Hello. I have a very affectionate 5 year old cat that I got this August. He warmed up right away and wanted to sleep with me in my bed the first night. So I have let him ever since.

Recently he has gotten in the habit of clawing me to wake me up (or just generally for attention). I have tried both making a loud noise when he does this or ignoring him, but it doesn't seem to work. Plus ignoring it is difficult when it hurts you lol.

So last night he was sleeping in bed with me as usual. He started clawing me at like 5 am and wouldn't stop. So I tricked him to get him out of the room. I got out of bed and went into the hall where he obviously followed me. But then I walked back into my room and shit the door behind me.

He has been crying at the door all night which makes me feel bad but still. Is this a viable way to correct this behavior? My plan was to maybe do this each morning that he does this.

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[–] indomara@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have a spray bottle of water marked "CAT CONTROL - WATER ONLY" in permanent marker set to spray long range. I keep it on the floor next to the bed and would spray them if they did this. Now I only have to grab the bottle and shake it and they scatter.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Spray bottle works on kids too.

But in all reality it's a good deterrent for inappropriate behaviors. Just don't use it too much or the cat starts distrusting you.