Hi I'm new here.
We have two cats. A 9 year old tortoishell female and a 4 year old tabby male.
My girlfriend and I moved in together in April '08. The cats got on great after a couple of weeks, it was the tortoishell's house.
The tabby male was an indoor cat and soon got used to the great outdoors.
We let him out quite a bit and definitely before bed to burn off some excess energy. He's always been a vocal cat, but recently he 'shouts' before he settles to sleep (fair enough). Then about 3AM he shouts constantly and won't settle. He obviously wants to go out, as I have got up previously and he's run to the patio doors and gone out, but this won't help in the long run. We've tried ignoring him but he goes on for about an hour. Then he starts up again about 5am. The alarm doesn't go off 'til 7. Arrrggghhhh!!!!
Any ideas how to get him to settle? All help appreciated.
We have two cats. A 9 year old tortoishell female and a 4 year old tabby male.
My girlfriend and I moved in together in April '08. The cats got on great after a couple of weeks, it was the tortoishell's house.
The tabby male was an indoor cat and soon got used to the great outdoors.
We let him out quite a bit and definitely before bed to burn off some excess energy. He's always been a vocal cat, but recently he 'shouts' before he settles to sleep (fair enough). Then about 3AM he shouts constantly and won't settle. He obviously wants to go out, as I have got up previously and he's run to the patio doors and gone out, but this won't help in the long run. We've tried ignoring him but he goes on for about an hour. Then he starts up again about 5am. The alarm doesn't go off 'til 7. Arrrggghhhh!!!!
Any ideas how to get him to settle? All help appreciated.