{"id":1736,"date":"2018-07-16T18:40:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T01:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2020-10-26T12:48:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T19:48:43","slug":"nighttime-crazies-how-to-take-your-catten-from-wild-to-mild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/16\/nighttime-crazies-how-to-take-your-catten-from-wild-to-mild\/","title":{"rendered":"Nighttime Crazies? How To Take Your \u201cCatten\u201d From Wild To Mild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fearfreehappyhomes.com\/nighttime-crazies-how-to-take-your-catten-from-wild-to-mild\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Originally posted on Fear Free Happy Homes \u2013 July 2018<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noodles gets the \u201ccrazies,\u201d the zooms-at-three-a.m. stuff. Dusk and dawn are favorite times, when the predator is on alert. She thunders up and down stairs, races down halls, or gnaws on your head, on your nose, on toes. She\u2019s after prey, whether imaginary or just you. Cattens also knock things over, for the fun of it, and because they\u2019re a little clumsy still\u2013with all that energy, those legs, that speed, their coordination\u2019s not perfect yet.<\/p>\n<p>The good news for you is that cattens respond to structure and learn patterns. Here are some tips to help both of you through this stage with the least amount of stress for all.<\/p>\n<p>At bedtime, wear her out before you turn in. That doesn\u2019t mean playing with Noodles until she pants; just until she\u2019s tired and either lies down or walks away.<\/p>\n<p>After play, give your catten a good snack. You\u2019re imitating what cats do naturally: they hunt, then they feed. He\u2019ll groom, which is calming, then sleep.<\/p>\n<p>A final meal of the day won\u2019t ensure that Noodles sleeps through the night, but it may well add a few hours to his doze. An auto-feeder for through-the-night feeds may help, but if feeding wet food, be sure to scrub the feeder with hot, soapy water every morning, and fill it the last thing before retiring.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, ignore antsy behavior. It\u2019ll get worse before it gets better, but after a while, your catten will get the message; if there is no response, there\u2019s no point in continuing the annoyance.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet dreams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted on Fear Free Happy Homes \u2013 July 2018 Noodles gets the \u201ccrazies,\u201d the zooms-at-three-a.m. stuff. Dusk and dawn are favorite times, when the predator is on alert. She thunders up and down stairs, races down halls, or gnaws <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/16\/nighttime-crazies-how-to-take-your-catten-from-wild-to-mild\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,42,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-behavior","category-cattens","category-fear-free-happy-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1737,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1736\/revisions\/1737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cattitudebehavior.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}