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I have a very bossy former feral calico. She is sweet, but extremely demanding.
It takes me ages to fall asleep, and when I do I'm an extremely light sleeper. Unfortunately, there's no place to put my bed where my cat couldn't get up in the window, so at night I shut her out. She's ok with this until 5 AM or so, when I get up, feed her, get her clean water, scoop her box, and give her a bit of petting. But lately she has been scratching the doorframe and yowling to get into my room.
I have a sleep disorder, my body can't wake up before noon, well, unless I haven't gotten more sleep than a nap. So I let her in but then she's jumping in my window, crawling all over my dresser, walking all over my face, etc. I am chronically exhausted since I have been living on about three hours of sleep a night for a the past month.
I give her ample time to cuddle before I go to bed. She doesn't play with cat toys or anything.
I need help. I am at my wits end. If I took her to the shelter (we have no rescues within an hour's drive) she would be put down in 24 hours. And I couldn't live with that. I don't want to get rid of her but my health is beginning to suffer.
It takes me ages to fall asleep, and when I do I'm an extremely light sleeper. Unfortunately, there's no place to put my bed where my cat couldn't get up in the window, so at night I shut her out. She's ok with this until 5 AM or so, when I get up, feed her, get her clean water, scoop her box, and give her a bit of petting. But lately she has been scratching the doorframe and yowling to get into my room.
I have a sleep disorder, my body can't wake up before noon, well, unless I haven't gotten more sleep than a nap. So I let her in but then she's jumping in my window, crawling all over my dresser, walking all over my face, etc. I am chronically exhausted since I have been living on about three hours of sleep a night for a the past month.
I give her ample time to cuddle before I go to bed. She doesn't play with cat toys or anything.
I need help. I am at my wits end. If I took her to the shelter (we have no rescues within an hour's drive) she would be put down in 24 hours. And I couldn't live with that. I don't want to get rid of her but my health is beginning to suffer.
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