He wants attention and he wants it now!

[mainbutter]

I flat out refuse to get any of my cats declawed. It is inhumane and unnecessary.

My parents declawed our first cat after she destroyed about $1500 worth of 10' tall drapes. Somehow the cat was able to tear up the drapes from top to bottom in a single afternoon, I mean they were SHREDDED from her climbing up and down it.

I'm not saying it's right to do, but there is always a reason.

+1 on noise deterrants. They are far superior to spraying, I've never heard of that ever working.

I'd definitely up the nighttime playtime and tucker the cat out as best you can. Even at two years old, the thing is still pretty kitten-y. Cats in general take frequent short rests, "catnaps" if you will This lets them be active at times that are less than desirable for humans.

Sometimes you just have to put up with the fact that the cat will be awake during parts of the night, and if it sleeps in your bedroom then you will likely have your sleep disturbed.

[Jay_Bunny]

And this is why I do not have $1500 in drapes. We actually don't keep much on the dresser, nightstand, etc either. Nothing that can be harmed if it were knocked over. We don't have expensive furniture. We've had a few cases of the cats clawing the furniture but they are given plenty of scratch posts so it has been a long time since they have done that. Mostly, they just like to claw me. I'd rather them claw me to pieces before I'd ever de-claw them. In my opinion, when you take an animal into your home, you shouldn't get to pick and choose what part of the animal you deal with.

ANYWAY I will just try the coin can and keep up with the squirt bottle. Though I do believe I need to get more pictures of these kids, especially of the boys cuddling with me. They are like human kids in the way they cuddle!

Oh and I'm used to disturbed sleep. I don't think I've slept through the night since I first brought Miki home as a kitten 4 years ago. The first night she was home she wanted to play and cuddle ALL...NIGHT....LONG. I got maybe 3 hours of sleep over the course of 2 nights. At one point she put her head on my neck and I stayed up listening to her purr. She hasn't done that in ages though. Once we introduced the boys she's stopped cuddling like she used to.

[Big Gunns]

I had that issue with a 2 year old cat I adopted 5 years ago. I would wake up with his drool and scratches all over my chest because he would come lay next to me and "massage" me in my sleep trying to get attention. After getting his front paws declawed, which yes I realize most people think is cruel, I no longer had this issue. He stopped fighting so hard for attention, but didn't stop entirely. And of course no more having to deal with cat scratches all over my body just because he was trying to get some loving. I also had the same results with a kitten I adopted last year.
Others may have some other suggestions, but for me that is what worked with both of the cats I have when they got a little too pushy and started causing more anger than joy.

Well isn't it obvious what happened. The cat now hates your guts. Sorry, but it's kinda obvious to BG.


BG thinks you all should be happy that at least something loves yah.

Doesn't anyone have a door on the bedroom nowadays? BG couldn't sleep with all the screaming fans outside without two steel ones on his.

Do you peeps with problems only have one cat? If so, borrow a friends cat for a few days and see if it helps. If it does, get another kitty as a friend for your kitty so it's not so lonely.

[Aleria]

He stopped fighting so hard for attention, but didn't stop entirely.

^ point one that no, the cats do not hate me for declawing them. They still try to get plenty of attention but don't resort to scratching to get it and instead stick with something nicer like headbutting.

I've also tried the whole shutting all animals out of the bedroom thing and it just doesn't work, at least not with my cats. They would sit outside the door screaming until I'd let them in. At that point I preferred the scratches to the horrble sound.

And of course, getting a second cat did nothing in my case considering I got a second cat and as stated above had to do the same thing with her to stop the same exact issue.

[Jay_Bunny]

I have multiple cats, so in my problems with Liam are not related to him not having friends. (though don't tell my husband that getting a kitten would help. He'd drag me to the SPCA today if I even mentioned getting another kitten.)

Last night Liam only scratched my shoulder once. I think the squirt bottle may be helping though I intend to try the coin can as well.