is it ok to persuade my cat to sleep off my bed (not on)
My cat has five sleep areas of her own that she uses; all of them designed to be comfy. She uses them all, but she likes to use my bed (a double bed) too. I really do not like to disturb her when she is sleeping on my bed, but have no choice sometimes.
When I turn in for the night, I have tried saying to her, several times "catsname sleep, mummy sleep" in the hopes that she will stay on the bed with me. She dithers, and even stayed for a little bit once, but decided to jump off the bed.
As well as her other sleep areas, she has a donut bed in the bedroom which she uses from time to time. She likes to use all of her sleep areas.
Is she half-expecting to be disturbed when sleeping on my bed? I just hate disturbing her sleep. We live alone in a one bedroom flat.
Any thoughts?
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In the title of your question you seem to ask if it is ok to have your cat not sleep on your bed. In your question, you seem to want your cat to sleep with you on your bed, so I will address that with a solution that has worked for me.
If your cat is food motivated (only some cats are), she will do anything for a snack. If this is so, you can store cat snacks close to your bed in a cat proof container and after getting into bed place one cat snack next to you on the covers. Your cat will jump up and eat the snack.
I use a container like the one below; note the latching flip-top lid. This container is pretty darned cat-proof; my cat has tried without success for months to break into it.
If you give your cat food once or twice each time you get into bed, eventually she will expect she might get food whenever you go to bed and jump up on your bed once you get in. She will then wait for food, and often fall asleep while waiting. Hey presto! A sleeping cat on your bed.
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