Energy

I don’t want to have to do it, but I am going to have to go get a spray bottle for the cats. The past week they have started doing some middle of the night guerilla missions where they stalk and chase and attack each other.

If it was just keeping me up at night that wouls be one thing, but my room is dorectly over my grandmother’s room. That means when they start tearing across the room, you can hear it through the floor. If it wakes my grandmother and she comes up to invstigate/yell…

Yeah, no good. As it is, I have to lay the stool/carpet thing on it’s side during the nght because bean has knocked it over so many times. That thing makes quitea crash when it falls over, especially in the middle of the night.

I don’t know how to get them to be more calm during the night. I have already tried the whole “play with them until they are exhausted right before bedtime.” That made them sleep for a few hours and then wake up raring to go at 3 or 4 am anyway.

I am not looking to medicate them or anything like that. I was hoping that a sdden spritz from the water bottle will be enough to separate them and send them to their respective corners.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

j maximus

June 29, 2006

put them in a pillowcase for the night. they will settle their differences. (just kidding). try putting them in separate rooms for the night.

Cyclone

Have you tried taking them to bed with you and petting them till they fall asleep? Hopefully they can adjust to your schedule. Bean is a kitten so I’m sure she has tons of energy.

Melancholy

Cats are nighttime predators. Their instincts tell them to wake up and hunt at night. I sincerely doubt there’s anything you will be able to do to successfully stop this altogether. Even though cats are domesticated creatures, they still retain their wild instincts. As do dogs. Sowwy.

Ever wonder why dogs lick, lick, lick the air before they settle down to sleep? It’s a wild instinct leftover that is a sign to other dogs saying, “please don’t eat me, I’m very vulnerable right now.” Also, the circling they do before going to the bathroom or bedding down? It’s wild instinct from when they had to mush down tall grasses in the wild in order to poop or bed down. Funny ‘eh?

Cats are a mystery to me. Good luck.

Hrm…a good one…my cats have been really good about adjusting to sleeping at night. When it was an issues, I would leave lots of quiet toys out on the floor. Fuzzy mice, soft balls, etc. Most of my bedroom stuff is pretty solid, so I never had to worry about them knocking things over. If you do the spray bottle thing, it may discourage them playing together, which I don’t think you want. 🙁

Eeek, that’s a toughie. A spray bottle might be a temporary solution though. Sorry!!

Wayward_Woman

We have the same problem with our cats. That’s why we sleep with our bedroom door closed now. 🙂 No advice. Sorry.

yeah, it’s nearly impossible to get cats to sleep through the night. Although mine seem to do OK. But I got to bed really late. Plus, it’s no bother if they’re up running around, so mabye I just don’t notice. The spray bottle could work. I wish I was more helpful.

ninjabunny

July 2, 2006

cats are just nocturnal. i don’t think there’s much you can do. even if you separate them, they’ll still tear across the floor from time to time, chasing shadows or playing with something they found under the couch. i think your best bet is to put them somewhere at night that they either 1) can’t chase around too much (like a bathroom) or 2) let them sleep on the lowest level of the house.