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What do you do if your cat tries wake you up by biting paper, turning on lights, and opening/closing cabinets?
Asking for myself. It's been 15 years without a good solution...
Relentless affection always seemed to work well for me. Hugs and forehead kisses until they are desperately trying to get away, and more if they come back and continue. indirect pestering.... blanket purrito?
I've got one that's into that. I love that cat, but there are moments...
Mine (https://michi.blue/) wakes me up while making horrible lewd meaw noises trying to fuck his favourite plushie. I recently found out that if I throw said plushie to the wherever the fuck I can from my sleep deprived ass in the bed, he shuts up
Sounds to me like your cat has trained you to play with him even in your sleep.
You responded 1 time to each of those actions. That's all it took.
Yep. He'll remember it forever. I don't think I can untrain anything now.
I give up, pat the bed beside me where she jumps up, demands some pets then eventually curls up on her own special blanket and goes back to sleep for a couple hours.
The good life
6am me disagrees but you're right.
6am me used to disagree, too. Now I kind of miss it.
I feel you bro
I once woke up to one of them standing on my back, paws on my head, smashing my face into the pillow so I couldn't breathe, just shrieking at the back of my head.