Train Your Cat to Let You Sleep
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มี.ค. 2014
- The answer to your nighttime prayers is here - Jackson Galaxy is explaining exactly what you have to do to ensure a good night's sleep, no matter what your cat does about it. So listen up.
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We don’t have time to feed ours three times a day. Instead we feedin the morning with some dry food for eating until night, we only feed ours wet food. Will it still work
when I ignore my cat in the middle of the night, my cat pisses on me. :( HELP
Jackson Galaxy- I have to put my cat for adoption I got a alergy fron her 😥
Jackson Galaxy quick question my job has me working sometimes in the morning and sometimes at night how can I make a stable schedule
Jackson Galaxy so its normal for them to wake up at 6 we feed her like 530 pm and at freaking 6 something can the morning feeding be changed if I ignore her at that time?
"You can change your cat's circadian rhythm"
I can't even fix my own circadian rhythm
Well that’s you. Unless you try you’d be surprised.
This is so true 🤣🤣🤣
Under-rated comment!
So much truth
Same here, then again: Even with that problem I wouldn't allow a pet to basically dominate me - yes, that is exactly what you do if you change your schedule to fit your pet! Damned, it's a pet you are the human in that relationship! If nothing else works? Well, close bedroom-door (with the cat outside!)!
Watching this while my cat's meowing at 4am
Yiseth Mendoza me too but At 5 AM
This is exactly me right now
MisoAarts oof
Heyyy nice to know I'm not alone!
Ina Forsman true
I don't have a cat, but just in case, a cat shows up at my house, I'll be ready.
hahasimp A homeless injured starving cat did show up at my house.
Happened to me not once but twice six months apart 😂
You don't choose a cat, a cat chooses you.
This is an update. A cat actually showed up to my house and has been living for 2 weeks. I'm ready.
This is an update to the update, my cat now meows in the middle of the night, this video has served me well
Never knew I had the capacity to want to strangle something with my bare hands until I barely slept for 3 days. Thank god I fixed this issue.
@Khizott_MaeMae 😂 turns out I didn’t fix it. I had just moved so he was super anxious and crying all night. NOW he wines and cries to go outside constantly or for food. He also wakes me up multiple times in the middle of the night. I’m back to square one so we are going to try the tips from this video 😂
I used to just not let my cat sleep during the afternoon, if you have the time to do that, then around 20PM I would let her sleep. That honestly fixed the problem.
omg you are telling me!!!!! >< how did you fix it?!
Lol that’s how I feel too
Lol I feel the same
Too many people don't realize cats can be trained. I've had cats all my life, they are definitely trainable, and yes, they ARE toddlers!
Nope. Doesn't work for my cat . Not all cats can be trained -_-
@@LittleLottieLorah all cats can be trained you have to dedicate time
@@ramonignacioloyavaldez7750 it's been over a year so no
@@LittleLottieLorah full grown cats are harder to train but they can be trained
@@LittleLottieLorah ask Jackson Galaxy
I don't know why I'm watching this. I don't even have a cat.
Because deep down inside, you want one.
Adopt a kitty, maybe? Save a life and have a wonderful furry friend who will love you unconditionally. It is a responsibility, to be sure, but there is a lot of love and joy to be gained from having a cat (or other animal compnaion for that matter!)
The Mythical Corner! !!!! Well, you did say you wanted one :-)
Ah yes, must keep peace in the family. Once you;ve your own flat, you can get one then, eh? Oh and be careful adopting mixed sexes that you get them fixed, (spayed for the female and neutered for the boy) or you will have babies!
Letting your animals breed contributes to the overpopulation problem. There are too many animals in shelters and being euthanized as it is. Also, you cannot count on being able to "give away" kittens to friends and relatives. Better to get them fixed and if friends and family want an animal, they can get one at the shelter.
I must have the most polite cat ever. She patiently waits for my usual wake up time. If I sleep in, she'll start walking all over me, purring loudly. It still amazes me how she's so careful not to step on my trachea while she's pacing back and forth across my neck.
@@faeliela7765 🤣🤣🤣🤣sorry to hear that!
This is what my kitten does , this is why I’m watching this 😩😂 wakes me up 5am on top of me purring
My kitty curls up with me until I rise. As soon as I get up. It’s food time and window time. ( we open our solid door and let her stare out the storm door window.
If I oversleep, my cat slaps me (in the face) until I wake up.
@@Ohimeshinso uh oh! My old cat used to pull my hair with her teeth if I overslept. Seems like alot of cats try to wake their owners one way or another- I'd love to see it!
I can say that absolutely ignoring them every single night after saying "Bedtime!" and feeding them on a reasonable schedule, absolutely works. I've trained several kittens this way, and it ALWAYS works.
And trust me, it's hard to ignore a 22-pound maine coon slamming into you at 3 am. But they learn. They're smart animals.
what if they head butt you and bite your hair and lick your hair? We now close the bedroom door so they can't attach our heads but then about 15 minutes before we wake up for the day they are clawing the carpet near our door to the point our carpet is getting ruined. Would love to just keep the door open but they attach our heads. lol
@@LifewithKrystle To me that sounds like they need more play before you head to bed. Keeping them from being destructive and harmful is all about managing their energy levels, and that's done 90% through play. Hope this helps!
