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Hi everyone! Please help!
I got my new kitten about a month ago and she recently (about a week ago) started acting very mischievous around the apartment. It mostly happens at night, when I’m asleep. I teach college and I’m a PhD student, so I spend sporadic hours outside the house. (Disclaimer: my first cat was an angel as a kitten—no trouble, slept through the night, not messy, not too hyper.)
My main problem here is that I don’t know how to teach her not to do things anymore. I have lizards and recently had to replace the top of their tank because she would go on top of it all the time. She goes into the kitchen sink and scratches at my suitcases. She has started climbing up my bookcases and yesterday morning I woke up and found things knocked over in the kitchen and my clothes strewn about the apartment. Thankfully she relieves herself only in the litter box, but she tries to eat human food (another thing my first cat doesn’t do because he’s so awesome).
I tried following the vet’s advice and spraying her with water but it’s done nothing and realistically I don’t want her to be afraid of me. I hold her every day and play with her and feed her her big meal at night. I’ve bought her interactive toys and she has two beds (and my bed and two couches) to sleep on. I just have NO IDEA anymore what to do to get her to sleep or teach her not to do something. I know ignoring is a good way to go but how do I ignore her on top of the lizard tank or in the kitchen sink?
She’s seven months old and the vet seems to think she’s part Siamese. She’s definitely going to be big by the way. My first cat lives with my mom (he’s 12, we got him when I was in high school so he’s like the family cat) and it’s out of the question for me to get another kitten or cat or furry thing for her to play with. Please help! Thank you!
I got my new kitten about a month ago and she recently (about a week ago) started acting very mischievous around the apartment. It mostly happens at night, when I’m asleep. I teach college and I’m a PhD student, so I spend sporadic hours outside the house. (Disclaimer: my first cat was an angel as a kitten—no trouble, slept through the night, not messy, not too hyper.)
My main problem here is that I don’t know how to teach her not to do things anymore. I have lizards and recently had to replace the top of their tank because she would go on top of it all the time. She goes into the kitchen sink and scratches at my suitcases. She has started climbing up my bookcases and yesterday morning I woke up and found things knocked over in the kitchen and my clothes strewn about the apartment. Thankfully she relieves herself only in the litter box, but she tries to eat human food (another thing my first cat doesn’t do because he’s so awesome).
I tried following the vet’s advice and spraying her with water but it’s done nothing and realistically I don’t want her to be afraid of me. I hold her every day and play with her and feed her her big meal at night. I’ve bought her interactive toys and she has two beds (and my bed and two couches) to sleep on. I just have NO IDEA anymore what to do to get her to sleep or teach her not to do something. I know ignoring is a good way to go but how do I ignore her on top of the lizard tank or in the kitchen sink?
She’s seven months old and the vet seems to think she’s part Siamese. She’s definitely going to be big by the way. My first cat lives with my mom (he’s 12, we got him when I was in high school so he’s like the family cat) and it’s out of the question for me to get another kitten or cat or furry thing for her to play with. Please help! Thank you!