One of my cats keeps trying to sleep across my neck. She does it several times a night. I immediately wake up and put her on the floor, but she's not taking the hint. Does anyone have any suggestions? If I shut her out of the room, she tries to get in by clawing through the carpet. There's already a hole in the carpet outside the door, so keeping her out of the room isn't a good option. She's really interfering with my sleep. Help!
By Stephanie from Hillsboro, OR
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Have you heard the old saying "If you can't beat them, join them."? (as in 'defeat' not 'beat them physically', LOL). My cat started trying to sleep on the top of my head just this past Winter (who knows why when she's eight years old and never did that before) so what I tried was slowly lifting my head up until she rolled off of it, then scooted myself up and laid my head (gently and without full weight on top of her of course) like she was my new pillow instead of my head being her pillow.
Is there anything else that can be done? I tried to lay my head on my cat and he just went with it and fell right asleep. I really need him to stop he will start till lick my hair and eventually Im gonna get a balled spot.
What if you kept a spray bottle (with water) nearby and you give her a squirt whenever she tries to lie on you? Two of my three cats respond very well to the water bottle.
Here's a method I used to teach my stubborn cat to stay off of or away from things I didn't want him around. I went to the dollar store and picked up some spray bottles that spray a good stream. I filled them up with water and placed them in strategic places around the house for easy access for me. Whenever he did something wrong, I sprayed him.
It's just water so it donen't hurt him. But being a cat he doens't like getting wet, so he immediately gets away from whatever he was doing.
If you keep one of these next to your bed and squirt him every time you wake up with him on the bed it should teach him. It'll take a while, because cats are stubborn, but it should work after a while.
Good luck!
Ha! I have a different sort of cat. She does not mind getting sprayed and will jump into tub with water running to play. Have never seen such a kitty. What I do is take an empty clean soda can or plastic jars with covers, put in a few pennies and shake it them hard while saying a loud "No!" when she is doing something such as jumping on counters.
I keep them all over the house and one under my pillow for when she attacks the window blinds when I am sleeping to get me up to give her treats.
A naughty kitty for sure but I do love her.
I watched a TV program on a kitty that was disturbing his owners sleep. He clawed at the door when it was closed. the "trainer" placed a can of compressed air in front of the closed door that was activated by motion when the cat walked up to the door. After about 3 blasts of air the cat gave up approaching the door.
I'm guessing the offender is one of the "obnoxious kittens"? This is funny to me, because my cat Snickers comes up & lies across my neck at night, like a fat, furry neck wrap. He purrs & waves his paws in the air & is just so cute & cuddly. He doesn't stay too long though, I think it gets too hot for him. It amuses me, & I know he won't stay, so I let him do it. I want to take a picture of him doing this & send it in soon.
However, he won't come in my room when I am putting Vicks VapoRub on my toenails (to fight toenail fungus - not sure if it's working yet), because he doesn't like the scent. He also doesn't like perfumes or deodorants or other toiletry scents, so I am guessing that if you spray your hair at night with hairspray or perfume, perhaps your cat will learn to stay off your head.
Don't feel too bad, I have another cat, a calico named Candy, who sometimes tries to sit on my face! LOL! When she comes up, I always have my hands ready to push her away before she can do this.
Thanks all. I had the best success putting my head on top of her when she tried to sleep on my head - only took a couple tries. She's still a pest at night, but at least Izzy isn't sleeping on my head anymore.
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