Can't keep cats from scratching at bedroom door

I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
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I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
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I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

On 2004-06-16, Sunflower wrote:

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
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I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

I wouldn't mind, but I guarantee they'd be in our face every couple hours
looking for food. And, once again, it doesn't wake me up. But I'm sure it
disturbs my sleep in subtle ways since it wakes my wife up.

Preston

On 2004-06-16, Sunflower wrote:

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

I wouldn't mind, but I guarantee they'd be in our face every couple hours
looking for food. And, once again, it doesn't wake me up. But I'm sure it
disturbs my sleep in subtle ways since it wakes my wife up.

Preston

On 2004-06-16, Sunflower wrote:

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up. But it's waking my
wife up every night 4 or 5 times. They scratch and scratch and scratch.
We've been trying the vacuum cleaner thing and that doesn't work. They
still come back and scratch. If we're desparate for sleep we give them
some food, but now they're coming back in spite of either of those things.
We're at a loss for what to do. All it is is that they want to be in the
room with us. Or, at least, a couple of them do. And we can't have that,
because then they'd dance on our heads. What can we do? We got the vacuum
cleaner thing off of here. That didn't work. What now? I was thinking
maybe putting carpeting or something on the door so they couldn't scratch.

Thoughts?

Preston

Let them in to sleep with you. That's all they want. (Assuming you leave a
little dry food down so they can free feed when they want a snack.) And, if
they want to play or do other than sleep, keep a water pistol at each night
table. They'll soon either settle down and snuggle or go away and play
elsewhere. It's taken a while, but all of mine have learned "Do Not
Disturb" when we're under the covers. I still have one who doesn't want to
play, doesn't want to snuggle, doesn't want to wake us up. He just wants to
stand there on the edge of the bed and watch us sleep, and knead and drool.
Who knows? If it wasn't for the wet spot some mornings from the drool,
you'd never know he'd been there.

I wouldn't mind, but I guarantee they'd be in our face every couple hours
looking for food. And, once again, it doesn't wake me up. But I'm sure it
disturbs my sleep in subtle ways since it wakes my wife up.

Preston

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
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I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up.

Open the bedroom door.

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up.

Open the bedroom door.

"Preston Crawford" wrote in message
...
I can't hear it. Or, at least it isn't waking me up.

Open the bedroom door.