Hard to ignore when it meows nonstop in middle of night. I live in a small studio and I hear every meow from the bathroom w the door closed
Yeah, I totally suck at the ignoring part. That sweet little mewl just tugs at my heartstrings. I can't help it!
same.
Valuable!
my kitten doesnt follow me
Cats from hell
same here u_u
Ignoring is not easy to do. Especially when you have a husband and 2 teenagers! But I begged them....please don't acknowledge him. Ignore him. And BINGO! You were right! The first week was terribly hard! Tiger would meow two inches from my face .. loud! But I ignored. We ignored! It took a full two weeks....but it worked!!!! Thank you! 💕💕
Did you do all the steps or just ignore?
I can't ignore mine! She likes to jump on the furniture and I'm afraid that she'll knock something over!
@@RandoLePerson Okay f you and your mindset, dude. Have you ever had to clean up a broken lava lamp? Didn't think so.
1:24 homework
1:33 feeding schedule
2:02 stop free feeding
2:04 mealtimes
2:34 feeding guidelines
2:51 second step: try make cat go to sleep when you do
4:16 ignore them
5:11 homework
Earplugs!!!! I did this and it worked
mostly still related to feeding lol
I know this was from seven years ago but I just adopted a kitten and literally the day I started using this method my kitten slept all through the night or played with the toys quietly!
Your so lucky
Three days! Three days was all it took. Now, my cat is amazing, but I thought it would take at least a week to get her to stop hunting my legs at 3am. Thank you for these great videos!
I'm sorry to bother but at what time would you feed it
When my alarm goes off in the morning my little guy climbs up my body and starts to gently lick my nose..
Its his adorable me of saying
"Bitch, i need breakfast" haha
Hannah Sheeran lol awwwwwwwwwww
xD
Hey +Hannah Sheeran why not get rid of the little guy and get yourself a cat?! ; -)
lol Yea, mine do that too.
Yeah. My cat hears the alarm, and after I roll over from shutting it off he sits on me and starts licking my face, cuddling and nudging on me to get up. It Is good that he does this, because the times that I fall back to sleep he wakes me up with his love and I am not late. Lol
DON'T GIVE UP! It took my rescue about a year before he let us sleep. After being abandoned by his former family and left on the streets, he had issues. Regular meal times, play, ignore, patience and lots of love. Believe me, it's worth it in the end. Thanks Jackson for all your help, we couldn't have done it without you!
you're a saint, I would have found a new home for them after 2 months...
Thank you I needed this! Got a cat from the shelter a few days ago and I’m overwhelmed. This definitely eased it
I have to give credit where it’s due, I rescued a kitten two weeks ago (never had a cat before) and used free feeding as a way to make sure he got his meals cause he wasn’t eating as much (he’s good now though).
Lately my kitten has been going crazy at night to the point where I only get 3 hours of sleep.
I tried this out for ONE DAY….
And it worked.
You definitely earned this sub!
Watching this because my cat wakes me up 1-2 hours before my alarm is supposed to go off, she's trying to get food earlier. I can't close the door because she truly never stops scratching it. This morning she spent two hours alternating between messing with stuff in my bedroom and rubbing her face against my mouth. My foster cat sleeps on my legs while my own cat terrorises me lol
Just been through night 2. She started waking me up meowing and scratching from 3am to 7… rewatching this to gain some hope in the process while I get ready to work with basically no sleep
Who's watching this while their cat is meowing like crazy
My cat’s actually sleeping rn but he attacked me in my sleep last night soooo
oh woww that's crazy
me
My kitten is fast asleep while using my hand as a reddy.
Me broh
I tried ignoring my cat for months. His favorite wake me up game is attacking my legs, which he sees as a lump under the blanket. He was drawing blood constantly (even when I would clip his claws), so holding still wasn’t an option no matter how hard I tried! I finally had an idea and got a weighted blanket that’s thick enough that he cannot get his claws through. Now I can ignore him!
Did it work??
@@DeadWaitsyes
When my cat comes I cover all my body and head under blankets and stand still because she’s a scratcher but I don’t know if she sees it as playing or ignoring 😢
This is my cat's schedule on an average day:
6:30-7am: Human gets up and showers
7-7:30am: Human gives pets, has breakfast, then feeds Cat a packet of delicious wet food
7:45am-11:30am: Cat sleeps
11:30am - 1pm: stares out window/uses litter box/scratching post/inspects territory/drinks water
1pm: Fed cup of dry food
1:15pm - 1:25pm: grooming
1:25pm - 3pm: nap
3pm - 4pm: more territory inspection/scratching post use/eat any remaining food/drinks water
4pm-4:15pm: mini playtime
4:15pm - 4:30pm: grooming
4:30pm - 6pm: nap
6pm - 7pm: more window staring/scratching post/litter box/territory inspection/drinks water
7pm - 8pm: Human pets and brushes Cat (Cat purrs happily)
8pm - 8:30pm: Big playtime (Cat is panting by end)
8:30pm - 8:45pm: Cat catches breath
8:45pm - 9pm: Second wind of playtime
9pm: fed packet of wet food
9:15pm - 9:30pm: grooming
9:30pm - 10pm: sits next to Human in a loaf, head resting on Human's leg
10pm: Human goes to bed, Cat curls up at end of bed
10pm - 6:30am: ?? Possible sleep/wander round house (Human is sleeping, doesn't know what Cat does, but Cat is quiet during these hours)
This is actually really helpful!! I'm getting my first kitty and was wondering what a good schedule would look like. Thanks you!!
