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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2005"speed bump" for cats?
I would like to leave my bedroom door open when I sleep. The hallway is rather long and the kitties favorate activity is to chase each other in and out of the bedroom at high speed. I would like some ideas on how to slow them down, I really don't want them to use the hallway/bedroom as a runway, and the galloping noise wakes me up too. They can chase in the living room all they want. I tried to make the door opening rather narrow but it didn't seem to deter them from chasing and I don't want them to hit accidently themselves either. Some ideas of a "speed bump" would be good. Oh maaaan. You're no fun at all!! Well, obstacles won't help. That would be More Fun. Maybe put a cat tree at the end of the hall furthest from your bedroom to act as a lure? > I would like to leave my bedroom door open when I sleep. The hallway is > rather long and the kitties favorate activity is to chase each other in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Some ideas of a "speed bump" would be good. Well, it would be only when I am sleeping at night, I don't mind them roaming my bedroom but 2 cats running full speed on a raised wooden foundation at 4am is a little noisy for me! > Well, it would be only when I am sleeping at night, I don't mind them > roaming my bedroom but 2 cats running full speed on a raised wooden > foundation at 4am is a little noisy for me! I really think you need to close your door, just while you are sleeping. I also think it's great that your kitties have each other and are having such a good time together. Also, do you have a hepa filter in your room? I don't know how much it would help with the cats IN the room, but a standard floor model Hepa like you can get for about $100 at Lowe's not only keeps the air clean and dust free but makes a nice "white noise" that drowns out noisy sounds and helps you sleep. I use one when I have a house full of company over the holidays. I am considering closing the door as an option, I also wanted some air circulation for myself. I have got a baby gate recently and maybe I will experiment with that too. The kitties are having lots of fun, infact my original kitten no longer come and head butt me in my bed in early morning which I kind of miss already. He is definitely paying more attention to his playmate than to me, and I am kind of jealous really, I hope I am making the right choice. I recently got a HEPA filter, it is outside in the living room where the cats spend most time, I figure the dender and dust fly mostly there. > I am considering closing the door as an option, I also wanted some air > circulation for myself. I have got a baby gate recently and maybe I > will experiment with that too. For circulation, if not a HEPA in the bedroom, consider a small fan. My daughter sleeps more soundly when air circulates in the room so I put a tabletop fan in her room. > The kitties are having lots of fun, infact my original kitten no longer > come and head butt me in my bed in early morning which I kind of miss > already. He is definitely paying more attention to his playmate than > to me, and I am kind of jealous really, I hope I am making the right > choice. You are, I am sure. And this way, when you go out you need not worry about your cats being lonely. Only cats can become too dependant on their "owners." > I recently got a HEPA filter, it is outside in the living room where > the cats spend most time, I figure the dender and dust fly mostly > there. Perhaps you can try it in the bedroom and see how you like it and if it shuts out noise. How old are your cats? Suddenly, without warning, Topaz exclaimed (28-Sep-05 7:03 PM): >>Well, it would be only when I am sleeping at night, I don't mind them >>roaming my bedroom but 2 cats running full speed on a raised wooden [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > that drowns out noisy sounds and helps you sleep. I use one > when I have a house full of company over the holidays. I have a radio I got from Sharper Image which has 20 different environmental noises. White Noise works great, as does Rain, for masking out the sometimes noisy neighbors. Should work for pounding kitty feet too :) Alternately, you might try telling them "OUT!" and locking them out of the bedroom each time they come charging in during the night. Might be a few more interrupted nights sleep, but perhaps worth a try. Using this method consistently, Meep has learned that waking us up during the night, no matter how (she's very creative in inventing "I didn't mean to wake you up, but since you are..." methods of waking us up), just gets her banned from the bedroom. I can't think of anything that would work as a 'speed bump' - like another poster mentioned, it'd just be seen as a new challenge. jmc yes. my 2 Moe & Rudy do the same and we live in an upstairs apartment, lady downstairs has one cat say when ours start running her;s does two we're hoping when they get older they can sleep with us, for now bedtime means bdrm door is shut i keep several nightlights on for them and keep radio on, if they get too wild one is shut in spare bdrm w/food, toys and litter box (we have 2) we try letting them if we take a nap, they jump on hubby chest to the window and back down on his chest again, he has cancer not good...also like to sleep on top of your head and will head butt you....so that doesnt work either they were from the SPCA I think they're adjusting to their humans though for the most part now, they both are cuddlely, and loved to be hugged also you can try feliway seems to helped us some lynn Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. ~Oscar Wilde > I would like to leave my bedroom door open when I sleep. The hallway is > rather long and the kitties favorate activity is to chase each other in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Some ideas of a "speed bump" would be good. Cut a piece of cardboard to fit the width of the hallway and about 2 - 3 feet long. Layer double-sided tape on one side of the cardboard and lay it in the hallway with this side up. This may be so effective that it works as a door. :) I agree with those that suggest an environmental sound maker. If it were me, I wouldn't shut the door. For one thing, that might encourage them to slide into it and make more noise. Also, I wouldn't want to discourage them from sleeping near by. My experience is that the night time habits of kittens change a lot over the first 6 months, so it's worth it to wait for them to mature enough to sleep through the night. I think it's a developmental thing, like with babies. As they mature and get used to my habits, I get progressively better at sleeping with their backgroung noise and motion, and somewhere at about 3-4 months these two processes meet where I can sleep through the night with them sleeping nearby and both of us coming and going in the night as we see fit. But then again, you might want to try a throw rug on the end of the hall near your room. Either one that sticks pretty well, so that their feet are muffled as they run by, or a very loose one that they can run and slide on. Don't know which would be best. > I agree with those that suggest an environmental sound maker. If > it were me, I wouldn't shut the door. For one thing, that might > encourage them to slide into it and make more noise. Same here. Though, it might be worth a try to put up a baby gate in the middle of the hall. It won't stop the running but they'd have to slow down to jump over it. Like you say below, they'll outgrow it. Also, I > wouldn't want to discourage them from sleeping near by. My > experience is that the night time habits of kittens change a lot [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that their feet are muffled as they run by, or a very loose one > that they can run and slide on. Don't know which would be best. That would be really cool mom! LOL Yeah, yeah! Install a slide for us! My youngest love sliding across the kitchen floor on the throw rug in front of the sink. :) /speaking for the kittens. hehehe  SignatureCheryl >> I agree with those that suggest an environmental sound maker. If >> it were me, I wouldn't shut the door. For one thing, that might [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >to slow down to jump over it. Like you say below, they'll outgrow >it. Mine run faster to get up some inertia before jumping two baby gates... Rather defeats the purpose :) SignatureFORTY-SEVEN MILLION LOSE LOTTERY One winner declared "statistical aberration"
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