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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / November 2006Train a cat to wake up later??
Have 2 new kittens and an older cat. The older one and one of the kittens sleeps fine and don't get up until we do. The other kitten is really starting to get on my last nerve. 4am every day, he climbs on our heads and just won't stop crying (while purring at the same time). I'll even get up to feed him and he just follows me, rubbing on my legs so I trip while screaming at me and purring at the same time...doesn't eat much and runs back after me when I try to go back to bed. I'm at the point where I just throw him out of the room and shut the door when he starts. Is there anything I can do to train him not to do this?? Maybe just pretend you're asleep when he starts and don't get up until you're ready. I locked my Pickles out of the bedroom when she was a kitten one night because she was being a pest. She saw to it that I never did it again because she tore a hole in the carpet outside the door! -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. > Maybe just pretend you're asleep when he starts and don't get up until > you're ready. I locked my Pickles out of the bedroom when she was a kitten [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Of course I don't look busy, > I did it right the first time. Mickey used to do that to me, and I did just what Barb says. I'd pull the covers over my head and ignore him, even tho he'd keep bugging me. After a few days of this, he stopped. Another thing to do is *not* feed them as soon as you get up. Make them wait a little while. Then they won't be trying to get you up since they'll know you're not going to feed them right away. If you give in to the demand that you get up and give them something, they will train you in no time. :) Eva I go through the same thing every single morning with my younger guy, Trouble. 6:30 a.m. on the dot there he is in bed, kneading on my chest and purring until I get up and feed him. I don't mind during the week as this is the time I have to get up anyway, but the weekends aren't fun. Either way, he does have me trained well as I do get up on the weekends when he demands it and feed him and then I go back to bed with my other cat who can't be bothered to even open his eyes until noon. I have to admit though at being amazed at how Trouble knows when it is 6:30 and time to eat. >> Maybe just pretend you're asleep when he starts and don't get up until >> you're ready. I locked my Pickles out of the bedroom when she was a kitten [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Eva > I go through the same thing every single morning with my younger guy, Trouble. > 6:30 a.m. on the dot there he is in bed, kneading on my chest and purring [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and feed him and then I go back to bed with my other cat who can't be > bothered to even open his eyes until noon. Yup. He does have you trained. As long as you give in to his demands, he'll keep doing it. > I have to admit though at being amazed at how Trouble knows when it is 6:30 > and time to eat. They have built-in clocks, and they just know. :) Eva >>> Maybe just pretend you're asleep when he starts and don't get up until >>> you're ready. I locked my Pickles out of the bedroom when she was a kitten [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> Eva I finally bought a automated food dispenser. It dispenses just a tiny amount of dry food at 4AM. THis keeps kitty happy till I get up at 6:30 when he gets his wet food. But at $140 it was an expensive solution to the problem. Lord help me if I don't get up at 6:30 though. He also has become less demanding as he gets older. >> I go through the same thing every single morning with my younger guy, >> Trouble. [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>> >>> Eva >Yup. He does have you trained. As long as you give in to his demands, >he'll keep doing it. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Eva We bought an 8 compartment talking auto pet feeder and programmed two daily mini-feedings. Just enough to give Five a nibble without overeating or bothering us. At first she was nervous when the motor drive started whirring and would timidly nibble from the bowl. The feeder is in the living room and she normally sleeps in the bedroom with us. Now when it activates, she hears the motor & our recorded message and she takes off thundering down the hall to get the food :) After her "snack" she comes back to bed & cuddles again.  Signatureannoyed@net.spammers Craig, Kathi & "Cat Five" the tabby girl >Mickey used to do that to me, and I did just what Barb says. I'd pull the >covers over my head and ignore him, even tho he'd keep bugging me. After >a few days of this, he stopped. Another thing to do is *not* feed them as >soon as you get up. We tried this for a couple of days but to be honest, it was me who was the problem. I lay there trying to ignore him and feel my blood boiling ready to strangle him (not really...just an expression)...get up and feed him just to shut him up....then I can't get back to sleep because i'm all worked up. This morning I couldn't take it anymore and just locked him out of the room. I guess we'll keep trying to ignore him for a few days and see if we can get him to stop. >> Mickey used to do that to me, and I did just what Barb says. I'd pull the >> covers over my head and ignore him, even tho he'd keep bugging me. After [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > and just locked him out of the room. I guess we'll keep trying to > ignore him for a few days and see if we can get him to stop. Yeah, as long as you give in and do what he wants, he will keep on doing it. It took me at least a week or two of *not* feeding when I first got up for Mickey to give up and leave me alone on the weekends. If you keep giving in, kitty wins. You have to stick to it for it to work. Once it does start to work, the kitty will leave you alone from there on in. OK, they will do the occasional wake-up, but not so much. Eva LOL I installed a scratching post on the wall right outside our bedroom door because our 'Elvis' was scratching the rug. Wayne The Other Mike wrote: The other kitten is > really starting to get on my last nerve. 4am every day, he climbs on > our heads and just won't stop crying (while purring at the same time). > I'll even get up to feed him That was your mistake right there. Now he knows in order to get fed, all he has to do is walk on your head at 4 a.m. If you can handle it, I would recommend completely ignoring him for a few days or a week. Hopefully you can undo the behavior. > Have 2 new kittens and an older cat. The older one and one of the > kittens sleeps fine and don't get up until we do. The other kitten is [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > shut the door when he starts. Is there anything I can do to train > him not to do this?? I do not fee canned food in the morning. They have dry food available 24/7, and they get their canned food in the afternoon and before bed. So, they have no reason to wake me up early. Chase was an earlybird the first year or so. I just left my bedroom open so he could go find activity elsewhere. After awhile, his schedule adjusted to mine.
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