Keeping the door closed tight could save your life in the event of a fire. If you've a window open ajar in the room keep the door closed, leaving the door open will ensure the smoke kills you before you even realise your house is on fire.Unless you have very good ventilation in the bedroom IMHO its not a good idea to close the door completely when two people are sleeping there all night.
Hi Mrs.C has a cat that is now drivng me nuts.
We keep our bedroom door closed so that the cat cant come in and when we go to bed we close our bedroom door leaving the cat the rest of the house to himself.
However all through the night he continually scratches at the bedroom door wakening myself and my wife up.
I have heard of a device called scat mat which you place in front of the door and when the cat walks onto the mat he gets a very small shock.
Anyone know where I can get of these units as I cant seem to locate any on the web that are available in Ireland or if any one else knows of an alternative.
PS We aren't prepared to get rid of the cat
MrC
Have you tried simply getting the cat a scratching pole?
It may be that rather than actually wanting to get in to the room, he has simply formed a habit of scratching the door.
Now where have I heard that beforestill chances her arm once in a blue moon, but at least it's not every night or every week.
Hang on - nobody accused the cat of being an arsonist!Keeping the door closed tight could save your life in the event of a fire. If you've a window open ajar in the room keep the door closed, leaving the door open will ensure the smoke kills you before you even realise your house is on fire.
Think I might be on to a winner with the HISSING...
The cat probably looks at me and thinks "what a prat"
Ah well, anything for a nights sleep
we close our bedroom door leaving the cat the rest of the house to himself.
In agreement here! No need for this drastic action at all! Seems crazy to me hes allowed roam the entire house at night time when you've locked yourself in your bedroom! Animals learn pretty quickly who rules the roost, start as you mean to go on i.e. routine of his own room and bed at nighttime and he'll soon get the message!I would consider those scat mats cruel and would never recommend using one.
Why has he got free reign of the house at night time?Pick one room with his own bed and leave him there at nighttime! Cats are heat seeking animals..of course hes going to be bawling outside your bedroom door,the warmest place in the house at night id say!
In agreement here! No need for this drastic action at all! Seems crazy to me hes allowed roam the entire house at night time when you've locked yourself in your bedroom! Animals learn pretty quickly who rules the roost, start as you mean to go on i.e. routine of his own room and bed at nighttime and he'll soon get the message!
Yeh i agree with you on the fact theyre more alert at nightime! But, a room with toys to play with, scratcing posts and things to climb and jump on will keep him more than entertained for the 8hrs or so you're asleep! No point in you losing sleep when your cats having a great time leggin it around your house at all hours of the night! Would it be an option to build a cat flap and let him come and go outside at nighttime? My cat (when she was aliveAs I mentioned in my post, cats are nocturnal animals - it'd be good for them to have a bit more space at nighttime (when they're at their most energetic / alert) than one room!
If theyve access to a litter tray at all times this shouldnt be the case!hi,
The Scratching at the door, is the cat trying to get your attention , usually cos it needs to go to the toilet. The scratching is the same as the motion they use to "dig a hole" to go to the toliet.
maybe I am wrong but both my cats do this!
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