What do I do about the midnight cat crazies?
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Nellie Wise Gamgee
ANSWERS: 7
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Learn to live with it. You can not end the behavior, change the behavior or even ask them to kindly reschedule that event for say 3 PM instead of 3 AM.
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This has come up a few times when we have adopted a new adult cat. We tried two things. One was to ignore it COMPLETELY, no reactionat all. When the cat saw that the 'family' slept at night and didn't come join (yell, stomp down the stairs, chase them) they stopped after about 1 week. That did not work with one very active male kitty. So we got a crate (dog crate) and placed him in it at bedtime. He yeowled a bit but finally stopped. Afte about one week we let him out and he's been okay since. However we had a small rep=lapse after we moved cross country. He started being up all night. We tried the ignoring thing and he finally gave up. At least this time he didn't race around the room and jump off shelves and race up curtains :-)
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not much they pretty much do what they want to do.ust don't be in there way when they do it.
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Make sure your feet are not sticking out of the end of the bed and if they are, do not move them, at all.
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Hehehe, sorry yours is at midnight. Ours is usually around 9 and I just watch the show and laugh at them. I would say I wouldn't be laughing as much if it were at midnight.
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Enjoy it. One day they'll be too old to run around like that.
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Get earplugs if it really bothers you. And if you value your body parts, lay perfectly still. I personally think it is funny to hear them running around and entertaining themselves. Ours usally happens around 1 am.
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