@@aei3t121 aei3 t Nice to hear that my comment was helpful, but I should mention that my cat is almost 9 years old, we didn't get her into her current routine until she was about a year and a half.
The routines are similar, but the main difference is feeding. When she was a kitten, she needed to be fed more often but with smaller portions (2 packets of wet food a day: half a packet at 7am, half at 2pm, and full packet about half an hour before you go to bed with no accompanying dry food during the day). 15 minute plays before the smaller meals, and 30-45 minute play before the bigger nighttime feed so they'll sleep through the night.
Also; a little advice from a seasoned cat parent - depending on the cat, it could take anywhere between a few days to about a fortnight for them to understand their routine. Don't be tempted to give into the demanding meows for more food, they'll try and push their limits to see what they can get away with, and if you give in, it's a slippery slope to cat obesity & diabetes. You need to be firm, they might not like it at first, but if you love your little fluffball, you shouldn't budge. And they'll eventually learn that begging gets them no where lol
I recommend watching My Cat From Hell for the definite no-no's of cat parenting.
And if in doubt, Google is your friend :) Have fun and good luck!
@@CommonInternetLurker you have been so helpful!! Thank you again! I have been watching a ton of his video on cat care and behavior. I'm so excited for out little kitty to be ready to come live with us. He needs to gain a little more weight before he can come but hopefully the end of next week!!!
Thank you!!
Corville the Space Cat: That's a great schedule. I am definitely going to try this, my cat has been free fed, since she was pregnant and nursing her babies. Babies got to go to their new homes in May, Sandy (Dan Lee's wife)
My cats don't keep me up. In fact, they enjoy sleeping with me. They're good boys c:
Honey, you got a big storm coming, *click*
What I mean is yes my cat did that too but then she stopped wanting to sleep with me. After a week or so at my door is this absolutely deafeningly annoying NON STOP *meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow*
And so on and so on. And I’m not allowed to let her in my room cuz she ruined my bed by using it as a scratching post. And I have to spray her with water then she goes away... AND THEN THE ASSHOLE COMES BACK and this happens at 4 IN THE GOD DAMN MORNING
@@eliseamoose1841 you should watch more of jacksons vids...lots of time spraying and scolding only make things worse the vids on this channel have really helped re educate me on more modern cat training techniques.
Good job
lucky you, when I close my door at night I used to think that my cat would take that as a sign that I was going to go to sleep but NOOOO he scratches at my door and slides his paws under my door to keep me up
Should I change my cat's feeding habit if all is working fine? She's a rescue and she loves sleeping with me. She actually waits for me at the bottom of the stairs every night at the same time with "rolling eyes" of "ad you coming to bed or what?" lol
She brought her toy meowing only 3 times in 2 yrs...so I say we're doing pretty good 🙏😉
My cat has her own room. Her safe place with a bathroom for her litter box When we go to bed I put her in her room ,give her a treat and close the door. She has her toys , beds and a place to climb. And a big window. She will start meowing when the sun comes up and we let her out for breakfast and loves. When my son had her at his place she would not let him sleep and he worked nights. I adapted her and this works out fine for us. I know everyone doesn't have a house big enough for their cat to have their own bedroom but her having her own space helped with her sleeping all night. Hope this helps
It's hard to ignore my kitty when I'm trying to sleep when she is biting me. That's my biggest issue with her. It's not like she is playing on the ground noisy, she is jumping all over me, pulling my hair, and biting me wanting to play. It's hard to ignore that.
Same, i spend a lot of time putting her down on the floor until she calms down and sleeps
Mine claws under the door for me to open it and meows terribly, but it cold and the heat from my room will escape. Funny thing is, my cat doesn't want out, he just want the door open in case he feels like roaming.
well before bed play with her for 30 minutes max and give her some wet food make sure shes in a warm comfy place or she’s sleeping next to you and hopefully shes relaxed and falls asleep
Has your kitten stopped biting?
My cat does the same.
Good to know. I actually feed my cats twice a day. Once at 7am and again at 7pm. I have 3 cats. Only 1 out of the 3 is a problem at night. And it's funny you say ignore them, cuz I already have been by putting in my head phones and listening to relaxing rain or something to help me pass out again and not have to hear the cat and the ignoring has actually worked. He sometimes wakes at night to meow at nothing here and there but it'll only last for about 10 or 15 straight minutes. Then he goes to sleep. Cats are hilarious animals with so much personality it's just very amusing and entertaining to be a cat owner.
Gracias Jackson, por toda la información, dedicación y lucha que pones en tu profesión. Aprendí mucho de ti, me gustaría más videos con subtítulos en español, ya que amo aprender de tus consejos. Saludos desde Argentina!!! ❤️✨🙏🏼
I found a GREAT way to get through that "ignore them" period is to put in ear plugs. Yes that won't stop them from walking on you in bed etc but it WILL block out all the extra noise and help you keep sleeping.
