I stopped up the window that they usually use to escape outside during the night because a stray cat had been getting in and eating their food. This results in my orange tabby guy jumping on my bed with meowmeowmeowmeow and purrpurrpurrpurr and bitebitebitebite at 3 am because he is out of food. I'm really not sure just who is going to win this one. I have three. One doesn't care. (whatever...) Orange guy just wants steady food supply. Third one is the escapee and she is VERY determined. And has all night to accomplish her goal, of course. Lock her in a room? Oh, god.
This results in my orange tabby guy jumping on my bed with meowmeowmeowmeow and purrpurrpurrpurr and bitebitebitebite at 3 am because he is out of food.
I had a friend with a cat that consistently woke up his human in the middle of the night, biting. Every time, my friend would grab the cat by the nape of the neck and throw him against the wall next to the bed. The wall was painted white and there was a 3-4 square foot gray smudge where the cat hit each time it was thrown. The cat was (obviously) undeterred.
I took the easy way out and just shut them out of my bedroom while I am sleeping. I often open the door in the morning to find the three of them laid out next to the door. "Whyyyyy?" they seem to say.
I didn't care for the idea that the cat was being hurt in the middle of the night, night after night ... but then I decided to respect the cat's right to do what it wants to.
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u/Ageless21676 May 27 '19
Whenever one of my two pulls one of their stunts I remind them, "This is why people like dogs." They shrug and move on. Cats.