Onyx, oblivious... Dear Onyx, there is nothing the matter with you and all katz other than Tess wanting to play in the middle of the night. You and all the other kittiez go right ahead. But Tess is special because she lives in a special place where sleeping through the night is a time-honored tradition. skritches, Anti Margaret |
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Cory wrote: *Onyx taps his Anti on the shoulder* Anti Margaret?? Jist whut, eggsackly, izza matfur wif ussez katz wantin' tu pway inna middul uf da nite?! --- Onyx, oblivious... Onyx, Da rool in ar house is dat yu kin play, but only wif udder katz, no playin wif hoominz durin da darktyme. An no makin too too much noize playin wit da ofer katz eifur. Hoominz make silly roolz. But we haznt figured out how ta opin da fud kanz yet. Booker |
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