HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Fuzzyduck — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:50:52 GMT

A friend of mine had this problem, she bought a scat mat. I think imported from USA. Which when the cat walks on it delivers a static shock. She puts it outside the bedroom door and now after a few months doesn't even have to switch it on as the cats won't go anywhere near it.

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Sal the 1st — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:28:12 GMT

for a good nights sleep tonight as well

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Jenblob2 — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:47:23 GMT

Thanks for all the suggestions!! He didn't bother us last night so I am hoping that these few tricks are working. Even though I did frequently wake up throughout the night, think I must just be expecting to get disturbed now! I basically just did everything suggested, all doors left open so he could explore, fed small meal just before bed, bit of play time (even though he is really lazy and the youngest just gets in the way because she wants to play!), and put biscuits all around the house (which again, I'm pretty sure the youngest just went round and munched up most of, hence her name, Monkey!).

Have closed bedroom door today so maybe he'll get to realise that he doesn't need to go in there at any time. He doesn't sleep in my bedroom during the day anyway.

Anyway, hopefully another quiet night tonight!

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Amy Homer. RVN. NCert A&CC — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 06:37:46 GMT

could be worth trying some zylken and feliway. may just calm them a bit. i feel your pain, my prev 6kg cat used to sleep on my head! not ideal! x

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Sal the 1st — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:15:24 GMT

the other thing I meant to mention this morning - as you have only recently moved then exploring the house at night might still be a bit of a novelty and as time goes on it might cease to be so interesting as your cat becomes more settled into a new routine (either that or you get used to the cats new routine and it ceases to bother you, which I feel has probably happened in my case ) its only when I hear items of furniture hit the deck that I stir/intervene these days - and then its usually the grandfather clock that cops it when they are in that kind of mood

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

WTF_dinosaur — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:50:44 GMT

My cat can be a little monster munch if i dont tire him out before bedtime. When i get home i leave the window open for him to go out and play, until my partner and me are ready to go up, then when i get him in i feed him the rest of his dinner, he then finishes his dinner and sleeps in his room all night, dont normally hear a peep from him until our alarms go of in the morning:)

As your worried about letting him out to late (luckily i dont have that problem no one else would want my baby haha!) just engage in play with him for like half hour -a hour before you go to bed, and told of his feeding until later (the whole hunt, eat, sleep scenario).

Hope this helps a tad:) Good luck with your little Monsters!

Re: HELP!! My cat is soo annoying at night, Ideas??

Sal the 1st — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:49:06 GMT

I have two that do this . My solution is to feed them bit later (if they will let me) with small amount of ration in the bowl and the rest gets hidden around the house for them to spend time finding.Mine are only interested in doors and going through them if they are closed so at night all the internal doors(except kitchen) are open and for me this works. One thing that I have found really useful in the winter is to leave the top drawer open (doesnt work with a bottom drawer for mine!) on a chest of drawers in my room, replace its contents with one of their blankets and 9 times out of 10 either one of both will be asleep in it when I get up in the morning.

Most cats I know are more active at night

Have you tried having a regular playtime with him so he uses a bit of his excess energy before bed time?