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Jo - 20 Jan 2006 18:39 GMT

Hiya, ive got an 9 month old male cat and wondered if any1 can give me
advice on something. Whenever i go into a room and shut the door behind me
Spike (my cat) sits outside the door scratching it constantly until i give
in and open the door. Im wondering wheather its an attention seeking thing
because when i let him in he does naughty things like climbing behind my
computer and getting himself wound up in all the wires. To me it seems like
he loves the attention i give him wen he gets up to no good! Has any1 ever
had this before and if so i could do with some pointers on how to deal with
it.

Thanx
Jo

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Ghost - 20 Jan 2006 21:48 GMT

> Hiya, ive got an 9 month old male cat and wondered if any1 can give me
> advice on something. Whenever i go into a room and shut the door behind me
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> Thanx
> Jo

lol
sorry for laughing, your kitty is spoiled ;)
the one thing not to do is give attention/affection to a cat that has
been up to no good.
to desaplin a cat, i don't know how...thats why missy is the queen in
this house :p

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Mark Stringer - 21 Jan 2006 13:45 GMT

> Hiya, ive got an 9 month old male cat and wondered if any1 can give
> me advice on something. Whenever i go into a room and shut the door
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> had this before and if so i could do with some pointers on how to
> deal with it.

One of my cats went through a lengthy phase of waking me up at
night by batting at or licking my eyes, nose or mouth. Two or
three times I got so fed up I took him out of my room and closed
the doors. The scratching started almost immediately and it was
more annoying than the behaviour I was trying to avoid.
I didn't know what to do to stop my cat's behaviour and I
refused to punish him in any way so I just let it continue. One
day he stopped waking me up and he hasn't done it since.
Hmmmm, I guess that didn't really help any. Sorry.

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julian8888888@hotmail.com - 22 Jan 2006 23:21 GMT

I think he just wants to be near you and be able to play. When I was a
kid I wanted to play with my toys near my mom and not in a room by
myself. I figure pets are similar. Perhaps if you get something or
make something for her to play with/on he will leave your computer
stuff alone. Put some catnip on the good toys to play with and tell
him no or have a water spray bottle ready if he plays with something he
shouldn't. When he plays with the cat gym praise him and give him a
treat. Here are some good ideas:

http://www.catsplay.com/kitty_gyms.php3

> > Hiya, ive got an 9 month old male cat and wondered if any1 can give
> > me advice on something. Whenever i go into a room and shut the door
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> day he stopped waking me up and he hasn't done it since.
> Hmmmm, I guess that didn't really help any. Sorry.

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Ken - 23 Jan 2006 01:25 GMT

> Hiya, ive got an 9 month old male cat and wondered if any1 can give me
> advice on something. Whenever i go into a room and shut the door behind me
> Spike (my cat) sits outside the door scratching it constantly until i give
> in and open the door.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who get's the "thud" on the door when I
go to the washroom. Or the little paw doing this reach thing under the
door... LOL

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