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So...my cat Charlie has an "issue" with doors or anything that opens and closes in general. Cabinet doors, the front door, our bedroom door, drawers, cardboard boxes and anyting else you can think of. She likes to paw at them, loudly and non-stop until I or my boyfriend says something to her or makes her stop. We don't know if it's because she likes to make noise or feels like she needs to scratch even though she's been declawed since the was about 8 months old and she's 5 and a half years old now. It doesn't matter to her if she is in or out of the room or area, she'll still "knock" on the door. And there's no specific time of day she does these things either.
Here are some examples of things she does:
1) We have a tall cabinet nest to our bath room (which also has a door and she knocks on it too!) and she'll paw at it with one paw at first, kind of quiet and then she get on it with both paws pounding on the door. She's been in there before so she knows whats inside but still she continues to paw and paw and paw.
2) We let her inside the cabinet next to the bathroom. A minute later, facing the inside of the cabinet, she starts pawing on the wall. Then she'll turn around and paw on the inside of the door to get out like she is satisfied with what she has accomplished and goes about her normal business.
3) If one us is in the bathroom and the door is closed the paws at the door. If we let her in and close the door she paws at it to get out.
4) Recently, like with in the few weeks or so, Charlie has been pawing at the bedroom door very loudly at different but inconsistant times of the day and night. But this only happens when the door is closed. It's like she's become nervous about the door being closed when we do let her roam the house all the time. Her food and litter box are in our room and she sleeps with us every night but it's never enough that no matter what she always gets upset when the door is closed. I'm used to her pawing at the bedroom door when she wants inside, especially at night time and that's okay. But now she hates it when the door is closed and she's inside. It's like she's nervous about it. Right now, it's 3:45 pm and the bedroom door is open and she's content, resting on the bed with us. With in the hour, if the door has been shut, she gets up and makes her way casually to the door, sniffs it, sits down, looks the door up and down then reaches up and starts pawing at it. She acts like we keep her cooped up in the bedroom all the time which is not true at all.
I don't really know what else to add...she is perfectly Charlie all the time but just recently that particular behavior has taken a seemingly nervous turn, I'm not SUPER concerned but I am actually extremely curious about why she does this at all. And I have gotten her a scratching post and box and she ignores them or sleeps on the box. Whenever we go to my mothers house and we bring Charlie along she ignores all the scratching accessories there aswell because my mother has cats and two of my brothers cats (who have their claws).
Is there some other kind of solution to this problem or a reason for this behavior so that I can better understand Charlie???
And if anyone has any questions about my cat that may shed light on the pawing please don't hesitate to ask!
Here are some examples of things she does:
1) We have a tall cabinet nest to our bath room (which also has a door and she knocks on it too!) and she'll paw at it with one paw at first, kind of quiet and then she get on it with both paws pounding on the door. She's been in there before so she knows whats inside but still she continues to paw and paw and paw.
2) We let her inside the cabinet next to the bathroom. A minute later, facing the inside of the cabinet, she starts pawing on the wall. Then she'll turn around and paw on the inside of the door to get out like she is satisfied with what she has accomplished and goes about her normal business.
3) If one us is in the bathroom and the door is closed the paws at the door. If we let her in and close the door she paws at it to get out.
4) Recently, like with in the few weeks or so, Charlie has been pawing at the bedroom door very loudly at different but inconsistant times of the day and night. But this only happens when the door is closed. It's like she's become nervous about the door being closed when we do let her roam the house all the time. Her food and litter box are in our room and she sleeps with us every night but it's never enough that no matter what she always gets upset when the door is closed. I'm used to her pawing at the bedroom door when she wants inside, especially at night time and that's okay. But now she hates it when the door is closed and she's inside. It's like she's nervous about it. Right now, it's 3:45 pm and the bedroom door is open and she's content, resting on the bed with us. With in the hour, if the door has been shut, she gets up and makes her way casually to the door, sniffs it, sits down, looks the door up and down then reaches up and starts pawing at it. She acts like we keep her cooped up in the bedroom all the time which is not true at all.
I don't really know what else to add...she is perfectly Charlie all the time but just recently that particular behavior has taken a seemingly nervous turn, I'm not SUPER concerned but I am actually extremely curious about why she does this at all. And I have gotten her a scratching post and box and she ignores them or sleeps on the box. Whenever we go to my mothers house and we bring Charlie along she ignores all the scratching accessories there aswell because my mother has cats and two of my brothers cats (who have their claws).
Is there some other kind of solution to this problem or a reason for this behavior so that I can better understand Charlie???
And if anyone has any questions about my cat that may shed light on the pawing please don't hesitate to ask!
