Yowling

[catcrazylady]

I certainly hope he is not in pain but you don't seem to think so and you know him well. We have gone through similar situations with different cats at different times. It is my personal opinion that it might start out innocent but once they have you jumping they continue to do it for their own amusement!!! Of all the things I have tried in the past absolutely nothing worked until they were ready to quit! Leroy used to get in the mini blinds every night (morning) around 2:00am. They were metal mini blinds in the bedroom. You want to talk about jerking you awake!! I know he pulled them back as far as he could before he let them go to slam into the window!!! My husband would yell and make me jump again! We tried the water bottle (Leroy loves water) that didn't work, we tried raising the blinds and he would jump as far up the window as he could and scratch and yell on the way down!!! I tried getting up and swatting his behind, then I tried getting up and putting him in the bed with me and loving him. (reward for bad behavior!!) The last thing was my husband (furious) jumping out of the bed and going after Leroy!! He never connected because Leroy was onto the spanking thing! We tried ignoring, you know grin and bear it, and it still went on for weeks. Then one day he just stopped! Who knows why. I guess the game was over because he moved on to other irritating things. I really believe that for some it is a game and they enjoy tormenting because they know they can. Leroy is my biggest lap kitty and loves on me all the time. I think because of that he knows he can get away with murder!! I adore him and he knows it! Although I thought at one time my husband might just ablige his little furry butt and choke him!! j/k I hope your kitty is not sick but don't be surprised if it is just a game and will end soon. You just haven't jumped through enough hoops yet!!