rjw@ptsfc.UUCP (Rod Williams) (02/06/85)
My two crazy Burmese cats like to prove the point that felines are nocturnal creatures. They sleep all day on *their* chair, sleep all evening on *daddy's* lap/shoulder/head/any-available-part and go berserk at [my] bedtime - racing up and down the apartment, over the bed, into the piano (if the lid's up :-)), then hiding behind chairs and ambushing each other for awhile - it's hilarious, but my down- stairs neighbor is somewhat underwhelmed (sounds like a cavalry charge) and I'm losing a lot of sleep. Any ideas for persuading them to re-schedule? - and please don't tell me to start working the graveyard shift :-) -- rod williams -------------------- dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw
akl@leopard.UUCP (Anita Laux) (02/11/85)
() Although I can't suggest a way to re-schedule your kitties' attack of "The Rips" (as I call it), I can definitely understand how you feel. I have a 4-year old ordinary housecat and a 6-month old Abyssinian kitten. My older cat is deaf (has been since birth), so he can't hear the younger one when she sneaks up behind him. They run, hiss, jump and play and make all-around pests of themselves right around my bedtime. However, once I am in bed, they meander upstairs to their respective chairs and quiet down. (Unless I have to get up - then they're at it again!) My older cat stays with me all night; lately the kitten has behaved well enough to stay in the bedroom all night. Usually, I had to boot her out at 2 AM when she decided to nibble on my toes. -- * From the musical keyboard of: ** * * Anita K. Laux leopard!akl * * Bell Communications Research **** 331 Newman Springs Road * * Red Bank, NJ 07701 * * ****
horton@fortune.UUCP (Randy Horton) (02/21/85)
> > My two crazy Burmese cats like to prove the point that felines are > nocturnal creatures. They sleep all day on *their* chair, sleep all > evening on *daddy's* lap/shoulder/head/any-available-part and go > berserk at [my] bedtime - racing up and down the apartment, over the > bed, into the piano (if the lid's up :-)), then hiding behind chairs > and ambushing each other for awhile - it's hilarious, but my down- > stairs neighbor is somewhat underwhelmed (sounds like a cavalry > charge) and I'm losing a lot of sleep. Any ideas for persuading > them to re-schedule? - and please don't tell me to start working > the graveyard shift :-) > -- > > rod williams > -------------------- > dual!ptsfa!ptsfc!rjw I too have two cats (manx) who behave similarly. I too would very much like to get them to re-schedule. My cats even climb on my keyboard (they aren't very good typists :-) ). I suspect that there are a great many people with cats out there who share the same problem. Anybody out there found the solution??? Randy Horton dual!fortune!horton
fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow) (02/22/85)
[My cat eats bugs like you] > > > > My two crazy Burmese cats like to prove the point that felines are > > nocturnal creatures. They sleep all day on *their* chair, sleep all > > evening on *daddy's* lap/shoulder/head/any-available-part and go > > berserk at [my] bedtime - racing up and down the apartment, over the > > bed... If the neighborhood is reasonably safe and the weather isn't too bad leaving them outside during the day makes a difference. In our neighbor- -hood there are all sorts of kitty challenges (e.g. trees, my neighbors 4 cats, etc.). Another suggestion is to buy WAX earplugs. My old violin teacher recommends them highly :-) -- -"Daphnia Dave" Fetrow Kludgemaster of CQS { ihnp4, fluke, microsof, tektronix }!uw-beaver!entropy!fetrow