All night cat shenanigins

the psycho-ologist

Hi everyone

I have two Siamese cats, barely a year old. They are both neutered. The thing is that all night long they race after each other at speeds that defy gravity. While they are racing around my apartment, they knock over objects in their path and generally make galluping noises that are very jarring. I can never sleep a full night anymore.

Question:
Is there a way to curb this behavior? They have plenty of toys. I play with them before I sleep, and they have each other to amuse all day long. Why must they do this at 3 am on a weekday night?

opossumqueen

Take some benedryl and sleep soundly

Aren't siamese the ones that are always getting into mischief in cartoons? Maybe that's just their nature at that young age.

the psycho-ologist

Apparently, but I thought those were just stereotypes of the siamese breed. I don't like benedryl, it makes me oversleep my alarm clock.

antigone

Not much you can do, since cats are nocturnal animals. Yours are still kittens and they will calm down as they get older, but our two adult cats have regular crazy attacks starting around 4 a.m. And I swear my male cat Raoul can hear my eyes open because if I wake up a little bit in the middle of the night, he jumps on the bed and demands a petting session. He tickles me with his whiskers till he gets his way. They also have worked out a good cat/bad cat routine to wake us up for breakfast.

newtoph

when i had my previous girl cat, she and Jackson used to do this sometimes (although they were 4 years apart). I'd just turn over, snap my fingers, and say "mama's sleeping. cut the shit". I don't know if it worked, but eventually they slowed down

caseopele

Flexi, I laughed when I read your post because I can totally picture you saying that in my head!

The Psycho-ologist, spray bottle. It's the only thing that gets my crazy cat Mumps to leave the birds alone while mommy's sleeping. He can go wreak havoc in another room!

littlegal

Had to reply because I have tried both of those techniques and can see each one working in certain circumstances. The snap and be quiet method works in certain circumstances. However, I have never yet found a cat that I wasn't able to train using the spray bottle method. Harmless and easy way to teach (most animals).

sweet tea

my cats *&^%ing LOVE the spray bottle. we used to use it, and they would wake us up just for the excitement. jerks.

only thing that really works, as far as i'm concerned, is securing the breakables and locking them out of the bedroom.

after a couple of hours, they get tired of sweeping their forepaws under the edge of the door....

mantic

Subject: Re: All night cat shenanigins

The Psycho-ologist wrote: Hi everyone

I have two Siamese cats, barely a year old. They are both neutered. The thing is that all night long they race after each other at speeds that defy gravity. While they are racing around my apartment, they knock over objects in their path and generally make galluping noises that are very jarring. I can never sleep a full night anymore.

Question:
Is there a way to curb this behavior? They have plenty of toys. I play with them before I sleep, and they have each other to amuse all day long. Why must they do this at 3 am on a weekday night?

To second the other replies, they are young and will grow out of it. Siamese are night cats.Otherwise do as advised, secure things that will break and close your door at night.
One thing that comes to mind when they come running through your room is to say No very loud with a sudden movement like kicking the covers up so it gets big. A couple of times should keep em scared not to mess with you when your sleeping. Don't be a wimp about it or they will make it a game. It might already be a game, which one can get you to move first.

the psycho-ologist

Subject: Thanks, everyone

Thanks everyone for your advice. I do use a spray bottle, when they approach too near my bed during their "shenanigans". I only let them cuddle with me if they don't pounce on my bed or play attack with my toes.

If I lock them in a room, they caterwaul all night until I let them out.
I guess I do have to wait until they get too old to play .. which may be never :roll: :roll: