Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
Extensive playtime before you go to bed! Fetch, fishing pole type toys, walks, even my old stand-by - ping-pong balls in an empty bathtub (which can be hysterical to watch for you as well) ... a tired kitten is a sleepy kitten!
We "adopted" (quotes because she was actually a surprise Christmas present from our daughters) our first Ocicat, Saphira, when she was retired by a breeder at a little over two. As we soon learned, Ocis are very active and playful, and bonding strongly with their humans, she was sleeping with us within a few days. Unfortunately, she would often wake up around three or four AM to do some exploring and play with whatever toys we left around. During the day she loved to play fetch, like most Ocis, so we started to play with her a bit before bedtime, mainly kitty teasers, and that seemed to have worked. No more late night play times, and she began sleeping on our schedule. After we adopted a second Oci girl Viola, they did enough playing together that they both sleep through the night with us. One of the things that Viola really enjoys is the ping pong balls in the tub. We have to remember to put them back in whenever we use it for its original purpose.

They are the best behaved kitties ever to own us, and are just absolute joys!