Hello everyone,
I've recently become the owner of a 10 week old Kitten (named Millie), it's a long story on the how and why, so I won't go in to details. We picked her up only a week ago and she is very active and healthy. The issues we are having is that she won't settle at night and we can't sleep. She is usually fine until around 3:30am-4:00am but then she decides its play time and starts to scratch, jump etc etc. She currently sleeps with us on the bed but if I take her out of the bedroom and lock her out, she starts to cry. So basically we have a catch-22 situation. We either lock her out and put up with the crying or let her in and let her run rampant in the bedroom. Has anyone experienced this before and do you know a suitable solution?
One other question - me and my partner both work full-time Monday to Friday and are out of the house from 8:00am to 6:00pm, therefore at the moment she is at home on her own. Would you recommend we get another female kitten to keep her company; will this make the sleep issue worse or better? I can't really let her out yet because she is too small and hasn't been to the vet and I know that there are quite a few older and larger cats that regularly roam around outside and she wouldn't be able to hold her own. In addition, our external backdoor is actually a double glazed patio, so I can't really install a cat flap in the long term.
Apart from this, everything is going great
Any help / advise is greatly appreciated.
Regards
Iain
I've recently become the owner of a 10 week old Kitten (named Millie), it's a long story on the how and why, so I won't go in to details. We picked her up only a week ago and she is very active and healthy. The issues we are having is that she won't settle at night and we can't sleep. She is usually fine until around 3:30am-4:00am but then she decides its play time and starts to scratch, jump etc etc. She currently sleeps with us on the bed but if I take her out of the bedroom and lock her out, she starts to cry. So basically we have a catch-22 situation. We either lock her out and put up with the crying or let her in and let her run rampant in the bedroom. Has anyone experienced this before and do you know a suitable solution?
One other question - me and my partner both work full-time Monday to Friday and are out of the house from 8:00am to 6:00pm, therefore at the moment she is at home on her own. Would you recommend we get another female kitten to keep her company; will this make the sleep issue worse or better? I can't really let her out yet because she is too small and hasn't been to the vet and I know that there are quite a few older and larger cats that regularly roam around outside and she wouldn't be able to hold her own. In addition, our external backdoor is actually a double glazed patio, so I can't really install a cat flap in the long term.
Apart from this, everything is going great
Any help / advise is greatly appreciated.
Regards
Iain