Help! My Cat Won’t Let Me Sleep!

My Cat Won’t Let Me Sleep!
Are cats naturally nocturnal? No! In this video, one of our sleepless viewers suffers while her cat plays at 4 am. And - spoiler alert - there is a fix! Check it out, insomniacs!
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[@Idontknowho.]

Sometimes I wake my cat up so she knows how it feels.

[@KiaDenise]

I have a touch lamp on my bedside and my cat Gracie has figured out she can turn it on with her nose so she turns it on in the middle of the night when she wants something 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@kthearcher3357]

Thanks for the giggles 😘

[@katewurtz]

that is so cute!!!!

[@j.elizabeth4621]

Lmfao “wake up.”

[@pheart2381]

Thats brutal!

[@Ell_lovell]

That’s really smart tho

[@galemaurer2820]

I would have no problem with ignoring meowing. What I can not ignore is our cat pouncing at my face with claws fully extended.

[@rhearodrigues8423]

EXACTLY!!

[@tartagliathe11th33]

My 3 month old bit my leg at 2 am to wake me up

[@bambinaforever1402]

Yeah, only one of our cats comes every morning at 6 am and touch the face with his paw. If u do not react he will ponce on our stomachs

[@itsjustme7487]

@@tartagliathe11th33 My grandsons cat does this. my cat dances on my full bladder.

[@Amber9572]

😂 Mine too, they love escalating when they don’t get a reaction lolol

[@oldgiapetto]

I'd be the happiest guy in town if my cat let me sleep till six. Our kitty's alarm goes off at THREE A M EVERY DAY. It's like she works in a bakery and wants me to know it's time to make the donuts.

[@iris3317]

I agree. 4 o clock is my cats feeding time. But he wants me to be there to watch him or he wont eat. I leave food out but he wants me there. He also often wants 2am and 6am feeds but they can vary in their timing. The cat is a rescued feral cat and its fully mature. It really is just like having a baby!

[@Sarang875]

That’s exactly the time our 4 1/2 month old kitten wakes up without fail and then he won’t go back to sleep until 9am. Has your cat started to sleep through the night?

[@cordcd7]

Mine is almost 9 and he’s been waking me up between 3 and 3:30A every night for as long as I can remember. At one point we took him to the vet to see if maybe there was something wrong with him. The vet suggested we add a feeding before bed (we don’t leave food out) and that worked to push the time to about 4:30/5A. About 2 years in, I started getting up at 5:30 for work and would feed him then. In 2020 when I was forced to WFH, he would wake me up a little earlier after he figured out I wasn’t getting up at 5:30 anymore. But it was at the earliest 4:30. Over the last 5 weeks he’s back to 3:30 and frequently will wake me up even earlier for no good reason. I refuse to feed him prior to 3:30A but there’s nights he’ll cry, knock things over and hit the blinds for hours. We do playtime before bed and feedings to no avail.

[@staceycook6404]

@@Sarang875mine is 3 am too I’m going bonkers ! Tried silence tried feeding her nothing !! Do you still have the problem ?

[@Sarang875]

@@staceycook6404 He’s waking up at 4am now and wants company to play or just hang out. Unfortunately we can’t get him a cat friend, otherwise things would be better. Also we free feed him his dry food and leave wet food, ( regularly changed), out for him, as that’s helped others with their cats problems, as they will go and graze and then go back to sleep. That kind of does help him.

[@juls8978]

When I got my current cat, Newt, I trained him to wait for the alarm. To do this the first couple weeks I had him, when he woke me up early, I would ignore him, grab my phone and set a timer. I would then continue to ignore him until the timer went off. When it went off, I would get up, play with him, feed him, and go back to sleep. The first morning the timer was 10 minutes, and every morning I would go five minutes longer. It only took him about a week to know he has to wait for the alarm. For the first few months, I set the alarm early and just went back to bed after feeding. Also for the first few months he would be awake and playing (not on the bed) and as soon as he heard the alarm he would jump on my bed and remind me it’s time to eat. After about three months, he started sleeping until the alarm whenever it might go off... Now I have a regular alarm at the same time everyday... Even on weekends... Neither of us ever sleep through it, and if one of us wakes up before the alarm, we wait for the alarm before getting up.

[@Xsksnssjccxghb]

genius.

[@shortmocha850]

Julia Peak mine knows once my alarm goes off he gets attention or he suggests it highly that I feed him

[@cherrybomb6852]

This is awesome, and the exact same thing I do as well. I use one of those daylight alarm clocks (that wake you up by slowly glowing brighter and brighter, mimicking a sunrise), and it still works for both of my cats :)

[@KZfunk26]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@lunateac]

Exactly how we do it! And it works although we have two 5 months old kitten to ignore :D I recommend everyone struggeling to give this a try.

[@anaeltoussaint1682]

OMGG!!!! Thank you so much for answering my question Jackson I will definitely put your advice to good use!!!😄

[@Wavesfromthenorth]

Cool you were chosen! Good luck. My cat does the same thing although she wants to be let out to go hunting.

[@anaeltoussaint1682]

Thank you! Hopefully if you choose to follow this advice as well it works out well for you!

[@TM-10-py7ji]

My cat start chiming at 3:30 am. Would love for my cat to give me a 6:00 am start time. My new to me cat is 12 years old.

[@menaceswag1446]

my kitten is 1 month old and facing se problems

[@anaeltoussaint1682]

@@TM-10-py7ji I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one facing this problem😅

[@denaoc]

I can ignore his meowing, but he starts to destroy my room 😔😔

[@meredithgreenslade1965]

Mine do too. Climb through everything. One cats sits on me and chews my hair. I just hate that.

[@marygud]

@@meredithgreenslade1965 my cat does the same did yours stop?

