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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
hi,
i grow up with Siamese and we recently added one to our herd of two other cats. the new one, annie foghorn (annie because she looked anorexic and foghorn because she was in heat when we got her. she has been fixed), has taken to vigorously squalling and pawing our bedroom door at increasingly early times, today was 4:30 am. she also does this to get in/out of the house. we do not "listen" to this behavior and do not let her in/out until a few minutes after she stops. i have taken to putting a bit of food out to catch her and put her out. the other cats wait patiently to be fed or to go in/out. any suggestions on eliminating this behavior? peter |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
"peter" wrote in message ... hi, i grow up with Siamese and we recently added one to our herd of two other cats. the new one, annie foghorn (annie because she looked anorexic and foghorn because she was in heat when we got her. she has been fixed), has taken to vigorously squalling and pawing our bedroom door at increasingly early times, today was 4:30 am. she also does this to get in/out of the house. we do not "listen" to this behavior and do not let her in/out until a few minutes after she stops. i have taken to putting a bit of food out to catch her and put her out. the other cats wait patiently to be fed or to go in/out. any suggestions on eliminating this behavior? peter get a hair dryer put it at the base of the door run an extension cord with an on off switch or the clapper to your bed when the furball starts click on the four leg will get the hint and one heck of learning lesson |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
Suddenly, without warning, Matthew exclaimed (5/25/2009 3:47 PM):
"peter" wrote in message ... hi, i grow up with Siamese and we recently added one to our herd of two other cats. the new one, annie foghorn (annie because she looked anorexic and foghorn because she was in heat when we got her. she has been fixed), has taken to vigorously squalling and pawing our bedroom door at increasingly early times, today was 4:30 am. she also does this to get in/out of the house. we do not "listen" to this behavior and do not let her in/out until a few minutes after she stops. i have taken to putting a bit of food out to catch her and put her out. the other cats wait patiently to be fed or to go in/out. any suggestions on eliminating this behavior? peter get a hair dryer put it at the base of the door run an extension cord with an on off switch or the clapper to your bed when the furball starts click on the four leg will get the hint and one heck of learning lesson I've not heard this with a hair dryer, usually a vaccum cleaner. Ignoring the behavior does work, but I understand Siamese can be particularly stubborn. Keep doing what you're doing. You don't need to wait minutes, then she might not "get it". Wait maybe 5-10 seconds after she goes quiet. Be absolutely consistent. You give in *once*, you have undone any progress you may have made. You could just not let her out at all, which would of course be better, and might be a good training tool. Eventually she might stop crying to go out, because she's never allowed out. As for the bedroom door, you could try in reverse. Leave the door open at night, and if she wakes you, put her out of the bedroom, close the door, then ignore her. It only took my kitten a total of two weeks to get the point of this, and the lesson has stood well for the 13 years we've had her. jmc |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
Mon, 25 May 2009 16:50:10 -0400 from jmc
: As for the bedroom door, you could try in reverse. Leave the door open at night, and if she wakes you, put her out of the bedroom, close the door, then ignore her. It only took my kitten a total of two weeks to get the point of this, and the lesson has stood well for the 13 years we've had her. I like this idea. My cat has taken to waking me earlier and earlier because it's dawn and he doesn't understand about clocks. :-) I don't want to shut him out of the bedroom all night, but this might be a nice way to teach him to let me sleep till I'm ready to get up. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
Matthew wrote:
peter get a hair dryer put it at the base of the door run an extension cord with an on off switch or the clapper to your bed when the furball starts click on the four leg will get the hint and one heck of learning lesson this sounds like a good idea i was using pens last night from behind but she sorts seems to know where they came from |
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jmc wrote:
