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My boyfriend and I recently got a kitten (about two weeks ago or so) whom we named Loki. During the day, he is sweet and cuddly and a perfect angel. At night, though, he takes after his namesake. He wakes us up at least three times during the night by pouncing on us, biting and scratching. I know that he isn't doing this to be malicious, he is just playing. But I am going crazy! My arms and legs are covered in scratches, and this morning, my boyfriend got clawed in the eye. We are desperate for some help!
The obvious answer would be to put him outside of our bedroom, right? But the problem with that is, we live in an efficency apartment. One long giant room with our bed in the corner, so we can't shut him out. We've tried playing with him at night in order to exhaust him, but that doesn't work. I dunno if he is just overactive or being a normal kitty, but this is a problem! We never played with him using our hands and feet, so I don't know if he is just using the behavior that he learned from the rest of his litter. But this mischevious rascal is making me worried. If this keeps up, we probably will have to get him declawed, which is something that I absolutely loathe to do.
Help, please!
The obvious answer would be to put him outside of our bedroom, right? But the problem with that is, we live in an efficency apartment. One long giant room with our bed in the corner, so we can't shut him out. We've tried playing with him at night in order to exhaust him, but that doesn't work. I dunno if he is just overactive or being a normal kitty, but this is a problem! We never played with him using our hands and feet, so I don't know if he is just using the behavior that he learned from the rest of his litter. But this mischevious rascal is making me worried. If this keeps up, we probably will have to get him declawed, which is something that I absolutely loathe to do.
Help, please!