[@sarey8934]

Mine just started thinking my rice bag is his food bag 😪

[@gitman3486]

Squirt bottle

[@danidelafuente1]

Yep mine pees on my things

[@manu_wel351]

I am so blessed, because my cat just stays at my bed all night long and doesn't wake me up. She is noticing it directly when I am awake and then she immediately wants her attention by meowing above my head. But it doesn't matter if it is 7am or 10am, she just waits till I am awake. Precious little girl.

[@Doesntmatter20]

I have 2 cats that are exactly the same! So so precious

[@foxiefair123]

And we’re all so jealous.😂Well, mine is not as good as y’all’s, but she’s better than a lot of other cat owners.😂

[@marvelgurl1012]

I WISH I could get my cats to let me sleep until 6am.

[@lesliehewes2305]

Amen

[@raina2311]

Same mine is 4am....

[@ryuuwyvern90]

I know right. I needed to get up at 6 today, my two woke me up at 3.30!

[@GgZoo-iK3to]

Dido

[@aryaman4250]

I go to sleep at 6 am.

[@cyn725]

The fact she recorded the first part of her video while trying to sleep was so funny 🤣 that early morning *meow* is so familiar! Great topic!

[@rhoeasie]

I know, I think we've all been there at the receiving end of the meowy hairy butt in your face

[@itorres20551]

@@rhoeasie "Meowy hairy butt" is adorable!

[@eleanastclare]

So funny! My cat wants me to go to sleep! Since the first day of her coming home, she sat on the bed next to my head. If I open my eyes, she takes her paw, no claws, and closes my eyes...one at a time! When my eyes are closed, she will lay down by my head and curl up , start purring and sleep. Always in my right! The second I have to wake up to pee, unless I say pee, she will try to close my eyes again. Not until daylight will she let me wake up! Lol if I want to sleep in, she will run around do her thing and wait for me! Cutie pie!

[@yasminevine]

Ok show off lol just kidding You are TRULY blessed!!

[@davidpaul7269]

No one believes you lol. Too many little details in this fib.

[@eleanastclare]

@@davidpaul7269 that’s your problem! Lol I am not concerned.Truth has its own reward. And I certainly don’t look for that reward from anyone, especially types like you.🤣🤣

[@styxjunkii]

Sounds like your feline friend has a secret life she doesn’t want you to see

[@Window4503]

@@davidpaul7269 I believe them. Getting tired of people online labeling every personal comment or story a lie just because they themselves can't handle someone having a different experience than them.

[@tk.5974]

We just adopted a cat and we struggle so much by her endless/ meaningless meowing in middle of night… and I was watching this video 4am in the morning. And guess what? Jackson, it worked! It took us a week but instead of meowing for heckling nothing, now she come in the bed and gives us cuddles … I’ve never had a cat before so I wasn’t sure what to do but hey, I just believed YOU! And it WORKED! Thank you so much!!!

[@judithnarz]

My four-legged boy never grew out of it. Ten years old, he still does it.

[@DancingShadow09]

I have a 10 and 7 year old and they still do it too.

[@PurrsMom]

My 13 and 2 year old 🐈🐈 -- OMG 🥺.

[@talesofmichele]

🙀 don’t know if that scares me or makes me happy... I want him to stop knocking things off shelves and settle a bit more... I also like the idea of him being playful years from now 😂

[@PurrsMom]

@@talesofmichele Knocking things off will slow down as he ages, give him building block toys to play with.

[@DancingShadow09]

@@talesofmichele knocking things off shelves is a “kitty thing “. All the cats I’ve had do that, though these 2 are the only ones I’ve had that disrupt my sleep.

[@2ahdcat]

My adorable tortoise shell kitty "Cleo" won't stay away from me. I poop? She's there. I'm on the PC? She's there. I go to sleep? She sleeps *on* me...

[@indykatley10317]

Torties are the best, aren't they 😜🤔😍

[@akashicsong9904]

yep, sounds about right!

[@GigTube]

heh, my cat's name is Leo. I always said if I got a girl cat I'd name her Cleo. lol

[@caellidwen]

My Sheba is the same - she must be your cat's twin

[@andygarcia9843]

My cat does that. If I’m in the shower she will sit right there and if I take long she tries to slide open the door to make sure I’m ok lol

[@caitieeeee]

I really like how ADHD friendly this advice is. Rituals and routines are so important for me. Here's hoping I can get my six year old newly adopted angel to let me sleep through the night lol.

[@koolkel00]

I will say, as I have to get up at like 6, 6:30 in the morning, and my boy Freddie bugging me in the morning has actually saved my ass getting to work on time 🤣 I think we can all agree, there is no alarm clock more persistent than a house cat!

[@dianemoonstone4715]

Agree completely. 😂

[@sgm7013]

My newly adopted 3 yr old has me finally getting 8 hrs in at work. 😂 I like going in early and getting off early. Kinda annoying on the weekends tho.

[@camilleh6272]

"Begin to grow out of this" my butt, my cat is almost 10 years old and wakes me up around 6 or 7 every morning

[@sharewhatilove8944]

6 or 7 is heaven. Ours is up at 2

[@feralbluee]

yup - "grow out of it, my butt" is perfect LOL :} 🐈🐕😼🌷🌱

[@pascaldegiovanni6781]

When Jackson says "We have to coax them into our rhythm", I answer: "Whenever possible, let's have a nap after lunch with our cat in the bed" so that adaptation goes both ways ;-)

[@francinesmith1889]

Yup! My pesty girl loves when I nap with her in the afternoon.

[@theknightswhosay]

I usually take a nap (or at least relax on the bed while he naps) with mine after work. That possibly helps to make him less demanding at night and in the morning.