Did this method cause the cat to stop after a while since you were ignoring it for so long? I've started this method, but I need hope that I don't need to sleep with earplugs forever
I used the super nanny technique that is used on human kids. When I was in bed and my cat was up being a pain I would pick him up, put him on his bed and say "bedtime" I kept doing that several times and after the third time I didn't say anything to him, just put him back on his bed. My cat sleeps through the night now. Some mornings he wakes up too early and I tell him "its too early go back to bed" and he does
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philippa hyndman I believe you 100%...People need to learn to speak to their cats on a regular basis...They are exactly like toddlers...If you've babysat toddlers or worked with children, you can manage a cat...On my day off, we all sleep in...My 3 cats never bother me on my day off because, when I get back from work, I tell them, tomorrow is "cuddle-day" we shall sleep all day and watch horror movies....I guess saying that every day before my day off for years has worked...I communicate with my cats a lot; people think it's crazy but I speak English and bits of my native African language to them and they understand me perfectly.
pretty much the same sort of technique I used on a small dog I used to own. it was pretty much the only command the little monster actually learned properly was, "go to bed."
I've been using the same intonation and wording everytime my cat asks for food before mealtime, and he seems to understand me now.
@@MSEDzirasa2015 my not-a-kitten was INCREIDBLY contact-skittish (he's a rescue). i spent two months just babbling at him before he felt comfortable enough for even brief touches. (totally worth it, cuddliest bb i've ever had 2.5-ish years later. his mama has her cuddly moments but she's a calico so i mostly let her set the terms of physical affection.)
I feel so toxic to my new cat cause I've never had a normal sleep schedule so I don't know how I'm gonna be able to help her like this
you aren't inherently toxic to your new cat just because you have sleep issues, you just might have to get a little more creative if she develops these kinds of problems is all. (some folks have found that their kittehs actually help THEM to get a better sleeping schedule set up, even.)
fwiw, my sleep schedule has always been pretty awful too (i'm bipolar ii and in a COVID hot zone), i free-feed mine, and my not-a-kitten pretty much quit doing this once he WASN"T a kitten any more and his mama never really did. (he routinely sleeps/cuddles with me, she'll do it on days that she thinks i need mama-mama cuddles and i treasure both of them deeply.)
i love my new kitten but i swear if she jumps climbs on my bed and onto my face one more time at 2am im gonna scream
This is so true. Ignore them. They'll get use to it.
Hi Jackson Galaxy, I have watched this video multiple times and my cat still won't let me sleep! To be honest ignoring gets hard when she is so stubborn in waking me up to the point of biting, sitting on my head, and pushing my body with her head. It has gotten to the point I have to close her out of the room, however, I feel wrong about that because I think it stems from some boredom and weird form of separation anxiety. I definitely encourage playtime before bed and in the process you mentioned, but 3:00 am hits and she is terrorizing me (with love) and refuses to let me sleep. I got her in May of this year and love her to pieces, but she had a rough beginning in life so I have had to address behaviors overtime, but in general she is so loving and always there for me. Your videos have been a huge help and encouragement in this process. Thank you!
My cat sleeps in my bed all night, I'm so blessed🥰 I remember when he was a kitten I started closing my bedroom door, turn off the lights & that's it, it took him like 3 nights to understand that it was bed time & there was no more play, he used to lay down his lil head on my hand or my arm or poke my nose with his nose, all before finally surrender & fall asleep🤣
*me staring at this while its 4am in the morning yet im scared to go to the bathroom-*
Wow, I must’ve hit the jackpot when we found ours in ditch, that lonely little kitten crying for her mom and found my daughter instead. She doesn’t get into any of my things. Yeah, I love her for that and I’m gonna keep her.
cherish her ! I've only had super chill cats before but the one I adopted a week ago does not seem to understand what 'sleeping time for humans' is, I am hoping that I'll be able to train her to stop. I miss my previous kitties...
This worked in one week, THANK YOU Jackson!!!!!
Sonia Dekker we are going on his prescribed schedule immediately and hope it works in less than a week!!!
I found out the hard way about thr ignoring part. And from this i've learned that drive for (at least) my cat is attention. Either if want him to stop or start doing something
Love these videos. I always thought it was a dog person until in recent years I've had two cats adopt me one through my sister and another through us or I get sister it just happened. What I thought about 5 years the other arrived only last spring. He was half feral if there's such a thing. At my sister's house he had his come and go with an open window in the basement. My first few months with him here he was whining and crying like a baby every morning before Dawn I wasn't sleeping. Somehow I intuited out to just ignore him and you're right buddy you're right he adapted and you no longer wakes me up so early I'll be at earlier than I used to but I like that. Thanks for validating what I suspected when I wasn't 100% sure. Also thank you for confirming what I just lately started to think about to have set feeding times rather than letting them graze all day which I've been increasingly doing but must stop. Finally so true about how they pick up on our energies on days I feel unsettled or distressed they act the scene and strange and unsettled. But each month ground the other I sure love them oh my God I love them never thought I could just bloody cats but oh my God I love them.
