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| 155.1 | Clear tape | RLAV::BARRETT | Is it safe? | Fri Jan 24 1992 06:38 | 12 |
| Hi,
Sounds like you have a cute and normal kitten on your hands...
A friend told me something about stopping scratching on furniture,
and I didn't believe her until I tried it. Try putting clear tape
(packing tape or something stronger than scotch) on the areas of the
furniture your kitten is scratching. It doesn't look fantastic, but it
is pretty hard to see, and it helped with my three monsters. They just
don't like to scratch it.
Sue B., Smokey, Spike & Trouble
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| 155.2 | Some suggestions | SELECT::FEASE | Andrea Midtmoen Fease | Fri Jan 24 1992 08:24 | 29 |
| Hi Donna,
Since kitties are nocturnal, and usually sleep during the day,
it's only natural that they're rev'ed up and ready to go around 3:00 or
4:00 AM. Here are some suggestions; they've worked for us, but I can't
guarantee that they will work for you ;-) :
1). Try playing with her before going to bed. Make her use up
at least some of her energy; maybe you'll be able to postpone
her scratching for an hour or two.
2). Try a second cat. They will keep each other busy, and maybe
she will go to play with her companion rather than waking up
Mom and Dad. Of course, this may backfire and they'll both
play kitty-Indy500 on the bed ;-) .
3). Try a scratching post. There is a note somewhere either here
or in the old notesfile about getting kitties to use them, but
what I'm thinking here is that if she has an "okay" place to
scratch, she might not mind using it instead of the "not-okay"
place (the bed).
4). Spay your kitten. I found with my female kitten, even more so
than my male, that she calmed down and has had a lot less
crazy energy since she's been spayed.
Hope these help!
- Andrea
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| 155.3 | put him out when he does this | TEGAN::LACORTI | | Fri Jan 24 1992 10:11 | 9 |
| Chief usually waits until 6ish to wake me up. Sometimes though he
is a big pain the middle of night, running around, dropping things,
etc. I will try a firm no for a while and if that does not work I
will then, at that point, lock him out. I will wait until I think
he has calmed down and let him back in. If he acts up again he is
out for good for the night. He knows better now that an sleeping
mom who gets angry is no fun.
Sandy
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| 155.4 | Will try... | FSOA::DHALL | Just another day in the jungle | Fri Jan 24 1992 10:12 | 17 |
| Hi there,
Thanks for the replies. We will try some of your suggestions.
The cutest thing about this is before she starts scratching the
bed at 4am, she comes and licks our hands or faces. What a way
to wake up! ;-)
In fact, I just sent away for the spay certificate from the
Friends of Animals this week. I learned about that in this
conference and it was a great help. My local vet was charging
$75 for spaying.
I have not had a kitten for a long time (like 10 years) so I
relearning some stuff.
Donna
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| 155.5 | sleepless nights! | CSSE32::PANTO | "STRIKE A POSE" | Tue Jan 28 1992 12:45 | 15 |
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Hi! We have two kittens, Max and Zorro. They're 10 months old now.
When we first got them, (they're brothers), they would sleep with us
and wake us up at 3:00 am licking our faces. We finally put them
outside our bedroom door so we could sleep. When they were about
8 months old and nuetered, we let them sleep with us again to see
if they changed. They woke us up at 5 am. They've gotten better,
but they still wake up us during the night. Usually it's just me.
Either they play together on the bed, or if we shut the bedroom door,
they sit there and scratch at the door. We started letting them go
outside when they were 9 months old and they've been sleeping until
at least 6 or 7 am.
Good Luck!
Melissa
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