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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2006Keeping cat out of our bedroom!!!
Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called Spike! When we first had him he was so cute and adorable i couldnt put him down and as a result of that he ended up in our room at night when he was about 4 months old. Now the time has come to stop this from happening because in the morning at around 6.30am he jumps on my chest and kneeds me to death!!! As a result of this im woken up and its especially annoying on my days off because id like to be able to lie in! My mission is to be able to teach him that he is no longer welcome in our bedroom. I know its going to probably take a while but i WILL do it! All i need is a little guidance and a few tips to help me along the way. Spike is very stubborn and i can tell he's goin to scratch the bedroom door down when he realises that he's outside on the landing and me and my partner are tucked up snuggly in bed! How can i prevent this from happeneing!? Is there anything i can put infront of the door to stop him? Of course, im going to make him a little bed on the landing :) I do have to admit that i spoil him, but this bedroom thing has got to stop!! Thanks in advance! Jo Close the door and ignore him that is the only way to unbreak the spoiledness that all of us cat lovers do Hard love is the only way to do it it will tougher on you than them > Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called Spike! > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jo >Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called Spike! > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Jo You should have thought of that when he was little. People spoil their pets then when it is not cute anymore the pets have to pay the price one way or another. >around 6.30am he jumps on my chest and kneeds me to death!!! As a result of >this im woken up and its especially annoying on my days off because id like Is he waking you up to feed him? Why not just leave a bit of food out for him at night, especially on the nights that you want to not be woken up the next morning. At one year old, it's pretty late to start trying to train him not to come in the bedroom; he's going to whine a lot if you do and wake you up anyway. : Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called Spike! : When we first had him he was so cute and adorable i couldnt put him down and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : this im woken up and its especially annoying on my days off because id like : to be able to lie in! Lucky you, mine starts this kind of commotion around 4:30 AM. However, I don't take it lying down stiff. :) If she is kneeding my chest, one of the two things happen. If I am awake, I pick her up and put her on a side where she can kneed a pillow. If I am asleep, I instinctively turn, which must feel like an earthquake to her, and she jumps off me. If she is kneeding my arm instead, I really don't mind and let her continue for a few minutes. Either way, soon enough she finds another distraction. The key is NEVER reward a cat by putting out food or opening a door when she wakes you up; if you do, that only teaches her to do it again when she is hungry. I suggest scolding her in a frighteningly harsh voice if she wakes you up. Then ignore her and go back to sleep. After 2 or 3 times of this, she won't wake you up any more. > Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called Spike! Wow! Yes! Before I read any further, I think it's only fair to say that Spike! should, quite clearly, be put down. > When we first had him he was so cute and adorable i couldnt put him > down and as a result of that he ended up in our room at night when he > was about 4 months old. Disgusting. You should be banned from keeping pets. > Now the time has come to stop this from happening because in the morning > at around 6.30am he jumps on my chest and kneeds me to death!!! If only it were true. > As a result of this im woken up and its especially annoying on my days > off because id like to be able to lie in! Curiosity, it is said, killed the cat. But so does a baseball bat applied to the head. > My mission is to be able to teach him that he is no longer welcome in our > bedroom. I know its going to probably take a while but i WILL do it! You are an idiot and you need psychiatric help. > All i need is a little guidance and a few tips to help me along the way. An overdose would *really* help you along the way, you retard. > Spike is very stubborn and i can tell he's goin to scratch the bedroom > door down when he realises that he's outside on the landing and me and > my partner are tucked up snuggly in bed! Here's an idea - why not let Spike! use the bedroom, and you and your "partner" - what a lucky guy! - can sleep on the landing? Providing you don't have him put down, of course. > How can i prevent this from happeneing!? Have him put down. Problem solved. > Is there anything i can put infront of the door to stop him? Lots of things. (1) Hungry, vicious dog. (2) Gin trap. (3) Poison. (4) Trapdoor. > Of course, im going to make him a little bed on the landing :) Of course! Naturally! A little bed! A little bed for Spikey-Wikey!!! > I do have to admit that i spoil him, but this bedroom thing has got to stop!! Put Spike! down NOW. > Hi, i have a one year old ginger and white tom called > Spike! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > its especially annoying on my days off because id like to > be able to lie in! That's all part of being owned by a cat..! I couldn't bear not to have my Missy by my side at night, she curls up in the crook of my arm with her chin on my wrist and purrs like mad :-) Ok so I have to get up and feed her, but that's what having cats is all about..! Ivor one of my cats is stubborn. he insists on keeping his spot at the foot of my bed even when i try to shove him off with my feet several times a night. |
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