Thank you. I just adopted a senior cat 2 days ago, and she was doing that meowing in the middle of the night. I am going to put your process into play. Thanks, again. I now have a solution. Fortunately, I'm a retired senior, so I don't have to rush off to a job.
Thank you so much! These tips worked a treat and we now have a happy and well-rested cat mumma and a happy kitty.
Omg THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO. Changing my cats feeding time right before bedtime really worked on the FIRST night I tried it out.
Sleep deprived for 3 nights. My cat wakes up at 4 every morning meowing and scratching at my door to let in. I don’t freed food and I do feed her in conjunction with play but she’s only 4 months and have lots of energy. The uh prong part is the hardest.
Great content!
Ignoring them has worked the best for me plus automatic feeding at 1 or 2 am. These two things have allowed me to sleep in as late as 10 am
Thanks Jackson Galaxy 😁
I will definitely try this cause one of my cats keeps wanting playtime and pets right when it's my bedtime lol! You're very helpful. :)
What do I do if I ignore my cat but two hours later she starts meowing again? Like I’m tired of this
You ignore them every time until they stop
Just keep ignoring. Regardless of how long it takes. I know the feeling of being tired of it. It could take a few weeks but your cat will stop eventually. Just make sure your cat gets 0 reaction from you or anyone else.
Have you found a way to make it stop?!
I can't ignore her, she doesn't meow, she just jumps on the bed and starts trying to bite any part of me she can find to get me to play. I spent a good part of the night putting her in the flood until she gets tired and falls asleep on top of me
@@nessyness5447 same!!!
Hey Jackson, thanks for your precious content. Chewb went from being the sweetest cat on earth to being a cat from hell and your advice are helping a lot.
She has been sleeping with me every night during years, being extremy cuddly and grooming in bed (but also always moody otherwise, seemed like we had a secret relationship we had to hide in public haha). Until one day, she freaked out and attacked me while I was about to fall asleep. She got so aggressive, I tried to deal with the situation for an hour or so and eventually, I had to leave and go sleep in another room. Since then, things have never been the same again. At some point, I allowed her to sleep with me again. She started to behave weird, like stealing my pillow - I wasnt sure if she wanted to be very close to my head or if she wanted to claim her territory. And she attacked again. And then hell started for real and it's a full story. Now she is under medication, I follow your advice and things are more under control but she still not allowed to sleep with me. I use noise proof headphones and an app with relaxing sounds like waves or forest noise or whatever to be able to sleep while she insist behind the door. Can't wait to go back to normal life :')
Watched this in preparation of getting my new cat a few years back. He's still on his meal schedule that was started from day 1, and NEVER does he wake me up. I have him trained to eat at a dinner bell sound, which decreases begging. Also , my morning alarm is his breakfast alarm, so if I change that to, say, 9am instead of the normal 7:45, I get ZIP from him! He's a good boy, but it's also DEFINITELY a result from this video!! Thanks for helping me give my cat structure and assurance in his day-to-day life
I'm about to adopt another cat and im bingeing Jackson galaxy to make introducing the new kitten to my cat as easy as possible and all this is super helpful.
My kitten basically has her own bedroom downstairs. She has what food she hasn't finished from her evening meal, water, basic toys, litter tray, bed, her favourite cushion and Mrs Duck (her teddy) She's a happy lady and got into her nighttime routine straight away. If you sneak in to see her at night, she's either having a drink or sleeping... 😊😇🥰
Excelente instrucción Jackson, es tal cual lo que dices. Muchas gracias por tu consejo GENIO!! Salió subtitulado en el Idioma Español al 12 abr 2021 que felicidad poder interpretar lo que nos enseñas !! = EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION JACKSON, IT IS AS IS WHAT YOU SAY.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU ADVICE .GENIUS!!! IT CAME OUT UNDER A TITLE IN SPANISH LANGUAGE AS OF APR 21, 2021, WHAT YOU TEACH US
Turn down the music just a tad next time please. Absolutely love you and am so happy this incredible info is available for free. I have bought one of your books!
My cat is the perfect sleeping companion. At Nine oclock where is she??? in bed waiting to go to bed and she sleeps on my side all night. Maybe sometimes in the morning she gets up to do her thing and has to talk about it but she comes right back to bed and I say Ruby we are still sleeping and she is all for that!!!
Can you do a video on how to train your cat to walk on a harness outside?
***** the eternal meow. always going. never stopping. meow meow meow. always talking. lol
HerBeauty`sInsideOut I'm jealous. My cat has the first part of that routine down... she'll usually come to bed with me and sleep at the foot of the bed for a few hours. She just likes to wake up at 4am every morning and make sure I'm awake too lol.
My. Cat walks on a harness. He loves it because he knows it means "outside". And he ALWAYS wants to go outside. Jus keep fitting him with it near the door and take him out. Let him sniff. Practice guiding him. When you get inside, you can give them a treat while you take the harness off.
RiverGirl ...that is a damn good idea! i think i might try that with mine.
Thinking about it is so cuuuutee!
Man, God bless you for this advise! My male cat drives us crazy at the night time, especially early morning, we get off the bed literally thousand times to calm him down. I will really try to ignore him as you said and will let you know if it’s work. Thanks a lot!
