The litter tray is actually kept in my bedroom.

Nothings changed upstairs and the possibility of it being due to cleaning is remote as I have not yet got round to replacing my cleaner who moved away

Get rid of the alarm. Kitties are very independant and they don't like stuff like that.

Sedatives perhaps?

An enclosed tray I assume?

Blimey that's brave!

In that case, just carry her upstairs and the problem is solved.

Cats... they really are pesky little balls of fur! I've been laughing all the way through this thread, the title makes me laugh!

If the thread's title isn't already funny enough in itself, this bit, and MAW's Maine Coons being surgically attached to himself, simply made me howl with laughter!!

Sounds like you have a right little madam in your house Richard...may I ask how old she is?

Younger cats sometimes change their rituals dramatically, for no apparent reason. I have long given up trying to understand some of their more bizarre behaviour.


Mine talks to the pillows on the bed, go figure.

I can't, there's been a lot of break ins here, so it wouldn't be wise.


Well, she's ok when she's actually ready for bed, it's just the getting there that's the problem!



[quote=Lippincote;35720079]Blimey that's brave!

It was enclosed in the past, but the cat didn't like it. Also, it forces me to clean it regularly for obvious reasons. I also have to keep it in the bedroom as she has taken to going back downstairs and pushing open the door at the foot of the stairs with her head, and thus setting the alarm off. During the day I leave the door at the foot of the stairs open and she has access to my bedroom.

[quote=Enfant Terrible;35744014]If the thread's title isn't already funny enough in itself, this bit, and MAW's Maine Coons being surgically attached to himself, simply made me howl with laughter!!

Sounds like you have a right little madam in your house Richard...may I ask how old she is?

She will be eight at the end of October.

All was well until about 6 months ago and then she suddenly decided that she was not going to go to bed when I decided to and became defiant. I sometimes think that, because of the way she looks at me, she is trying to prove a point, rather that actually WANTING to stop up late.

I've no real advice for you, but I love this thread!

I have the opposite problem to you - I'm fine as long as I go to bed before my cat. If she beats me to it, she sleeps widthways across the bed, at the top, near the pillow, and I have to try and squeeze into bed around her! (Even though it's a double bed, it is amazing just how much space one small cat can take up! )

When I get to bed first, she will snuggle up under the duvet - lovely in the winter (like a furry hot water bottle) but gets way too hot in the summer!

This sounds very familiar. Not that I have ever expected to have any success in getting my cats to come to bed when I want them to, but remembering the many occasions when as a child I would entice the family cat to come into my bedroom voluntarily only to find that once I was settling down for bed, the cat wanted letting out again.

I've no experience of house cats, either, but never mistake a cat for a tame animal! They are contrary creatures.

Is there any way of getting your alarm remotely operated so that you can wait until the cat settles before you switch it on?

It is possible, I believe, to get the sensors configured not to respond to small animals. I suspect this is what you may have to do. Believe you me (and all the other posters), your cat will not do what you ask it to, on principal. The more you try to encourage it, the more it will refuse. This way leads to unhappiness. You will have to find a way to accommodate the cat, there is no other way to tackle this. Cats usually do respond to compromise, I have found. Try and remember this is a seriously sentient being with a very different way of looking at things and a mind of its own. All it wants is warth and food and freedom to come and go as it pleases.

And I thought I was the only one who used to try and get the family cat to come into my room at night when I was a child- I wonder how many other people have done this if the truth be known? My parents, probably like most others, did not approve of the cat being in my room. I'm gonna start a thread to try and find out. And YES, as soon as you yourself were ready to settle down for the night, bearing in mind the fact that the cat wasn't supposed to be there in the first place, the cat decided it wanted to leave the room! If I ignored it, it would start meowing louder and louder and scratching at the door. I'm sure she knew i'd eventually have to get up to let her out before my parents heard the noise downstairs.

I thought about moving the sensors of the burglar alarm, but cats jump about and sit all over the place, so I don't think it would really work. The remote control idea is worth looking into, but she has been known to go back downstairs and push the door at the foot of the stairs open with her head to go back into the living room because "she's decided she wants to"!

I totally agree with you when you say that you think that the cat will not do as I ask out of principal. I genuinely believe that she's not that bothered about stopping downstairs and just does it out of pure defiance!

You can get motion sensors which ignore anything weighing less than so many pounds (I think it's 40lbs). We used to have one, it was a right pain, had to get it reset a couple of times a year because they would either be too sensitive and the cats would set it off, or not sensitive enough and I could walk in and not set it off. Wouldn't go that route again.

And here is the thread!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1135955

I've been talking to folks about this phaenomenon and it seems to be rather a common thing for kids to do. But so far, only three DS members have admitted to doing so lol.

What's phenomenal about it?

We have 3 cats, 2 of them sleep with my daughter, what's unusual? My childhood cat crept in with anyone who didn't shut their door properly, OH had a cat she used to let in the window. Normal as far as I can see.

Why not change your alarm system downstairs so that it doesn't use motion sensors, and just has break-glass and opening sensors on all doors and windows?

Cats do generally 'wake up' when it gets dark.
There is a way of preventing a cat from disturbing your sleep - close the door, either the bedroom one or the front one.

I used the word phenomenon in a tongue in cheek way as only three people on here have admitted to sneaking the cat into their room as a child (as opposed to just letting the cat sleep in their room).  

(Phenomena: a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature. Something that is impressive or extraordinary. An unusual, fact or occurrence).

Plus it's one of my favourite words!

Well, they are really supposed to be nocturnal animals and would normally hunt at night.

Hmmm, worth thinking about. It would be a lot easier if the cat would go to bed at bedtime!

If the cat causes you as much trauma as you imply on here, then perhaps it's time to move on and trade it in for a caged animal......

Clearly you find the animal a disruptive influence in your household (as per previous posts), this is not fair on yourself or the cat. You both deserve better.

What a funny thread!

...but my two also hate going to bed when ordered/asked. "Beddie-byes" sends them running for their hide outs!

They are nocturnal creatures, though, let's not forget. The fact that they can see six times as much in the dark than us humans may have something to do with it. They want to be out chasing all other things that come out at night...whoooooaaaaaaaaaoooooooo.

Nah, shes not a disruption, she's a big part of my life. I'm lucky to have her