I've not heard this with a hair dryer, usually a vaccum cleaner. Ignoring the behavior does work, but I understand Siamese can be particularly stubborn. thick is the word i had in mind Keep doing what you're doing. You don't need to wait minutes, then she might not "get it". Wait maybe 5-10 seconds after she goes quiet. Be absolutely consistent. You give in *once*, you have undone any progress you may have made. yes You could just not let her out at all, which would of course be better, and might be a good training tool. Eventually she might stop crying to go out, because she's never allowed out. the orange cat, "massive", (~19 lbs, has his own gravity field), torments the himalian, 10 lbs, if they are not let out As for the bedroom door, you could try in reverse. Leave the door open at night, and if she wakes you, put her out of the bedroom, close the door, then ignore her. i am afraid she might experience rapid deceleration against the bedroom wall if she were to howl 2" away from our ears in the middle of the night It only took my kitten a total of two weeks to get the point of this, and the lesson has stood well for the 13 years we've had her. jmc |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
"peter" wrote in message ... jmc wrote: I've not heard this with a hair dryer, usually a vaccum cleaner. Ignoring the behavior does work, but I understand Siamese can be particularly stubborn. thick is the word i had in mind Keep doing what you're doing. You don't need to wait minutes, then she might not "get it". Wait maybe 5-10 seconds after she goes quiet. Be absolutely consistent. You give in *once*, you have undone any progress you may have made. yes You could just not let her out at all, which would of course be better, and might be a good training tool. Eventually she might stop crying to go out, because she's never allowed out. the orange cat, "massive", (~19 lbs, has his own gravity field), torments the himalian, 10 lbs, if they are not let out As for the bedroom door, you could try in reverse. Leave the door open at night, and if she wakes you, put her out of the bedroom, close the door, then ignore her. i am afraid she might experience rapid deceleration against the bedroom wall if she were to howl 2" away from our ears in the middle of the night You know making stupid comments like that even if you are joking IS NOT SOMETHING SO US FIND IN THE LEAST BIT FUNNY It only took my kitten a total of two weeks to get the point of this, and the lesson has stood well for the 13 years we've had her. jmc |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
Matthew wrote:
You know making stupid comments like that even if you are joking IS NOT SOMETHING SO US FIND IN THE LEAST BIT FUNNY sorry to offend you, i was trying to keep good humour over a very vexatious situation |
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"peter" wrote in message ... Matthew wrote: You know making stupid comments like that even if you are joking IS NOT SOMETHING SO US FIND IN THE LEAST BIT FUNNY sorry to offend you, i was trying to keep good humour over a very vexatious situation I understand I was not one of the ones offended but there is no way for me or anyone else to know you are joking about that unless you add a ;-) to it or j/k. I know how you feel trust me Our new addition is doing a bad habit and we can't break it yet. He is jumping the other cats which is natural for a youngster but he is holding on when one of them runs and not giving up when they hiss or start to fight back. I think he was raised with a dog for I have seen this activity in young dogs. The rest of the pack except Ka'shay has turned around and knocked the crap out of him but he still does it. He did it to the alpha of the house; my 13 lb 10 year old Rumble. Well Rumble taught him who is the alpha but he still does it to Ka'shay who is so easy going that she ends up running under the bed and staying there while he is around. Every time he sees her or hears her bell he goes stalking her. Water gun, marbles in a can are not working. So far the only that works is a can of compressed air and separating them by keeping her in Mom's room which is fine with her since that is where she spends all day anyways. And I don't hit animals so I know your frustration. I am a firm believer in the saying words have no meaning without the voice behind it |
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discouraging unwanted behavior in 1yo siamese
All I know is Siamese cats don't follow the rules, they make them.
Piglet is part Siamese and ragdoll. She whines when she wants and is not put off by anything I have tried. Lots of luck. "peter" wrote in message ... hi, i grow up with Siamese and we recently added one to our herd of two other cats. the new one, annie foghorn (annie because she looked anorexic and foghorn because she was in heat when we got her. she has been fixed), has taken to vigorously squalling and pawing our bedroom door at increasingly early times, today was 4:30 am. she also does this to get in/out of the house. we do not "listen" to this behavior and do not let her in/out until a few minutes after she stops. i have taken to putting a bit of food out to catch her and put her out. the other cats wait patiently to be fed or to go in/out. any suggestions on eliminating this behavior? peter |
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