My kitty Ted is 13 weeks and enjoys his sleep. First night he slept on my pillow, then made a nice comfy bed next to my own bed as he feels secure knowing l around and it's worked out great ,he sleeps all night in a darkened room under the window, so if wakes early he sits by the window. Have to say don't know myself how it's worked out so well... He does the scratch hand things ,but is getting better with more play and feathered toys. Jackson really understands and definitely connects with his cats..🐈❤
Hello Jan how’s the weather over there
i started doing this and by the second night my kitten was sleeping through the night just fine! amazing technique. thank you so much
Hello Juliana how’s the weather over there
Thank you, this is information that is needed and comes in handy!
So great thanks Jackson 👏🏼
This is great! Gonna try these tips. Cats are so much work! I barely had any idea...
He makes me happy... having a stressful day and I love how happy he is.
Hello Charlotte how’s the weather over there
@@stevenhenry4227. Raining.
@@charlottechadwick4767 oh I see where are you from? I’m from Dallas taxes nice meeting you
This guy is not real. It’s the same generated questions and responses on several peoples’ comments, including one of mine. Click on his photo and you’ll see... I reported it to TH-cam!
Dam that’s what I’m experiencing with my 3 month old kitten. Never owned a cat
before. Learning SO MUCH from u . Thank you so much
kittens are only adorable when they are NOT racing up and down the hallway at 3 am. i really wouldn't rec one for a first-time cat person, but i'm glad this is helpful info.
(i'd had a bunch of rescues before my current queen floof mama calico and her last bbs, but never kittens. i'm pretty sure i socialized my not-a-kitten a little wrong, but he behaves for the vets and is a cuddlebug with me which is about all you can reasonably expect imo.
Great tips, energy and name.
Step One.
Ignore them.
That's it. They will do their own thing after they realize they get zero reaction from you.
You sure? I ignored my cat's excessive meowing for 3 hours last night, through a closed door. It USED to work.. now he does spiteful things that he isn't allowed to do if we ignore him. If a cat is determined and stubborn enough, ignoring makes him meow louder and more obnoxiously.
@@patriciahenniger9061 Yeah that's the why the do it. They will meow louder because they want to get a reaction from you. If you keep ignoring them they will learn that they will never get a response from you so they just stop
@@drcola143 ive been trying to ignore her for a whole month and every time she stops, she just continues 30 mins later
What if i ignore him and he starts throwing things away to The floor ? -“
@@patriciahenniger9061 same! My cat is a well disciplined cat and knows her boundaries(around me at least, who knows what she does when I'm asleep or not home) but if she wants attention and I'm not giving it to her at the moment she wants it,she becomes the toddler that has to do everything she knows she is not allowed to do. Thankfully she doesnt bother me at night, I night trained her mostly when she was a kitten, but she knows how to get her way 🤣🤣
Thank you! Finally someone who gives a feeding SCHEDULE. P.S. What do you do if your cat's bad behavior is tearing up your home?
Thank you for teaching me the steps to having a happy healthy kitty.
When our cats see us move into our bedroom and start getting ready for bed, they know it's time for their bedtime routine too. They jump on the kitty tree until we're settled in (sometimes playing and getting that last bit of energy out) and then our black cat settles in beside my head and our orange cat settles in next to our legs. They sleep there pretty much all night.
Thank you Jackson! I realize now that my cat has been waking me up in the morning because the stretch of time since her dinner is too long. So I've adjusted meal times as you've suggested, with one closer to bedtime, and already this morning was easier. Thank you so much for making sense of this for those of us who have been struggling to maintain our sanity! ❤
Watching it second time 😁 as my Lola was saying meow- morning at 3.30am 😻😺. Thank you Mr Jackson.
This is sooooo helpful, I thought about giving her away this morning🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣(not really). She woke up at 3am and I had to be to work at 6am. I was sooo upset...I love Kaddie.. But jeez....
See I don't understand this I guess some cats who like that but my two girls free feed the only problem I have is my older of the two we'll sing the song of her people throughout the night only to bring me stuffed animals she will carry them right up to me and drop them in my lap and then nudge me so I see them and then lay down and go to sleep on me I would love to hear his explanation of this Behavior
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Jackson Galaxy videos always help me with my new kittens. It be stressful 😮💨
Thanks so much hoping the meal times will help with a couple of my cats weight problems
Hello Tanis how’s the weather over there
I like the meal feeding, but we have been ignoring our kitty at 3am, but now he's going to our 4 year old sons room and licking him to wake him up so our son will then come wake us up. Smart kitty.
Hello Courtney how’s the weather over there
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Hello, I am not convinced by the feeding idea. My cat (and previous cats over decades now) has access to food 24/7 but only eats a few times each day to her own waking and activity schedule. It seems to me - at least in my latitude (51* North) that seasonal sunrise and sunset override all else. The one thing I have noticed is that cats will make note of, and at least in part will adapt to, the human routine. Anyway thank you posting this free resource.
