Kahn sleeps in my sisters room. Noel sleeps at some point, usually on the bed, but she's never any further than outside the room (if she chooses to sleep in the hall instead)... Joyeux, Pogue and Bagheera sort of pick and choose when they want to sleep with me. That being said, they do try to play during the night.. at some point, and you just have to tune them out as best as possible. It's one of the reasons I leave my door cracked, so they can go out into the rest of the household and play if they want. I just kept them locked in the first week or so... till they get the idea that cuddling at night is done in the bed..
Noel is older and doesn't have the same energy level as the other ones... Bagheera, Joyeux and Pogue will chase each other around the house pretty much all the time except when they've tired themselves out and have to sleep (or at feeding time).. Noel is also the oldest and most territorial, so it often depends on whether she "allows" someone else to get up on the bed or not. Sometimes she stands guard in the hallway. Kahn does sleep all the way through the night in my sisters room, or at least, he doesn't go about waking her up. I think it just depends on the cat. Kahn is very routine oriented, as is Noel.
Hmm, well, if tiring her out seems to be what is working... I'd spend the time wearing her out *before* you head to bed. I wouldn't get up in the middle of the night to do it. That's me though. I'm a serious grump about my sleep time, lol. But, certainly you can try to play longer with her before bed and that might do the trick. Just keep an eye on her. If she's anything like mine..they'll play till they can't even stand up anymore... and flop down, panting, and will *still* chase after it even when they're completely exhausted. When they get to the point where they're breathing hard and flopping down, I just stop playing with them, because the Bengals and the Mau are little lunatics.
Off topic, but since you're doing rodeo, are you barrel racing, and then I'm assuming you have Quarter horses... PM me if you're interested in talking about it... I used to do the horsey thing, but haven't in years.
Noel is older and doesn't have the same energy level as the other ones... Bagheera, Joyeux and Pogue will chase each other around the house pretty much all the time except when they've tired themselves out and have to sleep (or at feeding time).. Noel is also the oldest and most territorial, so it often depends on whether she "allows" someone else to get up on the bed or not. Sometimes she stands guard in the hallway. Kahn does sleep all the way through the night in my sisters room, or at least, he doesn't go about waking her up. I think it just depends on the cat. Kahn is very routine oriented, as is Noel.
Hmm, well, if tiring her out seems to be what is working... I'd spend the time wearing her out *before* you head to bed. I wouldn't get up in the middle of the night to do it. That's me though. I'm a serious grump about my sleep time, lol. But, certainly you can try to play longer with her before bed and that might do the trick. Just keep an eye on her. If she's anything like mine..they'll play till they can't even stand up anymore... and flop down, panting, and will *still* chase after it even when they're completely exhausted. When they get to the point where they're breathing hard and flopping down, I just stop playing with them, because the Bengals and the Mau are little lunatics.
Off topic, but since you're doing rodeo, are you barrel racing, and then I'm assuming you have Quarter horses... PM me if you're interested in talking about it... I used to do the horsey thing, but haven't in years.
