Well…I was ignorantly successful in never letting them sleep on the bed, with me. I’ve since decided they successfully defeated me. Unbeknownst to me they find my person disgusting and NEVER were they ever gonna be cuddlers(oh, they’re Siamese and bratty) and sleep with me. They just let me believe I trained them.
I got them the cocoon type beds. Its the ones that look like little puffy caves. They retire to them. I only hear from them if I disturb them. By laughing aloud, dropping something, changing a channel, hiccupping or even moving around too much.
The dogs make a commotion and we get an head poking out of a cocoon bed and one loud Siamese yowl sets all to rights.
So…my advice: get a hotel room and leave them at home. Or, better yet, Move.
Rascal wakes me up at about 6:30 every morning by jumping up on the bed and pawing at my face. Since I use a CPAP the only part of my face she can touch in my eyes and lips, which makes it even more annoying. Banning him from the bedroom is not an option since the only litter boxes in the house are in the adjoining bathroom. Fortunately, if I push him away firmly enough (just short of throwing him through the doorway) he usually takes the hint and I get an extra half hour or so.
I have been known to get out of bed, open a can of cat food for him, and then go back to bed.
This is the correct answer. If you feed the cat when it wakes you up in the morning, congratulations–you’ve trained your cat to wake you up in the morning.
I feed my cats twice a day. First, after I’ve done my morning toiletries, when I step out of the bathroom I go feed them. They sometimes meow in impatience, but they can’t open the bathroom door. Second, I feed them when I get home from work. It makes them happy to see me when I get home.
I am also “predatory” when I get up from bed to pee or whatever. I don’t talk or make reassuring noises. I don’t touch them affectionately, only gentle swats or pushes if they get in the way. Cats aren’t stupid and they can read human behavior quite well.
