1. Do not respond to the door-scratching, ever, not even once, in any
way, and EVENTUALLY it will stop.  Weeks, perhaps, but eventually.  The
cat will then try something else that will probably up the ante.

Or...
2.  As soon as it starts, quickly open the door, spritz the cat with a
light spray of water from a spray bottle, quickly close the door, then
ignore.  This will hasten the process, but your cat will be unhappy.

Or...
3. Be a good human companion, and allow your cats to determine you
schedule, as they firmly believe is best for all concerned.  

But perhaps dealing differently with the duvet scratcher will
short-circuit the whole business.  Try snuggling it up to you and going
back to sleep, for example.  If it doesn't wish to be snuggled it will
get down.  Do the same when it tries again, etc.  It will start waiting
longer and longer before the retry.  If it happens to like being
snuggled, problem solved.

I actually find option 3 above to be easiest in the long run--but then
I've had cats for so long that I've begun to think like one.

Good luck.

Diana

Yes.  Be nice to them and let them in.  After I ignore mine for a
while they go away and lay down until they see me up.

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Big Mama occassionally does that to me also.
Sometimes it means she has to go outside to use the bathroom,
and other times she's just restless and goes back to bed after a
few minutes.
If she does it more than once, it means she has to go outside.

My question would first be, what do they want?

If it's nothing more than something trival, and they just want to wake
you up...
leave the door open,
say "no" with authority, and/or clap your hands, scwoosh the divet
violently,
and/or show your obvious aggitation by doing all the above in that
order.

(You don't actually have to be emotionally aggravated, you just have
to act the
part convincingly).

This is what would happen in the wild when one animal aggitates
another.
They would be threatned, but exceedingly rarely actually attacked.

This does not hurt kitty, and speaks to them in their natural
language.
The behavior should quickly subside after two or three applications
each.

It's also similar to what they would do to you if you pet them when
they don't want
to be petted.
They would first meow (no), maybe attempt to move away, then bite or
scratch you
lightly in ultimate annoyance.

(Some humans aren't even as smart as cat when it comes to learning
these types of things).

Being a cat owner sometimes means having to act or think like a cat,
and knowing
the subtle differences in meows and body language.

Then you're staying in bed far too late <g>

Leave the door open so they can get in..! I can't imagine waking up
without a cat next to me :-)

Ivor

My cats do not like closed doors, I believe they want to check
things out and would leave after doing so.
They are very curious :-)

Jan