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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2005cat at 4am
my dang "white cat" wakes me at 4 am to go out. i'm so used to it that i often just wake up on my own at that time. as soon as i get out of bed he usually runs to the back door and i just let him out... *however* over the past few months...once in a while... just before he gets to the back door...he'll run into the downstairs closet and i can't get him out. after i get back in bed...he'll leave the closet and start crying to go out. he's 18 years old... is he loosing his mind... or is it i who is loosing his mind??? aargh. oh well, at 4 am i have to go the the bathroom anyway (shrug) Our 19 year old just started that routine before he passed --had a thyroid problem. He wanted to eat constantly go out at weird hours for 5 minutes or so & then come back in & eat more. > my dang "white cat" wakes me at 4 am to go out. > i'm so used to it that i often just wake up on my own at that time. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > oh well, at 4 am i have to go the the bathroom anyway > (shrug) > Our 19 year old just started that routine before he passed --had a thyroid > problem. He wanted to eat constantly go out at weird hours for 5 minutes or > so & then come back in & eat more. well "white cat" eats normally... and he has been going out at 4am for years (except durning the winter). it's just of late that he runs in the closet first... maybe 2 or 3 times a month. i was going to say that it's ok about him going out at 4 am,,, because i'm a morning person anyway... but coem to think of it...maybe it was the cat that made me a morning person! : aargh. : : oh well, at 4 am i have to go the the bathroom anyway : (shrug) It's amazing how we adapt to our pets ... I happen to have to go exactly when the dog does ... Your cat is on the old side. I'd just lift her and put her outside. It might be a good idea to keep the closet shut ;-) Carola > It's amazing how we adapt to our pets ... I happen to have to go exactly > when the dog does ... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Carola even though he's pretty old... he's still very agile and really squirms around too much if i ever try to pick him up... he still plays *a lot* ...not as much as a kitten...but unlike any older cat i've ever seen. just like a little kid...he cries and cries until i play with him: chase the string etc. also...around here we have to leave all the closet doors open because if we open a door he may run in fast...and if we don't see him run in... then he'll end up shut inside...it's happened a few times... so now we don't bother to close them... \besides if the door was closed...he'd just find some other game to play to get me riled. anyway...i think i finally figured out why he runs in the closet. it seems if he wakes me up...and i get up and go directly to the back door... then he will too... but if i don't meet his demands immediately...such as visiting the bathroom first...then he will also "need" to take a detour first before heading outside,,, who knows :) >> It's amazing how we adapt to our pets ... I happen to have to go exactly >> when the dog does ... [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >if we open a door he may run in fast...and if we don't see him run in... >then he'll end up shut inside...it's happened a few times... It's only happened once with mine. I figured being shut in the closet for a few hours was punishment enough. Well, she still tries to do it with the other closets, but not that one anymore. And who said cat's weren't smart, lol >so now we don't bother to close them... >\besides if the door was closed...he'd just find some other game to play [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >who knows :) > my dang "white cat" wakes me at 4 am to go out. > i'm so used to it that i often just wake up on my own at that time. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > is he loosing his mind... > or is it i who is loosing his mind??? Cats' sensory perception and mental alertness begin to decline as the reach their golden years- its called 'cognitive dysfunction syndrome'. You probably shouldn't allow an 18 year-old cat out without supervision unless he's in a protected enclosure. Phil > Cats' sensory perception and mental alertness begin to decline as the reach > their golden years- its called 'cognitive dysfunction syndrome'. You > probably shouldn't allow an 18 year-old cat out without supervision unless > he's in a protected enclosure. my cat is still sharp as a tack mentally... too bad i can't say that for myself!!! anyway...he does not go any farther than just under the front porch which is slatted all around and nothing big can get under there. i always let him back in an hour or two later > > Cats' sensory perception and mental alertness begin to decline as the reach > > their golden years- its called 'cognitive dysfunction syndrome'. You [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > my cat is still sharp as a tack mentally... > too bad i can't say that for myself!!! LOL! I know whacha mean! My oldest is 19- which is physiologically equivalent to 94 in human age- and still acts and plays like a kitten even though she's almost completely deaf. I sure hope I'll be in the shape as she is when I'm 94! My feral colonies sure help to keep me on my toes. > anyway...he does not go any farther than just under the front porch > which is slatted all around and nothing big can get under there. > i always let him back in an hour or two later Have you considered making a small gate so he can't wander if he gets the urge? Their sense of smell declines with age which makes finding their way home difficult if they stray a little to far away. I tend to worry a little more about older cats because some of them can't hear or see as well as they used to which impairs their reflexes and reaction to danger. Phil > LOL! I know whacha mean! My oldest is 19- which is physiologically > equivalent to 94 in human age- and still acts and plays like a kitten even [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > hear or see as well as they used to which impairs their reflexes and > reaction to danger. Well...it would be just about impossible to fence my cat in... but even when he was young he never went very far from here. my yard is pretty much untrimmed and "natural" so he can roam the jungles...all within just a few feet of the house Why don't you get him a litter box? > my dang "white cat" wakes me at 4 am to go out. > i'm so used to it that i often just wake up on my own at that time. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > oh well, at 4 am i have to go the the bathroom anyway > (shrug) > Why don't you get him a litter box? he has *two* litter boxes in the basement. he goes outside because he likes it out there at 4 am >my dang "white cat" wakes me at 4 am to go out. >i'm so used to it that i often just wake up on my own at that time. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >oh well, at 4 am i have to go the the bathroom anyway >(shrug) I have a solution for you. Flap Door Cat rearrange, add together :) John <snip> > I have a solution for you. > > Flap Door Cat i was thinking of that but would need to get one of those flaps that activate with a radio controlled collar. in the past i've lived in a house that had a cat flap to the outdoors... but of course other cats (and squirrels) can get in. anyway...i "won" the round this morning... i merely got up at 3:30 am and let the cat out... he was outside before he even had a chance to wake me at 4!!!! :) |
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