I love your TH-cam channel you give great advice I'm going to work on the cat sleeping he usually likes to sleep right in my face across my chest or on my head so last couple nights when we go to bed I pet him him a little bit then I push him away and then I ignore him and it's been working and then he goes down at the bottom of the bed where my feet are and sleeps down there
Thank you Jackson, your advice worked like magic, in the first day my cat didn't wake me up in the night, just in the morning when it was time to play and eat. I didn't sleep for days well and now a simple change modified my cat's behavior completely. Thank you sooo much!!
Gonna start trying this because I haven't been sleeping well in about a week now.
He usually goes to sleep before me or at the same time as me, but this week I don't know what happened (haven't changed any feeding times or anything).
Hopefully these tips will get him back to his normal sleeping schedule.
Thank you.. definitely gonna try everything
Honestly I just give my cat a fill of dry in the morning with fresh water before I go to work to munch on during the day, when I come home around 6PM I pet him a bit, play if he's in the mood put him outside in a harness in the backyard for an hour, I give him the wet and fresh water, he usually eats 3/4 of the wet then goes to nap, and then comes back later at night for a snack. Then it's bed time. I just go to bed and he comes an hour later to curl up on my feet.
For me the secret was 1 or 2 hours outside when I come back home. He sneaks up on squirrels and birds, eats some grass, and takes a sunbath, then he comes back in when he's hungry.
was your cat meowing at night in the first place or do you simply have a chill cat ?
@@Rubiecat He was meowing a lot and was acting up, but getting him out of the house for a couple hours solved the problem.
I remember when I first came across this video, my Mikko at the time was waking me at all hours of the night by licking my face and meowing in my face. I played the ignore, like "nope didn't hear/feel that" for what felt like forever. It was SO hard to just ignore because he would do this for a half hour or more EVERY night. I honestly didn't think it was going to work and then it was like someone had flicked a switch in his head and he stopped bothering me. I don't feed them at night, don't play...just zombie walk to and from the bathroom. So I can say with assurance that if you totally ignore the bad night behaviour your cat will stop bothering you.
Thank you!!!
Thanks for the tips, Jackson. I hope this will work with an over-excited and playful kitten my friends and I rescued. He was in isolation being treated for trichophyton for weeks and now that it's safe for him to be around us, he's constantly in play mode, ripping our hands and blankets to shreds and purring to kingdom come.
This has made a world of difference. We love our audio kitties, but they would get really loud and irritating about an hour before we would wake up, or they would get really restless during the night. Now they pass out and we don't hear from them until they hear us. It is super cool to follow the feeding pattern and watch them become more interactive buddies.
It's strange timing that this video popped up on my recommended videos because my cat did keep me awake last night. I will definitely use these tips. Thank you.
Hello Emilie how’s the weather over there
My cat is an asshole and meows just as long as someone is awake in the early hours.. just to do nothing.
There is food, water, litterbox.
She is just messing around!
😂😂😂
GT C she is lonely and wants to be entertained. My lulu does this as well, or she will scratch at the door if for some reason she has been kicked out of my bedroom. Lucky for her, her 3 humans are on different schedules so she usually has someone around.
Who’s the asshole who got a cat and thought it could be turned into a human. When you let a cat be a cat they let you be human, no matter how assholic we humans can be. Give them the same respect.
My older cat has health issues so eats often. What can i do with this situation?
@Gerrit Peacock Yes that's pretty much what i do. She was one of those cats that would probably not be adopted so that's why I have her! She has a lot of anxiety. Not sure about her previous owners or what she had been through but she deserved to live knowing she was safe and loved. It took a long time for her to trust me but now she does and will curl up in my lap and sleep deeply. No more sleeping with one eye open. She knows I love her unconditionally! She can be a stinker sometimes but that was part of the package when I took her into my home and heart. I accept her and she accepts me. We like it that way!👩😸💕
This makes me feel so grateful that my cat just started going to bed and getting up with us on his own
Hello Ashley how’s the weather over there
I tried this the past 2 nights. It worked the first night. Not last night. I played with him and fed him before I went to bed both nights. He didn't even bother me 2 nights ago, so no ignoring necessary. Last night it was kind of hard to ignore him when he tries to bite me (not hard) but it wakes me up. My cat is overall is a really good boy except when I sleep. He meows me to death and tries to bite me. It's like he's a totally different cat at night lol. I did go to bed earlier last night than the night before (only 45 min earlier). I was tired. I couldn't stay awake, ugh. It was always around 5am that he'd bother me. Lately it is around 3:30 to 4am. That is why I had to check out this video 2 days ago. It makes me tired everyday with him waking me up. Maybe cuz since I've had him, I'd give him treats to leave me alone. Idk if it's too late to train him to let me sleep. We have him 8 months now and he just turned 1 on Thanksgiving. I'd even tell my bf to give him treats if he's up and I'm awake in bed from the cat and my Weasley (my cat) knows I am telling my bf to give him snacks. I'll say "babe" and Weasley goes running to the closet where his food is lol. My smart boy
Sounds like the opposite of the advice ay
Seems like our cats are twins in behaviour. Mine has a Dr jackyll and Mr hide personality and at night just wants to play but he does that in a very dangerous (for us) manner. I haven't used him to treats whenever he does that but really no difference at all because the bottom line is I can't sleep and I can't ignore him. I'm really quite desperate
@@monicaandresini8899 yes, he's so different at night. I got automatic feeders recently, a dry and a wet and he's still bothering me these past few nights. Very weird, last week he didn't bother me on the weekdays but he did Sat and Sun night which is usually the opposite cuz the weekends I'm up with him later. It is hard to ignore when they walk on us and meow. It makes us not sleep. I'm so tired right now cuz he kept me up all night again. I am trying to manifest it using the Law of Attraction since I am a LOA coach. I thought I did last week but then he bothered me again. Maybe the universe us testing my reaction to him. Our bedroom doesn't have a door. It was dining room covered into a bedroom. We like having no door but if we has one, he'd meow outside of it but then at least he won't walk on me but what if he does something bad to get attention. I'd let him in and out him out if he bothers me, so he learns he is going out when he bothers me.
