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Hello all! This is my first post and I didn't know where else to turn. I really hope that some of you very knowledgeable can help my wife and I with our problems.
First, a little background information. We have two cats which are about 2 and 3 years old. The older cat has been doing this (the problem that I will get to) off and on since she was about a year old. We recently (last month) moved into a new house.
Finally to the problem. Our older cat Meow Meow (yes thats her name
) has a big problem with ALWAYS wanting to eat food. We only feed her in the morning and the evening and she is ALWAYS begging for food. We can't leave too much food or water in the dish because she will continuously eat and drink al day long! She hangs out by the bathroom (where her food is at) all day long and when people walk by she "meows" really loud and runs into the bathroom. We have tried EVERYTHING (spray bottle, shaking a can of coins, scaring with the vacuum, etc...) and after she runs away she is back just minutes later begging again for food. We have tried lots of different foods to help her "fill up" but she just loves to eat and never seems full.
This is our main problem with her, but its creating other problems which are just as bad if not worse. She has now began to "swat" or "scratch" (even though she is de-clawed) on our bedroom in the early morning hours just to wake us up. Our door is always open so its not her trying to get in, she just wants to wake us up to feed her. It is becoming unbearable and really ruining our sleep. We have tried all sorts of things to scare her off and discourage her but they are only temporary fixes as she does it again just minutes later. We live in an apartment and don't really have any other rooms that we can lock her in so that she we don't hear her.
We have caved in a few times and fed her but we try our best to just scare her away. Our other cat has NEVER done anything like this and I don't know what we can do to get our lives (sleep) back.
What can we do to break her of these bad habits?
Thanks for reading, and please help us!
First, a little background information. We have two cats which are about 2 and 3 years old. The older cat has been doing this (the problem that I will get to) off and on since she was about a year old. We recently (last month) moved into a new house.
Finally to the problem. Our older cat Meow Meow (yes thats her name
This is our main problem with her, but its creating other problems which are just as bad if not worse. She has now began to "swat" or "scratch" (even though she is de-clawed) on our bedroom in the early morning hours just to wake us up. Our door is always open so its not her trying to get in, she just wants to wake us up to feed her. It is becoming unbearable and really ruining our sleep. We have tried all sorts of things to scare her off and discourage her but they are only temporary fixes as she does it again just minutes later. We live in an apartment and don't really have any other rooms that we can lock her in so that she we don't hear her.
We have caved in a few times and fed her but we try our best to just scare her away. Our other cat has NEVER done anything like this and I don't know what we can do to get our lives (sleep) back.
What can we do to break her of these bad habits?
Thanks for reading, and please help us!