My Beloved Cat

By James Cropper

Does your cat keep you awake at night? Does it go in and out of your room constantly?

If so, you are probably going nuts.

During the day just about all cats take naps. They will hop in your bed as soon as you get up and curl themselves in a ball. Getting all this sleep will give your cat a lot of energy at night. This will result in your little feline friend keeping you awake at night. This will show, especially after your second or third day at work after being kept up during the night. This could cause you real problems by not being as efficient as you should be at work. Is your pet got something against you? Is it doing this on purpose? Probably not. Its not the animals fault. Cats are night time creatures. They prowl around at night looking for mice. Cats figured out hundreds of years ago that if they follow the humans, they will find mice and rats.

This was a beneficial arrangement for both the humans and the felines. The felines got a meal and the humans had rodent control. The cats virtually eliminated the mouse and rat problem and the humans figured out that they liked the cats. People started keeping these creatures as pets. Since their owners would feed the kitty’s, They did not need to hunt for rodents anymore. You can’t get rid of the felines natural instincts to go and hunt these rodents. What do you do when your cat keeps you up all night? If you have an outdoor cat you probably do not have this problem. Indoor cats are the main problem in this dilemma.

People that have indoor cats usually have good reasons for not letting them out.

Try playing with your cat in the morning before you leave for work and when you get home. Use up some of that energy that will be spent at night. Play with your pet with a string or some store bought toys. Play with your cat just enough to expend that stored up night time energy.

Increase the time spent playing each night if your little kitty gets bored the first time in a relatively short period of time. All this stored energy is what your feline would be expending trying to catch rodents. At the end of these energy expending sessions, the cat gets a some food out of it. When your done playing, give the little guy a couple treats.

This will mimic the animals natural actions and just may tire it out for most of the night. This may take some time, but it will be well worth it after you start getting more sleep at night.