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I have two cats, a 2 year old female who I'll refer to as Cee and a 1 year old male who I'll refer to as Bee. We got Bee as a kitten when Cee was already a year old. We had them introduced slowly and all has gone well, they seem to like each other, we're able to leave them together for long periods of time and returning without seeing any signs of anxiety, and I also catch them sleeping together and cuddling in their bed every night! The fact that they generally get along really well and are quite relaxed around one another is what makes the issue I'm having so perplexing.
Every single morning around 4:30 or 5:00 AM I hear them wrestling right outside our bedroom door. Sometimes they hit the door very hard and there are loud thuds. I also hear my older cat Cee sometimes growl/whine, and let out little short meows that she usually does. I know it's Bee who's instigating this because even throughout the day he sometimes jumps on Cee - he's always wanting to play, but Cee only occasionally reciprocates (i.e. at least one-third of the time I'd say). When Bee wants to play and Cee doesn't during daytime in front of me, eventually Bee distracts himself with something else. But in the morning, this wrestling and fighting (from what it seems like) goes on for at least 30 minutes.
I fear I may have made it worse because I woke up a few times when it got unbearable and gave them a bit of food to hope they quiet down so I can go back to bed and have some peace. I've stopped doing this since about two or three days, but it's still happening so I'm not sure if this behavior is attention/food-motivated or not.
I've also tried Feliway spray (not the diffuser) in the location where this always happens, and it hasn't helped. I've also tried playing with them and exhausting them before going to bed.
EDIT: I should add, this wrestling/fighting always occurs right outside our bedroom door, and Cee in particular likes to sit in front of it because she's really attached to me - almost like she wants to be the first to see/greet me when I wake up. She's done this since she was 10 weeks old.
Every single morning around 4:30 or 5:00 AM I hear them wrestling right outside our bedroom door. Sometimes they hit the door very hard and there are loud thuds. I also hear my older cat Cee sometimes growl/whine, and let out little short meows that she usually does. I know it's Bee who's instigating this because even throughout the day he sometimes jumps on Cee - he's always wanting to play, but Cee only occasionally reciprocates (i.e. at least one-third of the time I'd say). When Bee wants to play and Cee doesn't during daytime in front of me, eventually Bee distracts himself with something else. But in the morning, this wrestling and fighting (from what it seems like) goes on for at least 30 minutes.
I fear I may have made it worse because I woke up a few times when it got unbearable and gave them a bit of food to hope they quiet down so I can go back to bed and have some peace. I've stopped doing this since about two or three days, but it's still happening so I'm not sure if this behavior is attention/food-motivated or not.
I've also tried Feliway spray (not the diffuser) in the location where this always happens, and it hasn't helped. I've also tried playing with them and exhausting them before going to bed.
EDIT: I should add, this wrestling/fighting always occurs right outside our bedroom door, and Cee in particular likes to sit in front of it because she's really attached to me - almost like she wants to be the first to see/greet me when I wake up. She's done this since she was 10 weeks old.