I mentioned in my thread (Kittens!!!) about Spencer and Katie, that I turn my cats/kittens sleep/wake pattern to my own by keeping them awake during the day so that they sleep during the night when I'm sleeping.
I've gotten a couple of PMs asking for more information on how to do this and asking for help with various schedules.
I want to clarify that I am not an expert in getting cats turned around in their sleep/wake cycle. I just applied to them what worked for me when I worked shift work and wanted to turn myself around from days to nights or nights back to days. I knew I had to keep myself awake for the period of time that I normally slept so that I would be tired and want to sleep when my body had become used to being awake.
On my last day of working nights and I wanted to turn around to staying awake during the day, instead of going to sleep when I got home from night shift, I stayed up that entire day and went to bed early in the evening.
I just applied that same technique to my cats so that they are in the same sleep/wake cycle that I'm on.
Beyond that, I can't really offer any further suggestions.
I've gotten a couple of PMs asking for more information on how to do this and asking for help with various schedules.
I want to clarify that I am not an expert in getting cats turned around in their sleep/wake cycle. I just applied to them what worked for me when I worked shift work and wanted to turn myself around from days to nights or nights back to days. I knew I had to keep myself awake for the period of time that I normally slept so that I would be tired and want to sleep when my body had become used to being awake.
On my last day of working nights and I wanted to turn around to staying awake during the day, instead of going to sleep when I got home from night shift, I stayed up that entire day and went to bed early in the evening.
I just applied that same technique to my cats so that they are in the same sleep/wake cycle that I'm on.
Beyond that, I can't really offer any further suggestions.
