MrsLarry, I feel your pain. Oh, how I feel your pain!
My little guy, Finnegan, is VERY active. I feel just horrible because I'm not home much to play with him (I'm working two jobs at the moment). I get home at night and he follows me around and plops down on the floor to watch me get ready for bed.
I try to feed my cats right before I go to bed. I figure maybe they'll get sleepy after they eat? Or, at the very least, Finnegan will be occupied long enough for me to get cozy in bed.
I swear, though, no matter what time I go to bed, he waits until I've fallen asleep and very sneakily crawls under my bed. Then he starts scratching the bejesus out of the metal bed frame. Right. Under. My. Head.
I've tried ignoring him, but this can go on repeatedly, every half hour, throughout an entire night.
Lately, because I've been so exhausted, I've resorted to putting him in the spare room for the night (I feel so terrible!!) so I can get a little sleep. It's started becoming such an issue that when I leave him out all night, I get no sleep and end up late for work. He's got his food, water, litter and a million toys in that little room, but I feel so MEAN!
My point is this... Do you think that if I ignore him that eventually he'll stop? I keep hoping that since I snatch him up as soon as he starts scratching on my bed frame that he'll put two and two together and stop. I have a feeling, though, that he's trying to get my attention because he's bored and misses me.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
My little guy, Finnegan, is VERY active. I feel just horrible because I'm not home much to play with him (I'm working two jobs at the moment). I get home at night and he follows me around and plops down on the floor to watch me get ready for bed.
I try to feed my cats right before I go to bed. I figure maybe they'll get sleepy after they eat? Or, at the very least, Finnegan will be occupied long enough for me to get cozy in bed.
I swear, though, no matter what time I go to bed, he waits until I've fallen asleep and very sneakily crawls under my bed. Then he starts scratching the bejesus out of the metal bed frame. Right. Under. My. Head.
I've tried ignoring him, but this can go on repeatedly, every half hour, throughout an entire night.
Lately, because I've been so exhausted, I've resorted to putting him in the spare room for the night (I feel so terrible!!) so I can get a little sleep. It's started becoming such an issue that when I leave him out all night, I get no sleep and end up late for work. He's got his food, water, litter and a million toys in that little room, but I feel so MEAN!
My point is this... Do you think that if I ignore him that eventually he'll stop? I keep hoping that since I snatch him up as soon as he starts scratching on my bed frame that he'll put two and two together and stop. I have a feeling, though, that he's trying to get my attention because he's bored and misses me.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!