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Please please help, I'm at the end of my tether!
My two male kittens are almost 7 months old. They are very happy, healthy, loving babies but with one big problem. For the first month or so we had them we closed them in our living room/kitchen area all the time, and then after just at night so we could sleep. About 2-3 months ago we tried letting them into the whole flat over night a few times (we're in a one bed first floor maisonette so it's not much bigger) but found that being such a light sleeper I couldn't cope with them running around over us all night.
But now every night one of them, Loki, gets to about 4am and starts repeatedly banging against the living room door, crying and scratching the carpet. I've seen him from this side and he's literally flinging his body repeatedly at the door, it makes an awful loud banging noise. Goku, my other cat, isn't so bad but will try to climb up the door. I can't leave them banging because it's so loud, and we have an elderly gentleman living below us and it'll be going right through his ceiling. If we let them in they're all over us waking us up constantly, leaping over the bed, lying on the pillows, trying to play with our feet, scratching the bed. Going in and giving them a cuddle doesn't help. I can't leave them doing it because it's so loud. They are left plenty of food overnight.
I haven't had a full nights sleep in weeks and I'm losing grip, I'm in my final year of university and Im getting behind in my studies because Im so exhausted from lack of sleep. I've been in tears a few mornings because I can't remember sleeping and I have so much to do. I love them but Im losing grip.
Loki is a proper mummy's boy, follows me around, if I close the bathroom door he'll wait outside, so I think he just wants to be near me, Goku has been kneading things a lot more recently so I think he might be feeling worried, but it isn't him banging. He will still climb all over us all night. I know they just love us and want to be near us but I'm losing it. Please someone help!
Harriet
My two male kittens are almost 7 months old. They are very happy, healthy, loving babies but with one big problem. For the first month or so we had them we closed them in our living room/kitchen area all the time, and then after just at night so we could sleep. About 2-3 months ago we tried letting them into the whole flat over night a few times (we're in a one bed first floor maisonette so it's not much bigger) but found that being such a light sleeper I couldn't cope with them running around over us all night.
But now every night one of them, Loki, gets to about 4am and starts repeatedly banging against the living room door, crying and scratching the carpet. I've seen him from this side and he's literally flinging his body repeatedly at the door, it makes an awful loud banging noise. Goku, my other cat, isn't so bad but will try to climb up the door. I can't leave them banging because it's so loud, and we have an elderly gentleman living below us and it'll be going right through his ceiling. If we let them in they're all over us waking us up constantly, leaping over the bed, lying on the pillows, trying to play with our feet, scratching the bed. Going in and giving them a cuddle doesn't help. I can't leave them doing it because it's so loud. They are left plenty of food overnight.
I haven't had a full nights sleep in weeks and I'm losing grip, I'm in my final year of university and Im getting behind in my studies because Im so exhausted from lack of sleep. I've been in tears a few mornings because I can't remember sleeping and I have so much to do. I love them but Im losing grip.
Loki is a proper mummy's boy, follows me around, if I close the bathroom door he'll wait outside, so I think he just wants to be near me, Goku has been kneading things a lot more recently so I think he might be feeling worried, but it isn't him banging. He will still climb all over us all night. I know they just love us and want to be near us but I'm losing it. Please someone help!
Harriet
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