[@elizabethdamatoroy9629]

same here! gotta be ready for the night ahead

[@user-wj5co6xb4x]

I'm so proud of my cats! This morning at 5.45 I was woken by two little people sitting on top of me politely growling - and Yep! - there was a stranger on my property - early delivery man - they really do only wake me if their worried

[@CallMeQuietASMR]

So I thought I was already ‘ignoring’ my cat but watching this video made me realise I was probably still giving him negative attention when I was pushing him off me as he would paw at me and sit on my head 🤪 Anyway I literally played dead last night and even though for about 5-10 mins he was trying to wake me up eventually he gave up(usually it’s on and and off for hours!) - best night sleep I’ve had in a while. Also did a big play session right before bed too which seemed to help - thank you!!

[@KeepFunkyBaby]

Oh I would take a 6am wake up call anytime. My cat used to wake me up at 3:30am in the morning. When you're in deep sleep and you cat has a wailing meow....coming out of unconscious is a kin to a scene from some Korean horror movie enough to scare the s**t out of you!

[@LeonAvalos]

Omg same. My cat has been waking me up at 3 AM every night for like a month now and, sleep deprivation aside, it's seriously giving me anxiety listening to his awful wailing, so disturbing. I really hope he grows out of it asap

[@arisleidy14]

@@LeonAvalos same ughh

[@sandradibiaso7316]

Me too

[@FelineLoverinSD]

Lol! Ear plugs and turn a fan on to drown out the sound.

[@bronte6164]

Me too! I worry that he is anxious and sad which makes it hard to ignore. Has everyone’s cats grown out of this?

[@fabianasnapp8292]

One of my cats was wild today trying to wake me up at 4 am. He even bit my ear.

[@Sei00]

I was thinking she was lucky her cat try to wake her up at 6 am xd my cat do it earlier 💔

[@empressheather5999]

Mine attacks me every day. And wakes me up almost every night from 3 am til 6 am no matter what I do. She's almost 4 yrs old too.

[@150mcl150]

My cat bit my nose once trying to wake me up!

[@kathleenpayne564]

Mittens gets mad and bites my feet.

[@PurrsMom]

My 2 🐈🐈 wake me up twice nightly -- 2:15 am for treats, and the 4 am for breakfast. Then, they allow me to sleep for 4 hours.

[@NatYourAverageNerd]

I'm glad I was right in thinking, "I should ignore her when she starts meowing at 4AM so that she knows it's not good behavior," so I'll start on that! I have my alarm set for 7:21AM with the snooze for nine minutes, and that's when I get up to feed her. Good to know it shouldn't take too long for a kitty to learn the pattern, so thank you!

[@Khaleesi007]

It will take a week he said. It's been 1 WHOLE YEAR that I'm trying.

[@StrawberriTea]

I'm glad he said not to shut the door, my cat doesn't care if we leave him home alone, but if we shut the bedroom door on him in the morning he will literally stress vomit outside because he knows we're in there and he can't get to us.

[@PurrsMom]

Great response ... I closed the door twice, and the 🐈🐈 cried, and I cried ... Never again.

[@Sssssssslf]

oh bless his wee heart!!!! 😔❤️ yeah you never ever close doors on kitties, it stresses them out and they hate not being able to free roam

[@whitepawn5229]

Same.

[@ipshitajee]

My cat scratches the shit outta the door

[@SeaJay4Tea]

I'm glad to hear that the "revenge vomit" thing isn't exclusive to my cat 😿 We've tried for 2 years to get the cats on a schedule. The other 2 have adjusted, the one refuses... 😩

[@NeverendingTori]

My cat started doing this right when I adopted him, but as he settled into his new surroundings he's calmed down quite a bit. Usually only takes a few minutes of ignoring him before he settles back down. I still find it really hard not to laugh when I'm trying to ignore him and he ever-so-gently touches my cheek though.

[@mariaduda4518]

My new cat started meowing at 4:40, now is 6:16 and she still hasn’t stop(only giving like 5 minutes breaks between each section of meowing). I am a very light sleeper. I am desperate. I hope this works in a few nights

[@roarkegriffon5657]

One of my cats headbutts me, trying to get me up. If that fails, he goes around my bedroom, knocking things off until I get up. If I go back to bed, he lands on my chest and starts kneading and suckling on the blankets making loud sucking and purring noises.

[@reneelewis1771]

Same! How do you ignore a cat that's destroying your room? Im talking pushing lamps off bedside tables and such😼

[@lindapearse1158]

Hahaha! Know exactly what your saying. I have a very tiny headbutting cat, who knocks cups of coffee over me, just to get attention, she's lethal.🤣

[@kristenkelley2655]

I genuinely just bought little sticky things to stick everything down lol

[@catherinelw9365]

@@reneelewis1771 Mine does the same thing. Destructive. I now keep him out of my bedroom so I can sleep. Tough on him, but I need sleep.

[@aimeekarlin4139]

Like...what if they NEVER stop meowing in order for you to reward them when they stop? 😂 I'm laughing but I'm actually crying on the inside. My 10 year old boy is relentless.

[@hopetrnr0]

Wait. 10 years old?? He said it ends at 18 mos!😩😩😩😩

[@e.liza_kb]

exactly. this is my problem. I want to reward quiet behavior, but that never happens. He's also ten.

[@zelzuniapryst-chalska2444]

How is it now? My cat is 10 years old now and is Not better with his age

[@felixoupopote]

I just came here because I love the thumbnail.

[@Nicholasrasmusen]

I'm surprised he didn't mention getting an automatic feeder. Lock your cat out of your room, set the feeder for around when you get up, and leave your room after the feeder goes off. That way you are minimizing the cat's association between you and food in the morning. That was the only thing that got my cat to quit waking me up.

[@foxiefair123]

Mine doesn’t usually wake me up for food, she’s just bored or lonely because I spoil her rotten, so I can’t really blame her. 😂

[@nivision]

My cat can only have wet food due to stomatitis. I dream of this option.

