Cat Yowls in Early Morning

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Ruby Tuesday - 12 Oct 2004 10:29 GMT

To begin, I am a bit of an insomniac. I have often woken up at about 5:00
am, stayed up for about an hour, then gone back to sleep. But this happens
once every few nights.

Another important piece of information: my cat tends to want to destroy my
wicker night table whenever he is in my room, so I have come to shutting my
door on him at night.

The result: Mico starts yowling at about 4:30 am for me to get up. And he
just doesn't stop until I do. I'm not only concerned about myself, but also
about my neighbours as I live in an urban apartment building.

What can I do to stop this behavior? Options, please! This is *very*
annoying.

Thanks in advance,

- Ruby Tuesday

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Rob - 12 Oct 2004 12:01 GMT

let the cat in, remove anything in the room he can annoy you with. we share
an office with our bedroom and
have to put the office chairs in another room or the cats claw at them.

> To begin, I am a bit of a ninsomniac.Ihaveoftenwokenupatabout500
> am, stayed up for about an hour, then gone back to sleep. But this
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> - Ruby Tuesday

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Barb - 12 Oct 2004 15:03 GMT

Wicker and cats don't mix. Please don't say you cant afford another little
piece of furniture, hunt around and get yourself something. Toss the
wicker.

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Ruby Tuesday - 13 Oct 2004 10:15 GMT

> Wicker and cats don't mix. Please don't say you cant afford another little
> piece of furniture, hunt around and get yourself something. Toss the
> wicker.

Will do. Looked through the Ikea catalogue and saw a night table I liked -
will try to get it this weekend. Will give the wicker table to my landlady
for her annual yard sale.

Thanks,

- Ruby Tuesday

> --
> Barb
> Of course I don't look busy,
> I did it right the first time.

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J1Boss - 13 Oct 2004 13:03 GMT

>> Wicker and cats don't mix. Please don't say you cant afford another
>little
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>- Ruby Tuesday

I thought this was an interesting post, because I have 2 wicker chairs from
IKEA, that I've had for ~12-13 years. They are in great shape and the cats DO
like them, but they sleep in them (on cushions of course) and have never
scratched them. Maybe it's that the legs aren't appealing, so the rest gets
left alone too?

Wicker BASKETS OTOH, have all gone away over the years - they seem to be
popular pee spots :-(.

Janet Boss
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Ruby Tuesday - 13 Oct 2004 23:39 GMT

> >> Wicker and cats don't mix. Please don't say you cant afford another
> >little
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> scratched them. Maybe it's that the legs aren't appealing, so the rest gets
> left alone too?

Hmmm....I have a wicker chair in my kitchen that the cat has done a minor
bit of damage to. The wicker TV table that I use as a night table though,
I don't know why the cat loved it to smithereens, maybe because he wanted my
attention.

Last night after I decided to toss the wicker TV table I let Mico scratch
away at it, and then he stopped. Then he went after one of the bamboo
hangings I have on my wall. Found out I wouldn't stop him, and that they
wouldn't tear, so he stopped, then went to sleep.

Cats...sheesh!

- Ruby Tuesday

> Wicker BASKETS OTOH, have all gone away over the years - they seem to be
> popular pee spots :-(.
>
> Janet Boss
> http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
> http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

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Barb - 14 Oct 2004 15:58 GMT

Years ago I had a wicker hamper and with my cats it was shortly a bedraggled
disgrace. Then I got a plastic wicker-look hamper and it has lasted very
well. Still looks like new!

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Barb
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I did it right the first time.

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Barb - 13 Oct 2004 16:17 GMT

Great! Would that all problems could be solved so easily.

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Barb
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I did it right the first time.

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