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Sleeping arrangements for cat

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FestiveNut · 07/12/2018 23:55

My cat usually has the run of the house at night, except the bedrooms. However, recently she's been getting into the room the baby sleeps in, which needs to stop. I tend to leave the door to that room slightly ajar because the opening and closing of the door wakes the baby up. So I think I need to start shutting the cat in a room at night. We don't have a utility space so the options are the small downstairs toilet where her litter tray currently is and the conservatory. The conservatory is much bigger but is much cooler at night. Do you think either is viable as an option? She's short-haired. There is an igloo bed she could use in the conservatory.

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LeeRoar · 08/12/2018 00:07

Baby's room is the one place our cats are not allowed to go, therefore making it the place they want to be the most! I would try sorting out the room door so that it doesn't make alot of noise and wake the baby before putting the cat away in one room for the night - I'd be concerned the conservatory would be quite cold?

In my experience cats sleep where they like. Wasted so much money on cat beds when they prefer the couch.

S0upertrooper · 08/12/2018 00:15

My friend puts hers in the conservatory at night but they have hard plastic heated igloos

FestiveNut · 08/12/2018 00:15

The door doesn't even make that much noise, it's the door handle clicking into place when I close it. When baby's just got off to sleep she's an incredibly light sleeper, my ankle made a slight pop sound earlier when I was trying to creep out and that woke her up! On the plus side, my ninja training is going well...

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ScreamingValenta · 08/12/2018 00:20

Does she like going in the conservatory during the day?

FestiveNut · 08/12/2018 05:52

Yeah, she sleeps threre quite a lot in her doughnut bed. Or her basket.

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sashh · 08/12/2018 06:02

She should be fine in the conservatory.

ScreamingValenta · 08/12/2018 08:12

I should think she'd be OK as long as she has nice warm bedding.

viccat · 09/12/2018 13:11

Are you not able to give the cat more access downstairs but prevent her coming upstairs? Cats are often very active at night so shutting them into a small space is not a great idea. Definitely not the toilet, the conservatory is the best of the bad options if there is no way to give a larger space for her.

UnderMajorDomoMinor · 09/12/2018 13:18

I’d focus on changing the baby door mechanism/sanding/whatever needs doing to make it close quietly. You’ll just have a howling cat if you lock it in the loo.

UnderMajorDomoMinor · 09/12/2018 13:19

Have you tried putting lots of wd40 in the lock?

Wolfiefan · 09/12/2018 13:23

You can’t shut the cat in a toilet?! Sort the door to baby’s bedroom.

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