[@sissywilliams1833]

My Precious 21, and My Sissy 14 both in their youth tried to get my attention when I wanted to sleep. But I ignored them. Even though they knew I was awake, I said and did nothing. Eventually they would just snuggle up to me and wait it out. I miss my Precious. I still have my Sissy with me and thank Every day I have her with me. Love your channel 😻

[@PurrsMom]

Bless you

[@spiralflash6169]

Glad I rewatched this now that it applies to me and my cat. Last night I chased her out of my bedroom and closed the door, and finally got a few hours of sleep. I was thinking that’s what I have to do now, but felt bad about it. So I won’t do it again. What you said about the 3 R’s makes a lot of sense. Being ADHD, I have a lot of difficulty with, and need for the R’s myself, and this gives me more motivation to implement it!

[@katetx2001]

Wondering how to not move or respond when she's trying to wake me up by clawing my scalp. But laughed my head off at "She'll grow out of it". Tell that to 5-year-old SweetiePie!.

[@lelaramsey177]

if shes keeping you up anyway and its for food, stick through her morning cries until a time you want to sleep in and feed her then until she adjusts to the new feeding schedule without waking you up too early!

[@katetx2001]

@@lelaramsey177 Once I figured out to wear a ski cap and a night mask, and pull the covers up, it's better. She's a good hunter, and if there's any gap, she reaches her paw in like a cartoon cat into a mouse hole, to find a place to scratch me, like my chin. But it is getting better, gradually. a little later and not as persistent. Thanks.

[@Lotbot217]

This is me!! I can cope with the meowing but my youngest cat with claw and tear his claws into my pillows and then my hair and then my face. Not so easy to ignore ;(

[@LeonAvalos]

Omfg I laughed too hard at this 😂

[@margaretwarden7997]

Im 76 , I have had cats All my life ! along side Mice < horses , many dogs ,wild birds ,I I specialised in feral cats .. mostly toms ... sadly at the end of their lives , but also kittens .. totally feral , with great success! During covid lock down , I got so lonely I realise I needed an animal for company. after a great deal of thought , I thought , as I am a wee bit antique, the best animal was a cat ? I looked at the on line data of our local Sanctuary and kept noticing a pair of cats ... longest residents ... litter mates ,They had been in care for5 + yrs !! The sanctuary decided that despite lockdown , I could apply!! They checked me out and allowed me to take these weird pair!! They ... are a true delight !! and will be with me till I , or they die !! BUT I would be so grateful for your imput to make their lives even better ! as they display so many problems that are at worst, conflicting ... and at best ..... v difficult !!

[@alyxskyler]

How have they and how have you been the last couple of months?

[@buddharuci2701]

I’m also 76, and a first time cat owner. He’s about one year, full of energy, full of fun, wakes me up at all hours, but especial 3:30 or 4:00. I’m fine with it. COVID is a beach. He reminds me that when things get tough, the tough play.

[@feralbluee]

Hi - you are such a terrific person. i sooo wish i lived in the country, i'd be doing what you are doing.(as a kid i was always acquiring lost dogs and cats andmy mom had to find out who they beonged to :} it is sooo frustrating not to be able to live the way i want to. anyway, i'm an antique, also. i love saying that. i now have 3 older (rescue) cats and wonder if i should get another pet after they leave me. it's quite a quandary as i do NOT want to live without an animals or two in my life. could you let us know the other problems you're having with your little guys? Keep safe 🐈🐢🐞🐕🐿🐸🐦🌱🌷

[@KimHiKu]

Everytime I watch one of your videos I think "my cat is a blessing" cause I never have any problem with him xD

[@vintageryn7217]

Right? 😅 My two boys are saints because I trained them since they were kittens.

[@Sssssssslf]

lucky blessed momma!!! 🙏🤗🐈❤️

[@debraporzio7490]

Ha! My cats STILL do this, and they're 7!

[@LivingEpicness1]

One of my cats does this. Ignoring her does the trick. She deliberately walks on me, pulls my long hair and rips up tissues. When nothing works she goes to lie down between my legs and waits until I get up.

[@tessat338]

Due to Covid 19, in an effort to socially distance my husband's work team, the group has been split into two teams, one that works from 6 am to 2 pm and one that works from 12 pm to 8 pm. My husband now gets up at 4:30 am. The cats are thrilled! They seem to think that they have finally convinced one of us to get up at a reasonable hour to feed hungry kitties! He doesn't feed them until the 5 am hour but it does let the rest of us sleep!

[@Sssssssslf]

aww bless them! 🐈💕 you may have a problem though when your hours go back to normal!

[@pablobratcat]

Sounds familiar

[@lauralindholm1400]

You may have a problem when he returns to normal hours!

[@jessahgase6919]

pop

[@jaymepittroff]

I was getting up for work at 4:30am 1 of my work days per week, my cats were so excited to get fed that early. But then they wanted that everyday. So I stopped feeding them on my early day, they get fed at their regular time by my son each day. They usually let me sleep until 8:30am... but some days..... ugh....

[@pascaldegiovanni6781]

The crepuscular awakening is really rooted in a cat's mind. The only time I have seen my own Choupette go into a morning panic is the day I stayed in a hotel room at night with her, and the blinders prevented any light to enter the room. In the morning, around her usual waking up time, she clearly got anxious. She asked to go outside and I took her for a walk on a leash in the corridor (again no windows): she was still anxious after two explorations of the floor. Then I took her downstairs (only windows close to the door): she settled down a little. It is only when I opened the blinders that she cooled down in less than a minute! Then I understood what was happening: for the first time in her life, the sun was not in sync with her internal clock...

