How to get cat to sleep with me

They will come in and sleep with you when they are ready. You can't really "make" a cat do anything I have one cat (domestic) who loves to sleep with me and will follow me to bed. More so when it is cooler out. When it is hot in the house (no AC) she tends to sleep by herself. I at times, work night shift, so I will sleep during the day. That is when I will find my bobcats in bed with me. They won't come to bed if I call them and there is no way to make a bobcat do anything they don't want to do. But they usually do end up getting on the bed with me and then I can not move, because I will have some rather large cats taking up the whole bed

Two things, Buffalo-Mitch. First, play with your kitty in the evening - wear him out - and then feed him his last meal of the day just before you climb into bed. Get a couple of your kitty's favorite treats and take them to bed with you and once you're all settled in, pick a call (any call, but make it the same one every night - I use the extremely unique, "here, kitty, kitty, kitty" *grin*) and call her to you. As soon as she arrives, hand-feed her the treats on your bed one by one.

This worked to get my initial four kitties to come to bed with me. The rest of them just picked up the habit from the first group.

Good luck!

AC

LOL!

About two days.

Seriously, I did it for a couple of days, skipped a couple of days, called them, didn't call them, etc. But I always brought the treat bag with me (kept it in the night stand during this period) and offered one or two treats (no more) to each cat that came to bed with me whether I called them or not, and I quietly scritched them around their ears and under their chins and just basically made it a good idea to stick around. It really didn't take long at all before they were all joining me. Hmm, maybe a month, tops.

I totally love the feel of a warm, furry body plunking itself against me at night. Have fun with your training!

AC

I agree with what everyone has said. When I adopted Ritz she was a newly socialized semi-feral/abandoned cat, approximately 4 to 6 months old. She led, I followed. I initially closed the bedroom door but opened it when she scratched it, signaling she wanted to come in. I patted the bed, said, "you can come up if you want", and left the decision up to her. She didn't immediately come up, but when she did I said good girl and nothing more, nothing less. It helps that I don't move much when I sleep--on a twin bed.
It also helps I keep the temperature fairly cool during the winter, so if Ritz is cold, she definitely is more prone to sleep with me. Best sleeping pill: Ritz sleeping in between my legs.
Years ago my father (who could get squirels to eat nuts out of his hand) taught me that if you let a cat go when he wants to go, he'll come back to you much more frequently. That has served me well with Ritz--my first pet ever at the ripe old age of 55 (who said you can't teach old dogs new tricks!).

I agree with John.. you can't really MAKE a cat do anything it doesn't want to do. But I think you can tempt them in and if they decide to stay then you got lucky I'd like to know how to get my bed back from my heard... lol

Yes, cats are very independent animals, and believe it or not if you want them to do something enough, that may be enough reason for them to not do it. Think of a little child and you tell him he is not allowed to go into certain parts of the house, now ask yourself where does this child now what to go? Another thing to remember is cats are nocturnal animals, they tend to be kind of active at night. Now me I am a very light sleeper so as much as i want to I don't sleep with my cats because in the past they kept waking me up. I did notice that in the morning, one of the cats is literally waiting outside my door and he comes right in and lays on the bed. Usually if I wake in the morning and use the bathroom I will let him in, then get back in bed for some quality time. The other cat sleeps with my roommate, who works overnight so his sleeping is during the day. No worries about the cat waking him up, it pretty much takes firing off a shotgun to wake him up. I would recommend leaving your door open and just let him come when he is ready.

my cat Mikey didnt sleep with me when i first brought him into the house, he would still sleep in his bed i made for him when he was living in my shed.. Basically i ended up "training" Mikey to live on my sleep schedule. I would wake up for work in the morning, and Mikey would still be passed out in his bed, and i would wake him up.. Naturally he didnt like it at first, but i just kept doing it. If i caught him sleeping in the afternoon when i got home, i would wake him up again, and keep him up with playing. After about a week, he started going to bed when i did, and naturally woke up in the morning when i did. He just migrated to my bed, and now sleeps with me all the time. I sleep on my side, and he likes to curl up near my stomach, "spooning" if you will.. Although on hot summer nights, he will sleep in my computer chair, which is right next to my bed. Which i pull right up next to the bed so he can hop back and fourth. Now that Mikey is living on my sleep schedule, it doesnt matter what time i sleep, i could lay down for a afternoon nap, and Mikey will jump and and curl up with me and take a nap too..

Also you should open up the doors to your extra rooms that you keep closed (unless you have some reason you dont want the cat in them) Because cats hate closed doors, they like to roam, and can get fussy when they see a closed door, because they just have to know whats on the other side.. At least thats how my Mikey is.