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Cat Won't Stop Pawing Doors
Sorry to clarify...I have had my cat for 1 year. He's estimated to be
18 months now. I got him as a stray recovery from the humane society. When I got him, he was already neutered and declawed. They didn't have any paperwork on him; just that he was apparently a pet someone abandoned... Its more than 1 door that he's messing with. If it was just the one door, I'd just let him in there to find out what it is. He does this in whatever room I'm in. I've tried moving out to the couch to sleep out there, but he does it with the main entry way door and the hall closet door too....This was only a problem as of 4 days ago. He's been fairly happy and well adjusted after the first week I had him (he was a little shy/skittish when I first brought him home). |
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Cat Won't Stop Pawing Doors
"Jill" wrote in message oups.com... Sorry to clarify...I have had my cat for 1 year. He's estimated to be 18 months now. I got him as a stray recovery from the humane society. When I got him, he was already neutered and declawed. They didn't have any paperwork on him; just that he was apparently a pet someone abandoned... Bless you for taking him. I am sorry he is not friendlier. He may grow warmer in time. Its more than 1 door that he's messing with. If it was just the one door, I'd just let him in there to find out what it is. He does this in whatever room I'm in. I've tried moving out to the couch to sleep out there, but he does it with the main entry way door and the hall closet door too....This was only a problem as of 4 days ago. He's been fairly happy and well adjusted after the first week I had him (he was a little shy/skittish when I first brought him home). What is the down side to opening all the doors? |
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on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:42:59 GMT, "Jill" wrote:
Sorry to clarify...I have had my cat for 1 year. He's estimated to be 18 months now. I got him as a stray recovery from the humane society. When I got him, he was already neutered and declawed. They didn't have any paperwork on him; just that he was apparently a pet someone abandoned... He's very lucky to have you. Its more than 1 door that he's messing with. If it was just the one door, I'd just let him in there to find out what it is. He does this in whatever room I'm in. I've tried moving out to the couch to sleep out there, but he does it with the main entry way door and the hall closet door too....This was only a problem as of 4 days ago. He's been fairly happy and well adjusted after the first week I had him (he was a little shy/skittish when I first brought him home). I had a similar problem with my older cat, but it was just one door he wanted in, a closet with double doors that didn't latch. He figured out how to just pop them open and go in. So I tied the handles together, but he kept trying. And trying... and always in the middle of the night. So what I did, when he would start going at it, was to pick him up and put him out of my room and shut the door. Next night, the same. Rinse, repeat. Eventually he stopped trying and now I don't even have to tie the handles together. He didn't want to be put out of my room, so he stopped. He stays in my room all night, quietly. I would suggest you do something similar. Wait until the offending behavior starts, and then put him in a room where you can't hear him. Keep doing that until he understands. It probably won't take him long. If you can't put him far enough away to where you can't hear him, try a little sound machine with white noise next to your bed. They are inexpensive and very effective at masking the sounds of wild kitties in the night. Good luck! -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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Cat Won't Stop Pawing Doors
Bookie DID YOU BOTHER TO ASK IF THEY DECLAWED HIM? You jumped the gun
I have done shelter and rescue work just like a lot of us out here have. Do know how many furballs are brought in declawed. The shelter adopted them out just like the other rescues. Yes declawing is a sick process and totally barbaric unless medical necessary but you can't believe how many people don't know what is involved in it. IMO it should be outlawed everywhere but you can assume everyone that has a declawed cat DID it to the cat. "bookie" wrote in message ups.com... Jill wrote: Hello, I have had my cat from over a year now. He's been declawed and neutered since I've owned him. why on earth did you declaw him? that is unnatural and he is probably showing some sort of bizarre behaviour as a result of that. cats need to scratch in order mark their territory otherwise they get very unhappy, stressed and insecure, and obviously start to show odd behaviour in order to work out their frustrations. I hope he pees all over your house to get you back for it. god, when will you yanks outlaw this barbaric behaviour? it is disgusting, cruel and highly unnecessary. Shall i come round and pull out all your teeth and nails for you in return? or maybe cutting your hands off will go some way to making you people realise what it means to be declawed. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHH! (that's my frustration at people stil continuing with this nasty practise just to protect their crappy cheap furniture which is of no value at all compared to the health and happiness of a beautiful cat) bookie |
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Jill there are several ways to deal with this.