[@thedancersstudio]

I have had cats all my life but our cat Bella is different than any I have had on the past. She is very attached to my husband and I. She is very vocal and will have full on conversations with us. We are still waiting for our cat Bella to “outgrow” the torturing us while we sleep phase 😳She is 2 1/2. She likes beginning around 11pm and every 2 hours after that until after 9am. She only takes brief cat naps in between the 9 or so hour crazy time. We have tried ignoring, but instead of getting the message she sends us one by destroying anything she can find. Banging cords against the walls, smacking blinds, knocking plants down, climbing furniture, and her favorite is to use our mattress from underneath the bed as a scratch post. We tried blocking under the bed and she just pulls the sides of the mattress. Love her to pieces but she is driving us nuts.

[@Blueheron23]

Very helpful! My new cat keeps waking me at 2:00am lol

[@meadowreil]

What can I say, my alarm cat Ruby made me a morning person ❤️🌞😅

[@nickimontie]

My 13 year old cat still hasn't stopped even with me ignoring him! He's persistent in everything he does so I attribute it to his personality in general.

[@luckyduck_.]

Is he fixed?

[@yvonnecardoso304]

I have a 12yr old Main Coon mix, he is very headstrong too. I get the 6am wake up too. I ignore him, he does not care. I also attribute it to his personality. Leo is the smartest cat that I have ever come across

[@nickimontie]

@@luckyduck_. oh yes, he just wants attention all the time. When visitors come over, the other cats hide, but he greets them at the door and crawls all over them!

[@nickimontie]

@@yvonnecardoso304 I love Maine Coons! I had one once that loved car rides and knew how to open door knobs. 😸

[@melissakateproductions8193]

With three cats, if I ignore one, the next one starts. LOL I've solved the problem by the absolute craziest solution ever. I mean, folks thing I'm absolutely insane for doing this, but I've found that it works. I get up, I use the bathroom, and then..........I feed them. All three cats. Whenever the 20 year old cat wakes me up, that's when everybody gets fed. 4, 5, 6am - whatever it is. She wakes me up, I have to use the bathroom anyway, so I might as well feed them. Then I go back to sleep and everybody's happy. It interrupts my sleep for about 10 minutes, then I'm back in bed. Works every time.

[@dobygillis3105]

Jackson your looking handsome 3years ago. Thanks for your cat Psychology.

[@fcknormality]

my cat figured out exactly how to disturb me, she would start scratching things near my head while I sleep. It started at 5am, then 4am, 3 am, today she woke me up at 1:40am :O how can you ignore a cat destroying your room?:D

[@christirodger9203]

This is my issue! Mine knows she'll get a reaction if she rips the blinds down or knocks pictures over. I am at a loss...

[@laurahodges779]

this is exactly what my cat does, progressively earlier and everything :(

[@BooBaddyBig]

My sister's cat, got up at 5am or so every morning, and then went out. Eventually my sister realised the cat was being bullied by a gingercat, but if he went out early he could do the rounds of his territory and avoid meeting them...

[@Sssssssslf]

oh my goodness that is so precious he did that ! 😌 bless his wee heart! 🐈❤️ I hope he's able to go out normally now and not being scared by the other kitty! ❤️

[@BooBaddyBig]

@@Sssssssslf Unfortunately he was found dead, there were no signs of violence, maybe it was a stroke or a heart attack or something. It was very sad. 😢 She's got another kitty now.

[@Sssssssslf]

@@BooBaddyBig oh my god noooo tears in my eyes reading your comment! 😰 that is absolutely heart breaking! what could have happened to him?! was he a senior kitty? did your sister not get a post mortem done on him to find out what may have caused his death? how tragic that he died alone outside on his own the poor wee angel! I hope nothing bad happened to him and that it was quick and painless and he had no idea about it oh my gosh so sad 😔💔

[@BooBaddyBig]

@@Sssssssslf We don't know the cause. He was about 4 IRC. quite young.😢I don't think he had a pedigree- some pedigrees have heart problems.

[@nivision]

Perhaps stop letting them out?

[@altairr.gomes-junior1762]

I have two cats and they start playing running after each other at 11pm (after I feed them).

[@akashicsong9904]

zoomies!!!!!!!!!!! mine do it when i get on a video call for work :D

[@alimoore589]

Yep! I have a kitten around 14 weeks old. He won't even let me get into bed!

[@usa91787]

My 3 year old Maine Coon Sheba came in this morning, sat down, and let out one loud MEOW!! She does this after spending most of the night wanting me to play and feed her. Or look out the only window without the shade pulled. For 30 seconds. Then she leaves. Only to just lay down out if sight and meow every 10 seconds.

[@yriEth]

I've had a kitten for 3 weeks now and I have to say, this mostly works! At first she woke us up at 4, 6 a.m... we ignored her. She still sometimes goes crazy around 6 a.m., but we ignore her and she goes back to sleep after ~10 minutes. But now we give her her last meal at 9:30 p.m. We play before, but also after (she has lots of energy lol) and she legitimately starts getting sleepy before 11 p.m. By 11, she's usually fast asleep. However, I've discovered it's VERY important to get prepared for bed together with her! If I make a big fuss at 11 p.m., she wakes up and wants to play and goes crazy for about 15 minutes. I have to prepare for bed before 11 p.m. It's also hard to ignore her, you can hear all kinds of sounds and I get very curious (and sometimes worried) about what she's doing. But you have to pretend to sleep😂

[@leiadaniels3181]

My cat, Lefty, is 5 1/2 years old and he still does this. I have to hide my hands or he makes me pet him.

[@kuroe-chan5190]

Me too! I cocoon I. The blanket till he lays back down lol

[@Sythianoa]

I've mostly accepted I'm not going to get out of feeding my cats at 5-6 am and switched my focus more towards teaching myself to go back to sleep after and rewarding them for waking me up nicely with snuggles instead of being noisy

[@christopherrosas2738]

This is just like dealing with toddlers habits are learned and can be trained

[@zelzuniapryst-chalska2444]

At 6 in the Morning? Lucky one! My cat is starting his moewing at 3 or 4 o’clock in the Morning since 10 years

[@kristymontgomery7436]

I have tried locking my cat out of my room and he just scratches the door!

