Hi all. I have a darling kitty that I love dearly, but she has this one issue that I need help with.
When I sleep at night, she incessantly paws & scratches at the blinds & I can't get her to stop! It's not the normal "let me get under them so I can sit in the window sill" pawwing. It's like obsessive-compulsive behavior, & it's only when I'm sleeping.
The head of the bed is up against the window. I tried moving the bed to the center of the room. She still does it. So I nailed a blanket all around the window. Now she climbs the blanket & still paws at the blinds through the blanket.
I tell her "no". It doesn't work. I yell. It doesn't work. I put her outside the room & close the door. This affords me about an hour of sleep, then she starts constantly pawwing & scratching on the door and at the doorknob, so I ket her in, worried that locking her out would cause more problems.
As SOON as she's back in, she's back at it. And she runs back & forth across the bed, meowing constantly while she's pawwing at the blinds.
We're in a two story & there's no other cats out there, plus she's spayed. She never freaks out like this during the day, or in any other window. Only the bedroom one and only when i am trying to sleep.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? And what would be the best way for me to deal with it? I am seriously sleep deprived.
Oh & also ignoring it doesn't work. She keeps at it, not to mention the noise is like nails on a chalk board to me & I just can't ignore it, let alone sleep.
Thanks,
Brennie
When I sleep at night, she incessantly paws & scratches at the blinds & I can't get her to stop! It's not the normal "let me get under them so I can sit in the window sill" pawwing. It's like obsessive-compulsive behavior, & it's only when I'm sleeping.
The head of the bed is up against the window. I tried moving the bed to the center of the room. She still does it. So I nailed a blanket all around the window. Now she climbs the blanket & still paws at the blinds through the blanket.
I tell her "no". It doesn't work. I yell. It doesn't work. I put her outside the room & close the door. This affords me about an hour of sleep, then she starts constantly pawwing & scratching on the door and at the doorknob, so I ket her in, worried that locking her out would cause more problems.
As SOON as she's back in, she's back at it. And she runs back & forth across the bed, meowing constantly while she's pawwing at the blinds.
We're in a two story & there's no other cats out there, plus she's spayed. She never freaks out like this during the day, or in any other window. Only the bedroom one and only when i am trying to sleep.
Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? And what would be the best way for me to deal with it? I am seriously sleep deprived.
Oh & also ignoring it doesn't work. She keeps at it, not to mention the noise is like nails on a chalk board to me & I just can't ignore it, let alone sleep.
Thanks,
Brennie