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I feed my boys canned food in the morning and at night. Lately (maybe it's when I'm feeding them a brand they really like?) they sit by my bedroom door and meow...and meow... And meow. I know the worst thing to do is reinforce this behavior by giving them any sort of attention when they do this, so I don't. I don't go to the door, I don't make any noise in the room, and I certainly don't reward them by giving them their breakfast.
They have dry food in their bowl so I know they aren't starving. But the worst part is that I have a five month old baby and they sometimes wake her up with this meowing! It's driving me crazy! It's one thing to wake me up, but to wake up my baby daughter who does not nap during the day (*sarcastic smile)
I don't have a second barrier to keep them away from my bedroom door. Does anyone have any suggestions? I get so mad I would put them in the bathroom but it's right next to my door, or in a kennel but they are Maine Coons and their voices are quite loud, I can hear them all the way upstairs from the basement lol.
For a week or so I kept the vacuum near the door and on so I would just have to plug it in to scare them off but that's loud too and I don't enjoy scaring my cats or making them afraid of anything.
They have dry food in their bowl so I know they aren't starving. But the worst part is that I have a five month old baby and they sometimes wake her up with this meowing! It's driving me crazy! It's one thing to wake me up, but to wake up my baby daughter who does not nap during the day (*sarcastic smile)
I don't have a second barrier to keep them away from my bedroom door. Does anyone have any suggestions? I get so mad I would put them in the bathroom but it's right next to my door, or in a kennel but they are Maine Coons and their voices are quite loud, I can hear them all the way upstairs from the basement lol.
For a week or so I kept the vacuum near the door and on so I would just have to plug it in to scare them off but that's loud too and I don't enjoy scaring my cats or making them afraid of anything.