Do your cats let you sleep through the night?

My Guys are generally good. Sassy goes to bed when I do and sleeps in the same place beside my pillow most of the night. Linus comes and goes and will nuzzle my hand when he wants to be petted. If I put my hand on him he will then lay down and go to sleep. Pixie also comes and goes but she doesn't stay to long preferring to sleep in my armchair or her basket.

When Bingley first came to me, he would wake me up in the night (around 3 am) wanting out. Slowly he came around to staying in all night and letting me sleep (he is also now an indoor only kitty, so he's come a long way). Rather than being my alarm clock to get up in the morning he is my bedtime alarm. Right around 11 pm every night be comes and sits in the middle of the living room floor and stares at me until I head off to bed at which time he gets in his bed at the same time and settles down. He will wake me around 6 am wanting petted. This is when he is his most affectionate (and I love it).

When Pippin first came, I tried to let him hang out with Bingley and I all night, but he just wouldn't settle down so he would be put in "his" room for the night (with food, water, and a litter box). He didn't protest if I took the time to sit in there with him and essentially give him his goodnight love. After a couple of months that no longer worked and I decided to try letting him have the run of the apartment again. It may take him a minute to settle down, but he knows that once I'm in bed he can play in the living room, but the bedroom is just for sleeping. We've had a month of that and he is doing just fine.

I consider myself lucky.

Originally Posted by Piccadilly

When Bingley first came to me, he would wake me up in the night (around 3 am) wanting out. Slowly he came around to staying in all night and letting me sleep (he is also now an indoor only kitty, so he's come a long way). Rather than being my alarm clock to get up in the morning he is my bedtime alarm. Right around 11 pm every night be comes and sits in the middle of the living room floor and stares at me until I head off to bed at which time he gets in his bed at the same time and settles down. He will wake me around 6 am wanting petted. This is when he is his most affectionate (and I love it).

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Awww My cousin's dog used to do that too. He would sit at the stairs and whimper when it was bed time.

I'm very lucky, I rarely get woken up by the girls! Stumpy occasionally brings a noisy toy into the bedroom, and this morning I was woken at 6:30 by the sound of her getting ready to barf, but apart from that, they're very good.

My kittens are wonderful at night - complete opposite of daytime They all sleep under the covers with me, and don't bother me until the alarm goes off when they all start meowing and want some cuddles before I get up.

Mitties is good till about 4 a.m. when she starts her running around, scratching at things, playing, etc. All of this doesn't bother me until she starts meowing out of boredom and hunger. And she WON'T STOP! She will sit just out of reach and yowl, then when I get up she'll run under the table. I refuse to give in and feed her that early, so I've been picking her up and carrying her to the spare room where she has toys, soft beds, water, a litter box and a window with a bird feeder to keep her occupied. Then I close the door and go back to bed. I don't hear a peep out of her after that and I can get my sleep!

Abby does. However, Chynna doesn't. She is a very demanding cat and will do anything to wake me up! Usually it's nonstop walking across my head, or constantly licking my nose. However if that doesn't work then she goes and torments Abby who likes to sleep in the closet on a box. Chynna knows that if she makes Abby scream that I will get up and put a stop to it. So that has become a morning ritual.

Chynna is very hard of hearing now and can't hear me when I yell, so I find myself keeping small items by the bed so I can throw them at her to get her attention Today I tossed 2 spoons, bottle of ear drops, ointment, cat brush, book mark, 4 paperback novels, and 3 comic books her way and she still didn't move! I ended up having to get out of bed and physically move her from in front of the closet where Abby was cowering, growling and screaching.

I'm going to Walmart today and on my list of things to buy is a spray bottle. I don't usually advocate spaying water at animals, but in this case I'd rather spray a stream of water than keep throwing things at her.

For the most part, the girls let me sleep through the night. Although Cleo gets me up bright and early (4 am) to feed her. Once in a while, Lola will talk to her fuzzy balls during the night, as she's playing with them, but usually she's curled up beside me, sleeping.

Our kitty sleeps with us all night until one of us gets up in the morning to feed her breakfast. She has her own pillow.

My cats usually do let me sleep through the night. I haven't had a problem with them and they sleep in bed with me .

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

I'm going to Walmart today and on my list of things to buy is a spray bottle. I don't usually advocate spaying water at animals, but in this case I'd rather spray a stream of water than keep throwing things at her.

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A bit of water on their butt always gets their attention. Once they realise the water bottle is annoying, you can just put it on mist, and they recognise the sound of the bottle spraying and stop (depends on how had of hearing Chynna is though!).

We let Silvia roam through most of the house at night, so she rarely gets into our room to wake us up. But she goes nutts in the morning when she hears us wake up to get ready for work.

If the bobcats stay out all night (in their secure enclosure) I get to sleep in, especially with Aurora. Aurora loves to keep me sleeping by snuggling and purring. But, if the bobcats are in the house, they will not let me sleep past 5am

I wonder if it has a lot to do with free feeding or not. When I used to leave food in her bowl at all times, I don't remember her waking us up. Ever since I started rationing her food a few years ago, she can't wait for breakfast.

Although this morning, she had me up at 4 a.m. so I fed her. Then when the alarm went off at 5:45 a.m., she heard it and wouldn't stop meowing. She knows that means we will be getting up right away, and I think she just gets bored. But it's funny. Once we get up, she goes back to bed!

Zane is such a lazy lump that it is more a matter of my letting him sleep thorough the night. If I have to go to the bathroom, I have to be careful not to disturb him when I get up--and often when I come back he hasn't moved.

Gosh, it must be hard to sleep with all these naughty cats!!!

Kit is pretty good. He knows that when we shut the light off, his humans are down for the count, haha. We usually leave the bedroom door open a crack so he can come and go as he pleases, which seems to work, as far as him letting us sleep. Occasionally, he'll get a hold of one of his noisy bell-ball toys and start batting it around the (wood-floored!) bedroom or hallway, which will wake us up. He does eventually come in to sleep with us, usually either by our feet, or cuddled up to my fiancee, who he adores, haha.

After reading some of the other posts in this thread, I realize how blessed I am!

Like Lisalee, I am a restless sleeper. If I stir, then Butzie wants some loving. If I get up to go to the bathroom, then she comes in to supervise and watch the toilet flush.

Kaylee likes to curl up next to my head after I'm asleep. I wake up and think it's cute and don't want to move her, but it's hard to breathe with a cat butt in my face, so I roll over and scoot closer to my husband, but then she'll just move closer and closer until she's basically stolen my pillow. Adorable, but sooner or later the lack of sleep is going to get to me...

i did not make him to learn like that in his childhood days.actually its not hygenic keeping cats in our bed.the hair of the cat is dangerous and can cause respiratory problems. so that idea is actually a Big No No for me.

Regards,
Shaun