Dcat is lovely, I love her very much. I hand reared her from bring tiny (3weeks ish). When exH lived here she had some annoying habits, as she'd basically trained him. In the 3 yrs since he left she's stooped doing all those things.
We have a cat flap, which she prefers as doesn't like a litter tray . Rural location. Ue to her constantly bringung in live creatures and releaseing them into the house, it is lovjed so she can go out but not in. She was in the habit of going out eary morning (5ish) Then coming in when i get up 6/6.30.
She's now worked out ow to grab the flap from the outside, and pull it open. Cleve, but takes a few, sone times 20, attempts. The clap crashes back down each time. Then, she comes into the bedroom and starts scratching at things. These things all wake me up. I struggle to sleep at the best of times but the 2 - 6am was when I slept best. Now, she's in and out and honestly, I'm struggling to cope with it.
If I shut the door to the stairs I can still hear it, and it means she gets shut downstairs and scratches loudly at the carpet. If I lock the flap so she cant go out she'll do the same, or if the door is open come up and wake me.
Any suggestions? Please don't say "Oh she's a cat, it's what they do" this is REALLY starting to affect my mental health.
Getting up to go down and let her in won't solve the problem .