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My cats are taking advantage of me, help

Posted: Oct 26, 2009

Besides taking the vacuum cleaner and sucking these brats up in the cleaner, how can I do this. Every morning bright and early, around 6 or so, they stand outside my bedroom door and meow for their breakfast. I have tried sitting out food late of a night so maybe that will carry them over until I want to get up and it is not 6 in the morning. I do not start my work day until noon so I try to sleep until 8 or so because I watch TV so late of a night. The nights my husband is home there is no problem with the kitties. I think they have lost respect for me but how to regain. I sure could use those extra 2 hours beauty sleep.

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Cats - momt

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I keep a big bowl of dry food filled full at all times. My cat can help herself when she is hungry. She is not fat from overfeeding. Saves me a lot of wear and tear. I give her extra tidbits at other times. If you try this and your kitties still meow outside your door, they are wanting love, not food. My cat follows me around all morning when I first get up. Hope this helps!

cats - meow

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Sounds like you let them control the situation. Cats can be taught, it just takes a little more patience than say, a dog. If you ignore that behavior long enough, and don't reward the early morning meowing, they will stop. Also try using a water pistol. It's harmless and lets them know when they are behaving in a way that is unacceptable. Very quickly all you'll need to do is show them the pistol and they'll get it. (tried this myself for my midnight meower, he's very well behaved and now listens to simple verbal commands; "NO, STOP, GET DOWN".) good luck and remember, be patient.

Needing love- that is all they get all day long!!!! - Lynne

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I also have dried food out all the time and when I get up and feed those meow kids they are gulping it down like they never have seen food. They are petted, held and told every day how loved they are- so much that when I say, hey sweetie, how is my baby - my hubby says oh I am fine. Say not talking to you, talking to the cats and he said must have known.

LOL! Don't they all?? - lrlady

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I think that is just a cat's nature to take advantage of us humans! When my daughter left for college her 2 cats bothered the heck out of me, kneading dough on my head at 5 a.m., licking me constantly while I was trying to sleep. Just giving them some attention and losing a little sleep for the first couple of weeks until they got to used her not being there really helped. That's not to say I wasn't annoyed at times. It does sound like they just want more love but, of course, on THEIR time schedule NOT yours! LOL

Kitties hungry? - A Kat Lady

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If it is not a behavior issue and they are in good health, another possibility is that their food is not satisfying to them. Cats are obligate carnivores. If their food is mostly grains and glutens, they may still be hungry. Maybe a different kibble? I switched all my cats to canned food without by-products or fillers and grain-free kibble after the horrible pet food recalls in 2007. They are fed twice a day plus late night snack and are no longer hungry all the time.

Mine know that breakfast isn't until about 9:30, but - when they do pull that stunt, (sm)

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I yell at them or throw something at them that'll make a lot of noise. That usually takes care of it.

OR: You could get one of those wonderful little ultrasonic cat-repellants. I posted earlier about something called "Cat-Scram". Runs on a 9-volt battery, or you can get a wire to plug it into a socket. You could just set it outside your door at night when you go to bed, and if the cats come withint about 12-15 feet of it, it'll emit an annoying, high-pitched sound that cats HATE, but humans can't hear. So even if they do meow, they'd probably have to stay far enough from your door that you wouldn't hear it.

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