[@ipshitajee]

Yesssssss same here and it just seems I'm a main carecter in middle of the forest at pet semetary 😭

[@theknightswhosay]

The cat has to be behind two doors in my experience.

[@lindaeasley5606]

There's no such thing as shutting a cat out of your room

[@theknightswhosay]

@@lindaeasley5606 yeah there is. I wish I could show you mine patiently waiting to be let in right now.

[@krissyt5642]

@@theknightswhosay mine does the same he waits in the kitchen until I wake up it’s right outside my room lol.

[@Jaydenzephyr]

I adopted a 4-year-old cat about 2 months ago after I got my own apartment. I don’t allow him in the bedroom/bathroom area (I’m a light sleeper) but I make sure to give him plenty of attention after I get home from work. We have a routine and after we play and I feed him at night, he voluntarily goes to his “bed-“ the couch! Every now and then he will meow at the door, but the routine really works for the both of us, and I just prefer not having him in my room

[@Jaydenzephyr]

I’m the same way! It just takes persistence! I promise, it will get better if you have a routine! Also, I just rescued a kitten a few weeks ago and my cat loves him so now I don’t feel bad for shutting him out 😊

[@Jaydenzephyr]

Also, earplugs will probably be your best friend right now 😊

[@elsh332]

It's just like having kids: Pretend to be asleep and hope they get bored and go away 🤣 I also have basically a blackout curtain. It has improved my own sleep too 😻

[@calvin1917]

My girl just sent me this because she's tired of my complaining about my cat. I'm so damn glad that I watched this!

[@TzarinaMystra]

Highly recommend an automated feeder with a timer for Chyna. We had a cat that woke us up at 6 am every morning and setting a food drop for that time totally fixed the issue.

[@chloegardner8303]

This has helped us as well!

[@mindstrongbodystrong9574]

Mine hadn’t. I tried the auto feeder. Still wakes me up all night

[@pheart2381]

6a.m.? Try 1a.m.!

[@jaynesixx2185]

Omg 😯

[@moty0303]

Same here... about 11:30pm to 6am lmao...

[@zoeconvire4940]

I have a cat that wakes me up throughout the night. I hope this works for him!

[@chrysanthemum3065]

"Well, cockadoodledoo, let's go!" I can't stop laughing. Thank you, Jackson. 🤣

[@THE-zv7vj]

I had to close my door and turn on the fans on . He's relentless playing even after we played for 30 min before bed. He jumps all over the place runs from one room back to the bedroom over and over. Im a lite sleeper. hes only 10 weeks and i know it will get better. Ill have the door back open soon. my adult female cat thinks hes crazy she stays out of my room cause he keeps her up..

[@ericapoe]

My kitten is 6 1/2 months and he does that every night 😫.

[@MamaCassOFee]

@@ericapoe It does stop over age. Kittens are like kids. Wait until she a year old. Jackson's advice on this isn't spot on.

[@ericapoe]

MamaCassOFee Yea I think it depends on every cat which they are all different.

[@francescagalfre9265]

Play, stop, play, stop, play, feed, hopefully sleep

[@toriless]

"female cat thinks hes crazy" but is she really that wrong?

[@steffis9806]

I am hand raising three orphaned kittens. They are around 7 - 8 weeks old now and for the last few days they let me sleep through the night. REALLY hope this behavior continues, I already lost a lot of sleep because of them😄but it was (and is!) a great experience. They are little terrors throughout the day, but that's okay ❤️ they are just so full of energy.

[@cf2796]

My senior cat won't play cause shes almost totally blind and can't see her toys & not interested. I've tried your sleep herbal tonic- didn't help. Currently is on gabapentin for arthritis . She also is in middle stages of kidney failure. So far the gaba is not working to get her to sleep for more than 2 hours at night. . She will sleep for 2 hours after taking 8 mg of it. then is up and down all night on bed and meowing. She has plenty of wet food i leave out, fresh water, clean kitty box. I make a slurry of her wet food. Never give her dry food. She has 2 water stations. I'm lucky if i can get 1 hr of sleep at a time. I'm going to start sleeping in my car. And yes i know its not about me - its about her. I love her but i have caregiver burnout.

[@donnabrown4349]

I would say the best thing I to adopt two kittens at the same time. I been a cat Mom since 1982. They did better if there was more than one. Maybe she could adopt a kitten for her cat. Since the cat is a female she might adapt quickly. An 18 month old cat is fairly young. I had good and bad experience with cats. We adopted our current kittens September of 2020. One we adopted from a vet office thinking we were going to get litter mates. All of the liter mates were gone except for one with multiple health problems plus needing an eye removal. We decided to take this wonderful ginger female tabby cat. Her name is Clementine. We needed to buy pet supplies at pet store and they happened to have an adoption event from a cat rescue. My husband fell in love with a gray tabby female. She was a feral kitten at birth but socialized in a foster home. Very Friendly. Her name was Natalie so we kept it. Natalie was 14 weeks and Clementine 8 weeks. Natalie hissed at Clementine for 2 days and they became best of friends or sisters as we call them now. We did not let the kittens sleep with us until recently. They did a little whining outside our bedroom door but we kept it shut. We had Sherpa blankets that we placed them on. We also gave them wet food before bedtime and fresh water. I also leave out dry food 24/7. They now sleep with us. They are great. Sometimes our 18 year old son gets up and plays with them before we do. I thoughts on this are get her a kitten so she can Mother it. I find we been doing the right thing with these cats. Since we are 64 and 62 years old they maybe our last and trying to do it right.

[@Its_like_the_T-Rex]

My Lily would claw my bed frame every morning and it worked. I'd jump out of bed to get her to stop and she'd be like, "well since you're up, feed me!" Now that she's past having a clawed bed frame is a precious memory of our 18 years.

