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