I have had cats all my life, but not a kitten since I was little (a LONG time ago) Now I have TWO kittens and I am wondering if and when I can expect them to stop being so DARN nocturnal! They sleep all day and run around and wrestle nearly all night. They are not litter mates. One is a male 12 week old siamse and the other is a five month old female bengal cat. They are not spayed or neutered yet. (That happends August 1)
2006-07-21 03:23:39 · 14 answers · asked by Helen T 3 in Pets ➔ Cats
tie a light weight toy to a ceiling blade fan just out of their reach and put it on low speed...just for a few hours before you go to bed...that will certainly wear them out and keep you very amused...
2006-07-21 03:32:34 · answer #1 · answered by fred[because i can] 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Bengal are extremely playful and will be more active and possibly destructive - they are not cats for beginers....(not saying you are a beginner)
I would suggest more play in the day and especially before bed time, more toys -which you need to rotate ever 3-5 days (hide some and bring out those which were hidden, since cats prefer to play with toys they think are new) cat towers are a MUST, move them around every now and then - even lay them down so cats get a "new" toy from them... honeysuckle toys are great...
lock them in seperate rooms at night will help too
2006-07-21 10:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most kittens become more calmer as they grow older.
they are at that age enjoy it they won't be like that again. also remember cats are night creatures it's only natural they are asleep in the day and awake at night.
but you can some what change that.
an hour before you go to bed feed them and play with them, my advice(which works on my cats) buy a laser beam/pen and run it across the house cats are crazy about it they just run around trying to catch it. It usually wear them off so they sleep most of the night.
also keep breakable things at top shelf away from them.
that's all you can do for now, their still little.
ohh and do not dewclaw them. if you were thinking about doing it it's an awfull surgery.
http://www.peta.org/mc/factsheet_display.asp?ID=42
2006-07-21 17:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by hot_for_georgeclooney 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im having the same problem, except i have only one kitten. he's sometimes plays a little in the day, but he's ALWAYS awake at night. what the person at the shelter said was to try keeping them in one area where they probably wouldn't cause any trouble or knock anything down. then i put a "fence" in the area and closed all the doors. this may SEEM kind of cruel, but it's better than letting them roam freely in your home and destroy everything. make sure it's a place where there aren't many hiding spots. good luck.
2006-07-21 11:50:42 · answer #4 · answered by twinklee_x3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WE got a kitten 2 yrs ago and started putting him in the batroom at night--we have a little set-up in there for him and he knows when its his bedtime--we put him up so he wont get into mischief and cause trouble for himself or us-- in the morning he has free range--until his bedtime
He has a night light--but sleeps/and plays from 10 pm till 5 am in "his room"--(note he meows until he doesn't hear us-and then knows that we have "gone"... to bed!)
Since they are young maybe you can start this too!==and have a good nights sleep!=Good Luck with the kitties!
2006-07-21 10:37:50 · answer #5 · answered by Ann 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi well did you know that most kitties sleep 12 to 15 hrs a day? i know kittens are so energetic too! what i do is i give them a catnip filled mouse about 45 minutes before i go to sleep, it hypes them up for about 30 minutes, then they get tired and go to sleep, also close your bedroom door, with the babies out of your bedroom at night (i mean just right now)
2006-07-21 10:41:38 · answer #6 · answered by julia the cat lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the summer they sleep alot during the day becuase the heat is to much for them. They are wearing a winter coat 24 7 through the summer and that is when they can get real bad heat stroke. they play all night becuase it's cool and nice.
2006-07-21 10:41:15 · answer #7 · answered by kimber g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why I keep telling people that kittens seem like a totally different species.
Try to keep them awake and bonding with you in the day. Hopefully they'll sleep at night. Maybe try to separate them at night and they will get bored with no playmate?
2006-07-21 10:32:33 · answer #8 · answered by lrad1952 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they should calm down some when they get fixed. those are very energetic breeds of cat. one thing you can do is try and keep them awake in the day if your home or at least in the evening have a nice play session and then feed them right before you go to bed. another thing you can do is get a large dog crate and put a litterbox in it and put them in there at night. We have to do that with one of our cats because he wants our attention at night and will scratch under our bed all night till we have to get up and get him and put him in the crate.
2006-07-21 10:31:36 · answer #9 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a while before that happens. What I would suggest is that that when you catch them dozing during the day, wake them up and play with them. Wear them out during the day so that they won't want to do anything but sleep at night.
2006-07-21 10:30:27 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experts advise to play with them for at least one hour right before going to bed. This will tire them out.
2006-07-21 11:09:49 · answer #11 · answered by KL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