1 let the furball in or out of the carrier 2 as some one else pointed out it could be a behavioral by product of the declawing depending on how long ago it was. but this I doubt from what I have read so far 3 you can get them more toys to keep furball occupied 4 IMO sounds like the furball is training you for the attention that it wants. It paws you open door and pay attention to it. 5 There are several ways to stop them from doing this take a coffee can full of marbles when furball does it rattle that can like no tomorrow or you can take a hair dryer and set it up by the door with an extension corded the furball paws than plug in hair dryer pussy cat in both incidents runs like the sky is falling most stop after second or third time If not than it becomes death from above ( water ) 6 Try setting up a scratching post maybe the door feels good to him stretching his paws 7 Also try give him more attention some how some way earlier in the evening cats are nocturnal sleeping up to 18 hours a day. 8 If this just started is there anything that has changed in the household cats can pick up on stressful situation and act on it in our terms peculiar ways. Example new furniture new boyfriend girlfriend new daily routine Me I gave up along time ago and let them in the room and put up with the wake up calls. If they get too bad I use the OH MY GOD VOICE and they scatter not coming back for awhile. But like most cat slaves most of us have become tolerant of our masters needs Ohh pss all cats our independent dogs have masters cats have slaves "Jill" wrote in message ps.com... Hello, I have had my cat from over a year now. He's been declawed and neutered since I've owned him. He's never been affectionate towards me expect when I first come home from work (and thats for about 5 mins). Over the last 4 days, he's taken on a bad and very frustrating/annoying behavior. Every late night/early morning (I'm talking about 3 or 4 am), he starts pawing on the closet door until he wakes me up then he runs and hides. If he had claws it would be like he's sharpening his claws in turbo mode. The first time, he ran out into the kitchen where his bowl was and I saw he was low on food and water so I topped his bowl off, thinking that was his way of saying I'm hungry, then laid back down. About 20 mins later, he started it again. I sat up, he ran and hid. This will continue until I'm up for the day; every 10 to 15 mins he's pawing a door to wake me back up. If it was just the one closet door, I'd think there was something in there he wanted. However, I moved his carrier in front of the door, so he then moved to the 2nd closet door. If I shut him out of the bedroom, he paws the bedroom door until I wake up and let him in. If I move out to try and sleep on my living room couch, he paws the front door or the entry way coat closet door. I've tried everything from giving him a light swat on the butt and telling him no TO tossing a shoe at the wall near him (NOT at him, to try and scare him away from the door; he runs, but comes back a few mins later) TO putting him in his carrier (which he just paws at the carrier door which is more annoying).... I don't know what else to try, but I'm EXHAUSTED after being woken up constantly...He doesn't like to play during waking hours and again he's not an affectionate cat (very independent). Can anyone suggest another idea? I'd love to get some sleep tonight. |
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Jill wrote: Bookie, he was already declawed when I got him from the humane society. I asked for help, not a nasty response about declawing....So RUDE! like i said to you personally, your message implied that he had been declawed whilst in your care and therefore it would appear to myself, and many others reading, that you had been responsible for this declawing, so what the hell do you expect me to say? be clearer in your posting in future especially when referring to declawing or you will get a sharp response from myself and a fair few other people on the matter (am I the only person here who can actually read English?) I am not apologising for someone else's inability to communicate correctly |
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on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:00:05 GMT, Cheryl
wrote: These Usenet groups have been through the declaw battle for ages, and likely for ages to come. Our uncivilized (to animals) country (USA) still has many people who believe that indoor cats *must* be declawed, and some vets actually promote declawing as a service they provide along with neutering. Two for one. Some people honestly don't realize what the barbaric procedure entails because vets don't tell them. It comes across as a permanent manicure. It is much more effective for groups like this to educate rather than berate, no matter how hard it is to hold back the emotion that comes out when hearing that another cat was declawed. When I first found these groups I didn't know these things. It only took a picture of the cut-off claws for me to be mortified that I would have ever considered having one of my beautiful cats declawed. I feel very lucky to have been educated here. Very well said, Cheryl. Quoting in full here because it bears repeating. Thank you. -- Lynne http://picasaweb.google.com/what.the.hell.is.it/ |
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Cat Won't Stop Pawing Doors
On Tue 02 Jan 2007 07:04:11p, Lynne wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav .97.142: Very well said, Cheryl. Quoting in full here because it bears repeating. Thank you. And, thank you. This wasn't a message to Jill because I read that her cat was already declawed when she adopted him. That's another thing that I hope people learn, that if they really feel they need to have a declawed cat, there are plenty in the shelters to adopt. The problem then is that they will learn *why* they are in the shelters. Too many behavioral issues that come along post-surgery. And many times, *years* post-surgery. I hope that people can learn that cats need to be able to stretch, and they do it by hooking their claws into something. When they have something that is totally theirs, they learn quickly (the cat; not us stoopid hoomins LOL) that it is theirs and continue to exercise this way. Ugh, don't get me started. LOL -- Cheryl |
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Cat Won't Stop Pawing Doors
cybercat wrote: Besides opening all the doors, you could confine him to the room farthest away from the one where you sleep while you are sleeping. If your place is small (or even if not), get a large HEPA filter, floor model, and put it by your bed. The sound will drown him out. (My declawed cat did this to magazines and windows, anything smooth. I have no idea why. I guess I lucked out because she did not do it at night.) Hi, remember cats have scent glands in between their toes or therbouts... so they are also marking I imagine dc cats need to beat the **** out of something @$#%$#%^#^#%$$#%$# raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh rrrrrrrrrr |
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"Cat Psychologist" wrote in Hi, remember cats have scent glands in between their toes or therbouts... so they are also marking Yes. This pawing thing declawed cats do is weird, it is a frenzied kind of thing Snidely liked to do on smooth surfaces. Maybe trying to make her paws feel like her paws again. I imagine dc cats need to beat the **** out of something @$#%$#%^#^#%$$#%$# raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh rrrrrrrrrr Well, she used me for that. She got me with her teeth and her back claws. |
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