I read the other thread on this forum hoping to find relevant advice. It seems like our problems are quite different.
We have a rescue kitty who is food-obsessed. We had her spayed as soon as we found her. There are no stray cats or anything else around.
She starts howling at 6 am. We ignore her, because she does it to get us out of bed and in the kitchen to feed her.
Then she starts scratching up the sofa in our bedroom. I am 100% sure that she does it on purpose, because that is the only time she scratches anything other than her scratching posts.
We have been picking her up and giving her a timeout in the laundry room until 7:30 or so, when we are ready to feed her. Needless to say, it is annoying.
I know that the best reaction is no reaction, but she tears up the sofa unless we give her the time out. I am sure that she will scratch up something else to get our attention if we close the bedroom door. She's used to sleeping at the foot of our bed.
She starts howling at 6 pm too, but that's less annoying because we are awake and feed her around 6 pm anyway.
Any ideas for how to stop the morning performance? She is a very stubborn and smart cat. Our other cat is very well-behaved, so have no experience to rely on for her antics.
We have a rescue kitty who is food-obsessed. We had her spayed as soon as we found her. There are no stray cats or anything else around.
She starts howling at 6 am. We ignore her, because she does it to get us out of bed and in the kitchen to feed her.
Then she starts scratching up the sofa in our bedroom. I am 100% sure that she does it on purpose, because that is the only time she scratches anything other than her scratching posts.
We have been picking her up and giving her a timeout in the laundry room until 7:30 or so, when we are ready to feed her. Needless to say, it is annoying.
I know that the best reaction is no reaction, but she tears up the sofa unless we give her the time out. I am sure that she will scratch up something else to get our attention if we close the bedroom door. She's used to sleeping at the foot of our bed.
She starts howling at 6 pm too, but that's less annoying because we are awake and feed her around 6 pm anyway.
Any ideas for how to stop the morning performance? She is a very stubborn and smart cat. Our other cat is very well-behaved, so have no experience to rely on for her antics.