[@MilkTeaASMR]

This sentiment is so heartwarming to me. 😿

[@laurajaramillogil7664]

For a little over a week we changed our cats (Evie and Lupe) feeding strategy from free feeding to scheduled. The last meal of the day is at 8 pm, then after we wake up and drink a coffee we will feed them again (around 5am). Lupe (less than a year old) wakes up at 3 am every day. First, she was throwing pencils to the floor and walking on top of us so that we will wake up and feed her. We ignored her for a couple of days and she stopped doing that. However, her new strategy is to attack Evie (over 3 years old) from 3 am until we wake up. She will attack Evie for over an hour our two if it is necessary, and will only stop as soon as we wake up. We live in an apartment so it is hard not to do anything to stop them fighting because the neighbors can hear them. We still drink our coffee and wait a while to feed them. But we are really exhausted of waking up at 3 am every day. What can we do 😭?? Please we need help!!!

[@maloumasereel966]

I’m curious, how are you now and did you solve this problem?

[@candy4428]

YES MY BABYS DO SLEEP WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME BUT 🥰🥰🥰😍IF I WANT SLEEP I HAVE 2 CATS 🐈 I LOVE THEM ❤❤ I CLOSE MY DOOR I HAVE A SCRATCH GUARD FOR MY CARPET AND I FEED THEM A SNACK BEFORE I TURN IN AND PLAY WITH THEM FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. THEN I CLOSE THE DOOR AND SLEEP.

[@KA-pr1xt]

I have a Sphynx. At night when it's time to sleep I keep it at 67 degrees and heated blankets on the beds and heating pads in his bed. This would probably work for any cat although might have To go cooler. I sleep better if it's cold anyway, and he can't resist the heated blankets. He's only 5 months and still learning but if it's too warm in the house at night he runs a muck despite play, food schedule etc. but he's learning.

[@ThomasNeal]

How do you ignore a cat when it's being destructive in this scenario without giving them attention

[@Catherine-wn9tb]

Remove the things they can destroy

[@dreamwalker2518]

Cats are destructive when they are bored or stressed. You need to play with it every day, have it work for treats/kibble, or wet food if it tends to overeat. It's also good for especially young cats to have a buddy of the same sex and age to play and cuddle with.

[@kells32]

I fount that training my cats to do tricks for treats like “sit”, “come”, and even “leave it” (my one tabby loves to get into things) really works their mind. After working for 15-20 minutes, he is tired. They need mental and physical stimulation.

[@dreamwalker2518]

@@kells32 Yes, clicker training is a great way to bond with your cats and stimulate them mentally. There are also food puzzles you can leave out when you go to work. Fundamentally Feline has great reviews for many different food puzzles. You can also DIY those, with empty toilet paper rolls for example, or cutting a few holes in a box and putting kibble in it, so they have to reach inside to get to their food. Still, it can not replace a feline buddy.

[@toriless]

@@kells32 I ma still working on getting the lazy female to accept one of those puzzle bowls. It is going but slowly.

[@erikshappywife]

One of my kitties wakes me up several times during the night wanting his treats. When I try to ignore him, he BITES me!!! I try covering with several layers of blankets for protection, but he just BITES HARDER and his needle-teeth goes THROUGH the layers of blankets and INTO me!!! And all those blanket layers just makes me so hot that I can't sleep anyway. I cant shut him out because we have no bedroom door and cannot have one put in (it's an apartment). So...I give him his treats to keep him from biting me to death!!! This has resulted in him being even MORE spoiled AND even chubbier!!! I have started giving bits of car food in between wake times, to try to decrease the calories he is getting in the night. Since he was a bottle baby, he was/is used to me feeding him every couple of hours. Though he bothers me less during the day for food/treats, the nightly feeding demands continue. He was a year old in August. He is such a sweet boy...until you don't give him his treats in the night!!! I have the scabs and scars to prove it!!!

[@harfangdesneiges6680]

How about a programmed feeder for his treats? You can even program and check on it with your phone with app related to it.

[@heidi9429]

Jackson! My cat is around 15 yrs old- i wish he would let me sleep until 6 am!! I am afraid its my fault- rewarding the yelling.

[@andrewthielmann5342]

I wish I could. Our girl knows she can knock things off tables which is dangerous.

[@flightattendantsteven]

Probably one of my favorite videos! My little Buddy wakes me up at three am, every morning, but now I'm feeling empowered to change this behavior.

[@artman2204]

did it work?

[@PixieDusted72]

Thank you Jackson. I’m sitting here watching this with red blurry eyes. My sons 10 month old kitty wakes me at 4 am every single day by attacking my fingers. We do not allow hand play. He has many toys. Hand are for love, not chomping. This happens after I ignore him, he resorts to this. I’ll try this, thanks again.

[@sugarwoofle6067]

Myself and my guests can't sleep EVER!!! It's not for food... she hates the doors being closed... all doors. But people want privacy! Help! X.x She will take her nails and grab the underside of the door and pull so it makes a loud thumping that sounds like someone breaking in. If that doesn't work or we try to ignore it, she starts screaming really loud. My door is always open to her so I don't lock her out of my room. But at night she isn't allowed into guests rooms and she hates it.

[@ellenpeterson9915]

My dear Sally's wake up method is to pick at the blankets with her claws, frequently, unintentionally, getting through the blankets to my skin. Very hard to pretend to sleep! Considering leather blankets, or full armor.

[@mikoto7693]

I'm also so glad to have such a wonderful companion sharing my flat with me.

[@GigTube]

Put a tall cat tree in your bedroom. I did this a few weeks ago and now my cat prefers to sleep on the top platform instead of on my bed... for the most part. He still wakes me up around 5:30am everyday for breakfast. I feed him and go right back to bed.

[@razzer49]

that was a great presentation of the cat situation ......maybe she is telling you that your auto warranty has expired and you need to get up NOW MEOW to take care of it?

