my dog cries it gets a bit bored and only cries for a period time

Any idea of how to break this pattern.. I heard of squirting him with a bit of water every time he does this.. but i am exhausted and need some sleep.. any ideas?

A cat always wants to be on the other side of the door. It's just the way they are. Be like me and remove the door from it's hinges and allow the cat free access to your bedroom. I have to sometimes share the bed with 3 cats only because the 4th one would rather sit on a pet bed in the corner of the room.

Since he's still a baby he's probably scared of being by himself for a while.

It could be that that's when he wakes up and realises there isn't anyone with him and he realises that the doorway is nearest to where you are. Get a clock and wrap it in blankets and place it in a basket with faux-fur lining it. That way the kitten might think it's another kitten or cat and think he should just be there and hopefully asleep. he may also be hungry so putting down some kitten feed and water or even some toys and a litter tray near him might help as well that way he can attend to his needs according to whatever they are and feel content and hopefully snooze some more.

Is he cold in the night? Could you put a heat pad/ hot water bottle under his bedding? Cats rarely stir if they are warm

Our cat is full grown and still does this behavior at night. It would seem she just simply wants to snuggle on a warm body to go to sleep, most cats and especially kittens love a warm lap or even just to lay behind yer legs acting as a bun warmer lol! They are very social animals for the most part which makes sense being born in a litter and a pack enviroment, they become accustom to sleeping with others for warmth and a sense of security/wellbeing. So when they are shut out from the persons they now rely on for this warmth and security, it would make sense that they cry out loud, this is how they attempt to tell you something is wrong or uncomfortable for them is all. As i said, my cat is full grown but she will still do this in the middle of the night to tell me something is not right. There are various things she could be telling me so i don't ignore her unless i know its just her asking if we might feed her earlier than the normal 5:30am, and that does happen on occassion, and we do get up and feed her, however this is because even tho we leave her dry 24/7 we also feed her a small can of wet twice daily at breakfast and dinner for proper nutrition. Wet provides other nutritional essentials that dry cannot so we vary her diet for her health. Anyway, if its not that it could be other reasons like one night she was meowing and the spraybar in our fishtank had come undone and was literally pouring water all over the floor!!!! Another time one of my clown loaches had actually jumped out of the tank and rather than she eat him, she howled until i got up to see what was wrong and saved my fish as a result!!! and the really major time she was howling the neighbors kitchen was on fire!!! one of the guys got up and was making top ramen, he laid back down and fell asleep on the couch and the noodles caught on fire and burnt the entire stove area before i finally woke them up pounding on their slider door!!! but it was cat that noticed the fire and woke me up!!! So there can be a number of reasons for them to howl in the middle of the night, and altho you want to break her of the habit cuz snuggling with her at night is not something you care to do, be sure to at least get up and pet her for a few minutes and while yer up just walk around and make sure everything is ok in your home and maybe even look out the window to make sure its ok outside as well before dismissing it all together. Its just something to get used to being a pet owner really, they do try to tell you when something is not right in their world, and eventually she/he will learn what you will and wont give in to and they will stop the meowing cuz they will know it won't change the outcome when they do it. Just have a little more patience for that to sink in and it should stop. I hope my ramblings gave you some insight on what she/he might be thinking-just a humble catlovers opinion here, i'm hoping it helped some.

I have the same problam...we shut the door and he cries, so we let him in and he walks around the room crying. he will sit on the dresser and stare at you and cry. we have tried the water bottle but its a temp. fix. he is only 2 yrs old. he is fixed. i think he suffers from seperation anxiety? I dont know what to do anymore...i work shift work and its driving me nuts hearing him every night....night after night... does anyone have any ideas?

I think maybe he just wants to be with you.

How about another cat to keep yours company?

I am responding to another answer someone gave. NEVER lock your cat in a carrier all night without food or litter box. That is simply punishment. Squirting with water for crying is also punishment. Your cat has behaviors that you may not understand, but she loves you and I do think that you understand that. But just because she doesn't show her love for you when it is necessarily convenient is no reason to punish. When she call out, try sweetly calling her name back to her a few times. Perhaps put a sleeping basket outside your door if you don't want to let her in. But don't ever lock her in a carrier for incorrect behavior. She has no way of connecting that treatment with crying out. In fact, you will make her even more nervous if you do that.

Our cat does this too, and he's 3 years old. We thought it was primarily about food, but even when food is available he'll dance on our heads starting around 3:30. Cats are largely semi-nocturnal. Most of them adopt our sleeping patterns but there's always that cat who has his own schedule. We've tried water guns, keeping out of the room, putting him in another room...nothing really helps. The only thing we've noticed that makes a difference is keeping him up until we go to bed. From around 7 pm until bed, we make sure he doesn't nap. This keeps him tired enough to make it through most of the night with us. You're lucky in that your little one is still a kitten. If you can make keeping him awake in the evening a regular habit, you may be able to train him to sleep though the night. Good luck.