My cat (male, 11 years old) likes to knock things off of my nightstand. He knocks off full soda cans, phones, paper... anything. How do I get him to stop?
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ha ha I have a cat who does this too! I dont know if you can make them stop...
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by removing all the stuff you have on your nightstand. I kid you not.
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He is obviously short of money. Cashing in drink cans, pawning your phones etc. Perhaps he needs a second job and/or financial advice? Does he seem troubled or under the influence of anything - which could be draining his finances... communication is the key. Good luck!
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Get a spray bottle fill it with water, every time he tries to do it spray at him. doing for about a week.he might think if he does it he will get sprayed.
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Does he like sitting or sleeping on your nightstand? If so maybe he does not like anything else to be on it so he clears it all off. You may just have to keep it clear when he is around.
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Maybe he's clumsy! My cats used to drag full loaves of bread of the counter and drag them onto 6 foot tall dressers. They stopped because we caught them in the act.
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You can't MAKE a cat do anything...he may be resentful of anything close to your bed that he perceives as being important to you; he may simply be trying to get close to you; this may be a bid for attention, especially at bedtime; he may simply be having vision problems, trying to get up on the bed with you and using the nightstand without regard for whatever else is on it. Try lifting him on the bed when you are retiring for the night so he doesn't have to get there by himself, see if it helps. If he has trouble leaping from surface to surface during the day without knocking things over, however, I would take him to the vet and ask to have his vision checked. "Laz's Mouse says Hi, Pretty Kitty!"
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Well cats can be trained you know...have you ever seen a cat do tricks?
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hahahah Mine does this to! She would knock my deodorant over and lean over to watch it fall to the ground. I always thought she like to see thing fall, makes her feel powerful like Catzilla
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Stop rewarding him for it! Obviously you've trained him to do this by giving him the attention he craves when he does it. Find another way to give him attention - buy him a new toy, and give him attention when he plays with it? - but ice him out when he gets on your nightstand. Until he retrains you to pay attention when he plays with the toy, keep stuff off of your nightstand.
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