[@RosieHarp]

Epic thumbnail 😆

[@StopWhatYerDoing]

I ended up buying an automatic feeder. That was the best $50 I ever spent. My cat rarely wakes me up in the mornings anymore.

[@karacole2304]

Can you share which one you bought?

[@jenniferrosenthal7731]

We have one too and now my cat meows like crazy for about 30 mins before it’s due to go off. She just needs to be more patient. We’ve already adjusted the times of feeding too

[@StopWhatYerDoing]

@@jenniferrosenthal7731 hopefully she gets more patient. It took my cat a minute to realize I don't feed her anymore. She just sits on top of the feeder when it gets close to food time lol.

[@Janny9802]

My cats are awake by 4:30am 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😂but I love them !! This video helped me a lot !! Thank you 😊

[@JahidAfridiJr.-np7uy]

I suffer from health conditions like Chronic Back pain manic depression & chronic insomnia i love cats

[@sharonmcnally4712]

When rescued my current feral boy he would wake me up to get fed at the crack of dawn, I just put a pillow over my head and ignored him..... now he rarely tries to wake me. Another thing I've learned is to put out fresh food in his bowls before I go to bed so he just goes in and eats and goes back to sleep.

[@ForeverWhereAfter]

I have a 15-16 year old cat who has started doing this at 4am, or 5am or 6am. I assumed he is going senile as an older cat. Yes, ignoring them is the hardest part. :)

[@lesabri]

US, too!!! She is 16 and started doing this ever since we moved homes. AND there are stray kittens and cats outside, so she is really upset a lot.

[@lambj]

Victor is 15.5 and lost his friend in May. In July, he was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease and we had to change his diet. Now he climbs on my pillow almost every morning at 3 (on the dot!) and pulls my hair, pokes me on the cheek, and even drools on my face! Try ignoring that! If I just walk with him to the kitchen and shake his kibble bowl, he eats and lets me sleep... for about 2 hours. Ugh! It's a good thing he's cute!!

[@HanBlack314]

yeah mine is 19 and started singing me out of bed in the morning. but she got deaf in the last years so she doesn't even realize how unbelievably loud she is

[@Lucindanata]

I’m similar my cat is 18 and deaf so the meows are so loud. We do keep her downstairs with the bedroom door shut and hallway door shut. She does sometimes wail or meow but it stops after a few minutes, when it is time to wake up I give her lots of fuss and feed her breakfast. She’s always tried to wake us up (5-6am) all her life it never stopped and it’s always for food because she is so greedy. Between the ages of 2-12 she always slept in the room with me but as she’s gotten older she needs the litter tray and access to water more frequently so I think it’s best to keep her downstairs over night and in the day time open the doors so she can sleep on the bed.

[@h.borter5367]

I have a slightly different sleep problem with my cat. If she's not with me in my bed at night, cuddling and spooning with me, I cannot sleep at all.😞💔

[@Icalasari]

So... My family is screwed til I move then. My dad definitely won't buy into not shouting at her, and my bedroom is too small for her the whole night (no spots to even set up vertical movement, I'm using basically all the available room already) Fun. Least that shouldn't be more than 2 to 4 months from now...

[@yarabia]

I will try❤ my 16th months cat loves to wake me up at 3 am… he meows in the kitchen. But I always give him food before the bed time!…😂 Also - beautiful shirt ❤❤

[@riohenry6382]

I get up when they wake us up, put them out of the bedroom until it’s 8:15. The cats are used to the routine and sometimes they don’t even wake us up until after 8 am. I have the purrfect cats ❤️🐾

[@Miyakies]

Omg that girl is so cute to include that footage of 6 in the morning 🤣 got me smiling right before bedtime haha

[@susancregg472]

My cats are such cuddlers that they wouldnt mind in the least if I slept all day, as long as they got to stay cuddled with me the whole time. In fact, about a month back I felt so sick that I went back to bed around 11 AM and slept the rest of the day and through the night. My husband told me that when he made their dinner, they took turns coming down, to ensure at least one was with me at all times. I used to have one cat that liked to wake me though. He didnt actually want me to get up, he just wanted to get some pets from time to time. So he would come over, lick my eyelids (not as sweet as it sounds) until I woke up, then he'd push his head into my hands. A few minutes of petting and we would both fall asleep. I guess I have had some weird cats.

[@IbelongtoJesus.]

I saw a video recently with music for cats and some of the video sounds like purring noises. A lot of people found it to work to calm down their cats and help them sleep.

[@priscillacrockett4881]

My sweet werewolf Samantha is a diabolical genius. As s kitten she learned human anatomy and how to concentrate all her momentum onto my bladder to get my attention. Now she wakes me up with a "meow mama" every single night between 2-4 am, only to make sure I still adore her, and as soon as I mumble her name she comes up for a snuggle & goes back to sleep ♡

[@j.elizabeth4621]

Thanks for the tips Jackson. My cat Uh Oh is driving me crazy. I live in an apartment so it’s extra tough because my neighbors can hear her. She’ll meow for over an hour omg. I’ll try this for sure too. You’re looking great!

[@Yash-Gaikwad]

Dealing with the same.

[@VS-re1sr]

I am one of those knuckleheads who does not let the kitties in the bedroom. I am a little bit allergic, and need the dander free space to sleep. Plus, the last time a kitty got into my room I got a whisker up my nose. So please, no judgement!

[@springflower1265]

My cat loves play soccer about 5 o'clock in morning, before I sleep, I have to take her ball if I forget we have a problem at home. Crazy cat 🐱🐱🐱❤️💤

[@itskrystallee]

Omg my cat never lets me sleep and I hear him playing with toys jumping on the window perch, chattering, meowing at 5:30am, nipping my feet with his teeth for me to get up and let him out to eat. I’m going to try this for sure!