The first night with Chris was rough. Actually, every night for the last two and a half years have been rough, but we were not prepared for Chris at that time.
Normally our cats would gradually filter into our room at night and congregate on my side of the bed, eventually taking up about a third of the space, That was the biggest problem we had no deal with. Suddenly, we had a five and a half month old kitten who loved to bite. It did not take long to realize why he was returned to the shelter.
He would not sit still. If he wasn’t laying accross my neck and biting my nose, he was laying on top of Rose’s head and biting her ear. Rose used to tell people jokingly, “You can wear him as a scarf, you can wear him as a hat…” If the face biting wasn’t bad enough, he would see our toes move under the sheet and attack them. Ouch!
Removing him from the bedroom wasn’t an option because he would cry at the door and worse, dig at the carpet. It was very rough for a while getting enough sleep. Even today, on his best day, he wakes us up at 5:00 a.m.
We tried every thing we could think of. I tried putting something in front of the door so he couldn’t dig at the carpet but then he would come around into the bathroom, which had two entrances, and cry and scratch at the door relentlessly. I would have closed the second door but the litter boxes were in there.
We tried pulling the blanket over our heads so he couldn’t bite us but then it was like a game to him and he would work at digging his way in. I even bought a tube of calming gel but using it on Chris was like trying to calm a hurricane by blowing in the opposite direction. Eventually I felt like my marrage could be in jepordy if I couldn’t find a way for us to get enough sleep.
Reblogged this on Bad Cat Chris and commented:
This is an early post about a behavior that Chris still exhibits. Fortunately there is no carpet under our door so we can close Chris out and get some sleep.
I’m kinda the same way…I don’t like a closed door! ~Ernie
I can understand that and I wish I was able to leave it open.
Yep kitty al-cat-raz for my night terrors..and that was that! ..drove me insane..we had cats that would sleep on the bed ..fine awesome in fact..but these girls..they climb curtains…run across the bed fight..hurtle through the house.and do not get me started on full moons..i was at one point threatening to put them daycare every full moon hahahaha..we need sleep and they need to keep you from it…:0
Why we love them so much is a mystery. 🙂
They have a certain way of pulling you into their world and you cannot resist..like sirens of the sea 🙂
So true. 🙂
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