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| 1089.1 | Would you want to sleep outside?? | FIDDLE::GERRY | Go ahead, make me PURRR... | Wed Feb 03 1988 09:33 | 4 |
| How about putting them in the cellar, or in another room that can
be closed off??
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| 1089.2 | Kitty Bedroom | MED::SECRETARY | What's snew? | Wed Feb 03 1988 09:48 | 12 |
| Our answer to this problem is to put Carrington and Colby "to bed"
each night in the bathroom.
We have a small night-light left on for them along with plenty of
food, water and toys. They take turns sleeping in the sink and opening
the cabinet door with their paws and watching it bounce shut.
They are used to this arrangement, and know when they hear, "time
for *aaalll* kities to go to bed" in a high kitty-owner voice that
it's time to go into *their* room.
-Chris
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| 1089.3 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Wed Feb 03 1988 12:17 | 3 |
| Try tuckering them out with games in the evening so they'll sleep
thru the night.
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| 1089.4 | I know how you feel... | FSHQOA::RWAXMAN | | Wed Feb 03 1988 12:19 | 25 |
| I can sympathize with your situation. My kitty, Chauncey, is a
terror when we are asleep. If we close the bedroom door, he scratches
at it until we acknowledge his presence, and if we leave it open
he claws the bed in an effort to wake us up. Usually, he wants
nothing more than some attention, but it got to the point where
I was getting up three to four times a night catering to his every
whim and desire. Finally, I decided to keep him outside in an effort
to have a peaceful night's sleep. Since I live in an apartment
building, I prop open the main door of the building for him so he
can get back in and he sleeps in the hallway until I wake up and
let him back inside. Everyone in my building just loves him, and
he loves to be out at night - does not put up a fuss AT ALL.
We will be moving soon into a new townhouse with a cellar and plan
to keep him down there at night if he does not want to go outside.
I think the suggestion of confining the cats to another room in
the house is a good one - just make sure it is as far away from
the bedroom as possible so you don't hear the "I want to get out"
noises.
Good luck! Let us know what happens, as many of us have this same
problem with our kitties.
/Roberta
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| 1089.6 | Third shift solution | RHODES::WARD | Trouble follows me everywhere | Thu Feb 04 1988 01:05 | 10 |
| Working third shift would solve the problem of being woke up at
3:00 in the morning :-) . Seriously though, my hubby hasn't complained
about Trouble waking him up until 6:05 when she starts walking across
his pillow. She does however try to wake me in the early afternoon.
I've just recently tried ignoring her (she usually wants to share/steal
my pillow to sleep on). So far it isn't working but you give me
hope Karen. All the ideas so far sound good.
Bernice
Mother of Trouble
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| 1089.7 | A Bedroom all their own | WELSWS::CLIFTON | Pole-vaulting pussy | Thu Feb 04 1988 05:29 | 22 |
| Thanks alot for all your suggestions, I'll see if I can try some out.
Unfortunately, unlike some of the decent sized houses you have across the water,
we dont have anything close to resembling a cellar or basement (We have a small
house, and I mean really small; I just hope Sooty and Sox don't grow too much
more).
The idea of putting them in a seperate room sounds good, we've got a
fairly decent sized second bedroom, however I'm a little concerned for the
safety of the carpets. When they were very small kittens we kept them in the
hallway at night and after a couple of months the carpets were ruined where they
had tried to get into the kitchen and front room; I think they thought they
could dig under the doors. Can anyone suggest a way of stopping the carpets
getting shredded ??
This may not be a problem soon, since like Roberta (Re .4) we too will
hopefully be moving. It's amazing how your feline friends can affect your
choice of houses. We have seen lots that *we* like, but that are not equipped
to handle our furry friends; you know, road too busy, garden too small for them
to play in, no space for a cat-flap; and so it goes on...
Paul.
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| 1089.8 | Ah tishoooo....pepper | IPG::KCAMPBELL | Pussycat Power! | Fri Feb 05 1988 05:12 | 10 |
| Hello Paul,
If you read note 1090.0 you'll see we've had a similar problem with
our carpet...and had to take a drastic measure.
But to discourage the scratching someone suggested sprinkling
cat pepper or ordinary black pepper round the "area". Might be
worth a try...
Karen
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| 1089.9 | Bless You | WELSWS::CLIFTON | Pole-vaulting pussy | Fri Feb 05 1988 09:22 | 9 |
| Thanks Karen,
I'll give that a try.
Paul.
PS. They might keep us up all night with their sneezing now !!???
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| 1089.10 | Let them spend the nite... | ITSBIG::VACCARI | | Mon Feb 08 1988 17:08 | 9 |
| We had the same problem... they would drive me crazy at nite...
I used to kick them out of the bedroom and keep the door shut and
they'd run around down stairs and the next morning I find lamps
tipped over, the trash all over the kitchen and so on... Sooo, I
decided to let them sleep in my room and close them off to the rest
of the house... at first it didn't work too well... they wanted
to play most of the night... but eventually the figured it out:
nite time is for sleeping. Now they spend the night and not a peep
out of them... except they sometimes hog the bed :-)
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