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    jisushika Posts: 7, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 23, 2008, 02:49 PM
    Cat bothering us at 4am! EVERY NIGHT!
    My bedroom door and my mother's bedroom door are right across from each other. We don't let our one year old cat sleep with us because he's quite the curious little guy, he gets into EVERYTHING :P

    For the last two weeks now he's been coming to our doors at 4am and scratching and meowing for a LONG time. He'll scratch our doors, the carpet, and trying pushing them open by standing on his back legs against the door.

    We've tried everything... We've tried ignoring him, we've tried letting him sleep with us, we've tried playing with him a bit till he calms down, we've sprayed him with water to try to get him away. Nothing seems to work, he comes back every night!

    What should we do!
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    Nov 23, 2008, 05:38 PM

    Can you think of what changed (your or Mom's routine, say? Other?) 2 weeks ago? Might help to know. You just never know what will kick a cat into new behavior.

    What was his routine wake-up time before?

    He's fixed, right?

    Is the cat hungry? Or thirsty? Would a later evening feeding, say, help?

    Of course he's a young cat and he's probably got bunches of extra energy, so...
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    Nov 24, 2008, 12:15 AM

    Nothing's changed in our patterns, we always go to bed around 10 or 11... My mom wakes up around 6 and I around 7. I have a bathroom inside my room but my mom doesn't so she has to leave her room about 2 in the morning to go... But he's used to that.

    He's fixed, and we always leave him plenty of food and water at night time.

    He's got TONS of energy XD But he never used to bother us.
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    Nov 26, 2008, 04:01 AM

    Maybe just new hormones kicking in (or out) as he gets older... ya never know.


    Note the Tylenol solution provided to Angelstar (previous question) by her vet for a somewhat similar problem. But her's was an "all night" issue. Still, it might reset something in that little cat brain if you got him on a different schedule with Tylenol. BUT check with your vet.

    You might also check Cat Behavior Problems: Bad Behavior in Cats, Aggressive Behavior, and Prevention and Control Methods or Morris Animal Foundation

    And see if they have any insight.

    Good luck.

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