piscian said:
I went with Puppies, but only because I have a kitten and hes driving me crazy. Hes up all night every night tearing through my apartment knocking stuff over, he also has this weird deal with pulling stuff out of cabinets and drawers. Last week he pulled a Nongshim Ramen cup out of the kitchen cabinet, tore it open and brought it to me like he wnated me to heat it up for him or something.
Next I walk in to find him rolling around the living room wrapped around a bottle of sushi vingear. This morning he, for once, ignored a roll of toilet paper I left out and instead pulled a roll of duct tape out of my tool drawer and tore it apart.
I don't understand cats.
Try playing really hard with him right before bed. By that, I mean get a cat fishing pole or a laser pointer and play with him for a good fifteen minutes, run him up the walls, try to get him to jump and do back flips, make him crawl over furniture then under it, turn the living room into a jungle gym. Then when he's tired and laying on the floor, give him a minute to rest and do it again. Afterward, feed him a treat and he should sleep through the night.
Just like puppies, kittens have a lot of energy and you need to burn it off or they may become destructive. Usually that play urg goes to critters (like roaches), but if you don't have any sacrifices, the victim may end up being your toilet paper.
It may also help to get a variety of cat toys and scatter them around the room (only at night, pick them up in the morning, so he doesn't get bored of them), so he has an appropriate target to mess around with should he feel early morning murder urges.
Cats also have different needs depending on the breed and temperament, a good dose of exercise does them all good and enough of it will fix most issues, but cat breeds that are more wild like Savannahs need a lot more exercise even than a typical cat.
This, combined with reinforcing your bedroom as a safe, comfortable place, is also the best way to get your cat to cuddle up in the bed next to you, should you desire a small, fluffy animal curled around your head at night.
Also catnip for general funtimes
and a catnip soaked scratching post to save your furniture, walls and curtains should he be the type that scratches them (although if he rips the post to shreds, make sure to replace it or cut off loose fibers and strings, so he doesn't accidentally ingest things he shouldn't be). Don't ever give a cat yarn or string he can eat, kitties eating string is never good.
Aww...
