7:00ish--Arrive home to clean Cat's litter box and supply cat with fresh food and water
7:10ish--survey apartment for any Cat damage--note that Cat likes to scatter and chase the pebbles from my potted tree--eh...could be worse. Find all scattered pebbles and put them back in planter, even if the effort is futile.
7:20--play with Cat.
7:40-10:00--attempt to complete homework while Cat tries climbing on my computer, my keyboard, my back, and just generally being curious and annoying and distracting
10:30--go to bed--close door because Cat has a habit of hopping onto the foot of my bed. No bueno.
10:05--listen to Cat yowling at door and think that she'll get over it
10:15--Cat is still yowling
10:20--let Cat in, and drag her bed in too.
10:25--Cat is in her bed, I'm in mine. Bueno.
2 am-- Cat is at foot of my bed. Spray Cat in face with water and boot her back to her bed.
2:01-- repeat...twice.
2:05-- Cat is back in my bed. Move Cat and Cat's bed out of the room and shut the door.
2:05--Back to my bed with Cat yowling miserably at the door. Don't care--go to sleep.
6:15--Wake up to find Cat sleeping at my door, not in cat bed. Cat wakes up and sneezes. Feel bad--the floor is cold. Must find a solution. *Sigh* Cat--just sleep in your bed. Gosh!
Found possible solutions on Yahoo:
- Feed your cats on a schedule, and stick to that schedule. Twice a day is usually fine. If they are used to being fed any time they meow loud enough, then your problem will never end. An automatic feeder can solve this problem
- Schedule fifteen minute play sessions several times per day and especially right before you go to bed.
- After playing, feed them a nice hearty meal; wet food is best. The combination of having a full belly and being worn out from playing will make your cats less likely to pester you at night.
- Keep your bedroom door shut, so that your cat can't physically wake you up.
- Eliminate boredom. Make sure they have toys available to play with by themselves.
- Be aware that any reaction from you, positive or negative, will actually encourage your cat to go on with the attention seeking behavior.
- Never feed your cat as soon as you wake up. This will make her believe that you got up specifically to cater to her. She has to realize that YOU are in charge of mealtime, not her.
So basically I should play with Cat then feed her, and make Cat stay out of my bedroom. Makes sense.
I don't think I'm much of a cat person--I like that I can be gone for hours, heck days, and they'll be fine, but I really like puppies :)
I don't think I'm much of a cat person--I like that I can be gone for hours, heck days, and they'll be fine, but I really like puppies :)
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