Kitten Won’t Let Me Sleep – HELP!

Create a little bed/nest for her & line it with a worn garment/t-shirt of yours as a comforting familiar scent. Offer her a few cuddle toys to snuggle with too. Play/interact with her before your bed time as to spend some of her playtime energy plus feed her near your bedtime which usually zonks them out too.

Um…I don’t do cages…hopeful someone else will chime in on your thread.

What about the bathroom…tuck her in there w/litter/food for the nite.

(It’s a stage & she will grow out of it sooner than you think!)

ok this may sound crazy but this worked with my cat, when she was a kitten i would gently hiss at her when she was behaving badly, two years later that is the only way to get her to stop a bad behavior, it is a natural and gentle way that the kitten/cat understands, i am know working on the with my new kitten. hope this helps good luck with the new baby.

Great comment EA…yup hissing does work! Agree w/Kilroy as 3 days is not enough time to adjust…newbie kitties need time to develope good habits!

She is just a kitten at a “human toddler”stage…will grow out of it. Wants your attention…interact with her in a playful manner w/feather wand, rolled up paper balls etc…If you need a calming aid try Feilway plug-ins.

To be fair, and your kitten may be a little young to try this. But when we first got Minnie (at 7 weeks and 5 days old) we had her in our bedroom and she was a NIGHTMARE.

Once we had got her used to our house we now leave her in the kitchen, she seems very happy in there we always come down to her toys sprawled all over the kitchen and her blanket wrapped up around her fluffy toys. I don’t know if 5 weeks is too young to leave her on her own, but I have found this really good. Shes safe, and warm in there and she has her own space which she knows is hers. we give her plenty of fuss before we shut her in for the night but she knows its time for bed when we do and she usually goes to her food or to her bed and curls up. Kittens love to play, and from my understanding of cats they will always keep you up even when they are older if you don’t stop them whilst they are young!

hmm. a barrier would have to be something she couldn’t climb – because she will LOVE to climb it otherwise haha. I found in my experience (i lived with my mom and my cat at home for 16 years, and now with my kitten) that giving them their own room is the best way. Minnie had free run of downstairs (kitchen and front room)when we are home or if i am popping out and to be fair our kitchen is large. As long as you know where you have her is safe and she can’t do much damage I think you are fine to leave her in one room. It also means she has a safe place. Somewhere she can hide in a thunderstorm or something, or if there are children. My neices came round to play the other day and minnie bolted into the kitchen because that’s where she knows she loves. Does she have like a piece of your clothing that she is fond of? We were quite lucky when we got Minnie, the people we bought her from had nitted her a blanket so we put that on her new bed and she knew that was her place because it smelt of her. So anytime we take her out her comfort zone (For example to the vets) we pop it in the bottom of the carrier so she feels happier. if you have a jumper or a cardigen or something that smells like you and her you could always pop that in her bed and she will start to associate her bed with you too. 🙂

Others here may have a better/different insight but from my experience giving them their own space is a good thing. my only concern is how young yours is.

I had a kitten that did that very same thing. I just covered my head and ignored him. Probably not the best solution… but he eventually gave up and played with something he found amusing. Of course he did grow out of it after a little while.

The hissing trick works. I’ve used it on my older cat when ge sprays anywhere near the house. He’s learned quickly that it wasn’t ok. As for the beds for your kitten… she might not sleep in them because 1.She’s not tired, and 2.It probably doesn’t smell familiar. With my kitten, I made a makeshift bed out of a box and rags. I slept with the rags to get my scent on them so the bed smelled like me. He loved it and used it whenever he was tired and needed a good place to rest. It’s also a good idea to put the bed in a high place. Somewhere the cat likes to perch would be a good spot. Cats (and especially kittens) love to climb and be above everything.

If she still wants to play, put some large pom-poms on the floor. It might be enough to entertain her. It was enough for my litle rascal.