Adjusting Your Cat's Biological Clock When You're Home All Day

Many cat owners will encounter such situations,The cat at home is very active every nightIt pounces on people, scratches sofas, crawls into wardrobes, jumps from the ground to the bed, and then jumps back down. Sometimes it doesn't bother making noise at night, but it will make noise at 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning, butThis is still too early for most cat owners

The bouncy cat

Cat owners don't have time to adjust the cat's biological clock, and recently they have been staying at home, which is a good opportunity toAdjust the cat's biological clock habit.

Cats are active at night for a reasonBecause the main prey of cats are rodents, and rodents are most active at night, so cats' biological clock becomes, sleeping during the day and hunting at night

And this is also the reason why cats 'party' at night and wake up earlier than our life habits. However, fortunatelyAs cats and cat owners live together for a long time, its biological clock will become closer to our life habitsBut this takes a long time to hone, and the honing process is definitely not easy

Cat's roaring

But we can use this time at home to adjust the cat's biological clock, becauseAbout 1 week can cultivate a new biological clock habit for the catLet cat owners have a happier cat life

Do you carefully observe the cat's sleep habits, you will find thatDuring the day, although the cat is sleeping,On average, every 2-3 hours

The cat will wake up, either to walk around the house, or to sleep in a different place; at the same time, the cat is very shallow when sleeping, and any slight movement in the room will wake the cat

And we should take advantage of this cat's living habit

Energetic catsDuring the dayHelp cats to expend excess energyIf you sleep too much, you will party at night. Cat owners can set a fixed time to play with cats, such as cat wands, laser pointers, small balls, and boxes, to prevent cats from forming effective sleep, and after each play, give the cat

A small snack as a reward

Handicrafting cat owners can make some sound-emitting toys. For example, put a ping pong ball in a paper box, and then hang the paper box in the half-air that the cat needs to stand to reach. Through the sound of the small ball to attract the cat's attention or there are snacks in the box, and the box will drop snacks during shaking, in this way to consume the cat's experience

Eat a snack to rewardWhen the cat's energy has been consumed during the dayIt's important to cultivate a bedtime routine for cats

Every day, maintain a fixed time to interact with the cat before bedtime, and after the game ends, the cat owner can start their own bedtime preparations, and during this time, don't bother the cat's interactionsIn the initial stage of cultivation, cats will still have 'party' behaviors at night, but you must control yourself, if the cat 'parties', just let it 'party', if you scold the cat, it's equivalent to accepting the cat's interaction invitation, and it will become more and more vigorous to make noise, so

You must ignore it

'Party'?About the feeding problem before bed. For most cats, eating a snack at 6 pm is not enough to sustain them until the next morning; cats are active at night mainly because of hunting

And cats will have a long period of 30 minutes after eating to groom their fur, so

Feeding the cat a snack before bed can also alleviate the cat's 'party' behavior

Eating food cats

About the behavior of waking up the cat owner to ask for food in the morning. This needs to be addressed according to different cat behaviors. If you don't consciously wake up to feed the cat, but the cat still asks for food every day for several days, then you should feed the cat. If the cat's reaction is very flat, then you can change the feeding time by diverting the cat's attention

Cats playing with toys