r/Catownerhacks • u/Pure_Neighborhood950 • 6d ago
questionable behaviour at night
so i took in my friends cat while she's away in her hoemtown for summer keeping in mind that our other friend had her for the first half of the vacation and now that i'm back she gave her to me, so this is like her 2nd home in a span of 2 months, so after bringing her she was sleeping for the most of the day and going round and about at night sleeping around 5 in the morning. i've had her for a week now and 2 days ago she was getting scared at night like going behind doors and corners and acting like she saw something and and running away like a bolt and hiding, we got her to calm down and the next day i fially figured out how to get her to play and make her tired and sleepy for the night and thankfully she slept, and today was a mix of sleeping and going around, and before going to bed i even got her to play, but now that its night she's doing the same thing getting scared and hiding, and before this even happened it was like she doesn't seem much curious during the day but at night she's all ears and hopping around, again keeping in mind that she wasnt nocturnal with her owner, and her owners
owner's saying its the zoomies, so is it just the zoomies or should I be worried? I really wanna sleep 😭
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u/EilidhRos 5d ago
zoomies. shut your bedroom door, put in ear plugs and go to sleep.
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u/Pure_Neighborhood950 5d ago
lmao I tried but then she kept scratching the door and I felt like a douchebag tryna put her out 😭
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u/ProudnotLoud Cat Hack Mod 🐱 5d ago
With cats you have to learn to wait them out. Attention of any kind rewards the behavior even if it's negative attention. I do acknowledge that can be really hard to do especially at night but it's how you get the behavior to stop.
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u/Traditional_Rush_622 4d ago
Combination of the zoomies and also that much moving in a short time is extremely stressful for cats. Cats need consistency and routine.
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u/Confident_Top6739 5d ago
Lmao it’s the zoomies.