it happens from 4am in the morning! how do i stop this?
2007-01-16 00:20:56 · 9 answers · asked by Euro 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
My cat used to do this, and I got her to stop. To make them stop, you have to understand why they do it. They are bored, and it's probably amusing or satisfying to be able to make you move around and react after just lying there for several hours. Cats, after all, sleep for about two hours or so and then get up for an hour, then sleep for two more.
Probably your cat keeps doing this because you react. Even an angry reaction is better than nothing at all, to a cat. I got my cat to stop waking me up by simply doing nothing. It takes patience if they are used to you either petting them or yelling at them or pushing them off the bed. By this point they probably expect you to do something when they jump up and down on the bed (or your face.)
Try doing nothing at all, even if they wake you up completely and you can no longer sleep. No angry noises, no pushing them off the bed, no touching them or moving at all. Just lie there quietly. This is just as boring to them as when you were asleep, although they'll know you're awake now. Only this time they won't be rewarded with any kind of interesting things to watch, like an angry human. Eventually, if they are waking you up out of boredom, they will probably decide to stop and do something else.
2007-01-16 00:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffery K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi there...there are many possibilities as to why they may be waking you up at this particular time of the morning. For example many cats who are fed at a scheduled time will learn when to expect their meals, the family members come home and leave for day, etc. It's more of a conditioned response from a pattern which is being continually reinforced...and is why I'm making this assumption.
If you would like to change/adjust their schedule to yours consider by playing with them using more physical active activities (e.g. laser light) using nteractive play for 10-15 minutes prior to bedtime to exhaust them so they'll sleep longer. If your cats are not free fed (food available at all times) some people who feed their cats on schedule (once in the morning and once at night) have found that by feeding right just before bedtime also note that this has a sedating effect because their tummy's are full.
2007-01-16 08:29:41 · answer #2 · answered by ♪ Seattle ♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put their breakfast down late before you go to bed (without them realising) so that they don't bother you in the morning. I rely on my cats to wake me up - best alarm clock ever! Good luck!
2007-01-16 08:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by cathedralkat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shutting your door helps unless your cats get vocal. Best bet after that is a squirt gun!
2007-01-16 09:16:29 · answer #4 · answered by kaysy_1994 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cat is very clean pet and clever to, it wake u up because you have to open windons or door so it can run out to help it self and it need fresh breeze just like you say thank to your cat
2007-01-16 08:47:22 · answer #5 · answered by super gill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could use something (or just put it there) that your cat is scared of like a ornament of a bulldog or you could shut the door.
something like a phobia of the cat will do.
2007-01-16 08:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either lock them out of your room, or squirt them with water, or don't pay any attention to them at all, negative attention is better than none at all.
2007-01-16 08:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by misteri 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make her environment more fun and playful
Trust me she will be too busy to pounce on you while you are resting.
2007-01-16 08:27:24 · answer #8 · answered by Buda B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lock them out the door !! GOOD LUCK !!
2007-01-16 08:28:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