literally love this guy....
My cats have always had a clear bedtime/wakeup routine. I'm very lucky in that the older one has always, ever since she was a kitten, trusted that I would feed her when it was time, and only has woken me up when I've set an alarm that I slept through (she's a good kitty and likes to take care of me as much as I take care of her). The little one is far pushier than the big one, but a routine was established very early. I used to hold her to my chest at night when I first got her because she figured out how to escape the crate and she was trouble with a capital T if left unattended when she first came home. She started to associate this cuddle time with bedtime, so now whenever I lay down, she knows it's time for sleep and comes to curl up with me. While she doesn't wake me up, she'll often watch my face for the first sign I'm starting to stir and the moment I wake up, she's ready for breakfast. She's started lately wanting morning cuddles before breakfast though, so that's bonus cuddle time!
EARPLUGS are a WONDERFUL thing while you're COMPLETELY ignoring your cat(s)!! I can personally attest to this. My cat had an AWFUL meowing habit ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT & it drove me nuts!! After a few sleepless nights I was finally able to sleep like a BABY!! No lie, drool & all. 😂 Then after about a week ½ of earplugs to help me sleep through her incessant meowing she FINALLY stopped!
Did you do any other steps or just earplugs and ignore?
omg im so glad I found this one, im so tire as my kitten is waking me so early every morning early and playing and making a racket. so thx for this
I'm so glad I found this Discussion on my cat wake me up all night thank you, thank you and thank you. At times I did ignore him and it did work and now I know for a fact that that's the right thing to Do. I just want you to know that I really enjoy watching your programs and the continuing education about my cat. Although I do have one question hes 15 years old now and he throws up his Food more often He eats meat can food. I'm not sure if it because he's drinking too much water afterwards or it's just a hairball causing it or is it just he's age are all the above, if you get a moment to help me figure this out with some advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Sincerely
Is your cat Friend! 😽
I love this advice! My fur-baby is almost 6 years old, and has slept through the night her whole life due to these tips
Jackson, how do you regulate your cat's eating and sleeping habits when your own vary from day to day? I'll work a night shift, forcing me to sleep when they rightfully want to be up and playing. This will change from day to day, maybe next I'll be working all day, still groggy from the night before. I'm home, I'm not home. I can't even take my HBP med at same time daily( or nightly). I am putting my cats through hell, even though I do it all for them, to keep a roof over our heads and stay off the streets. I don't deserve them!
@@arberiesadiku5636 mine are getting me through COVID, and yours sounds like a sweetheart. (my mama calico MIGHT have been an adoption candidate for a "not my first rodeo" cat person, but my not-a-kitten and his gone-too-soon sis were deemed "unadoptable due to contact skittishness" by the local FERAL crew. it took about two months of just babbling at him, respecting physical boundaries other than taking the occasional opportunity to do the closest human equivalent to body or cheekmarking, but he is now the cuddliest bb i have EVER had and before we lost her she reached "princess floof with a Harley-volume purr who was SO chill we seriously thought about seeing if we could get her therapy or emotional support-certified.)
he FINALLY let my friend scritch his head the other day (he's known her as long as he's known me) and it was a very awww....moment.
I work night shift too, its hard to regulate them when we are home some nights and not others and we are sleep deprived. 😩My 9 year old cat has started waking me up at 5 am the nights I’m home. But don’t be so hard on yourself, just that you are looking at this video and trying to modify their behaviors tells me you are very dedicated to them, they are lucky to have you!!!! 😻 You said it, you are working for them, and providing a home, you are a good pet parent!!
And thanks for the tips on this video and the walking with cat video!
Thanks sir
If you have trouble ignoring your cat, have them sleep in a guest room downstairs with the door closed. It helps a lot with training. Eventually they learn your schedule.
sounds like prison :( poor kitty. i know it is hard but... :(
I have 5 cats
and they steal each others food
haha lol
but... if they're taking each others sin it borrowing
+ReZisT Lust isn't
Just like human beings...
Bella The Cat Lover haha
I can’t ignore my kitten at 3am when she’s bloody biting my hand and destroying my whole bed
Sofia Romančáková put her in a safe crate overnight
Thank you sir, i brought a cat yesterday night, but I didn't know how to make him sleep... Thanks for your video... I'm fully motivated... And I will match his schedule time with my schedule time... thanks sir...❤️ Love from India ❤️🫶🫶