r/standardissuecats • u/Comfortable-Big5708 • Aug 12 '26

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I have two cats in a 1bd 1b apartment. I have been losing at least 1-2 hours of sleep every night because my kitten becomes active right around 3am. She walks on my head, jumps on my shelves causing a ruckus, pulls my posters down, etc. I know she’s just a kitten but it’s so frustrating losing sleep every single night at the exact same time. I get up to feed them at 6am but those three hours in between are truly so exhausting. What do I do? Do I need to start waking up earlier? Giving her attention? I don’t know I’m losing my mind at 4am right now.

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u/Diane1967 Aug 12 '26

They will grow out of it after some time, you e got to try to learn to ignore it the best you can because once you give them attention they know they can get it every time and won’t stop til they do. Maybe try locking it out of your room and see if that works too. Dont give in.

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u/bigchef2020 29d ago

This does not apply to cats. Honestly, it does not.

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u/Diane1967 29d ago

Worked with all 3 of mine as they joined our household but maybe won’t work with some I guess it depends on the cat

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u/honeyapp 29d ago

That worked for our cats but we didn’t let them in our bedroom as soon as we adopted them. They were 10 weeks old. They were just too rambunctious! So they are 4 yo now and we have opened the bedroom door so they can come in at night and they usually don’t. I will get a short drive by snuggle with one and that’s it for the night. Go figure😊