Sabotage

We used to have a cattery where we could time-out the cats, but with our place being smaller and youngest wanting the cats to be more happy, we did not bring it.

They used to yowl and misbehave with it, anyway. But, at least, we were where neighbors could not hear them.

The cats have been in youngling’s room while the rest of the house is put together, for they get into everything and could get hurt if unstable boxes fell on them.

They were content for a week and not causing mischief, but now when he is gone to work, the male begins digging at the bottom of the bedroom door, and I have had to spray him with water to get him to stop.

This evening, right after having to spray him, our silver girl decided to begin yowling loud for my attention. I had to go after her, too.

The thing is, there is no real solution.

Once these two get it in their minds (after having been given everything) that they want something different, they will misbehave until disciplined.

Their antics could get us kicked out with them being so loud and obnoxious in the middle of the night with neighbors stacked in around us.

I feel I have no choice but to stuff them into the back of the car in cat carriers when I leave to go get youngling, because if they do this behavior while I am gone, they are going to get us complaints from our neighbors.

We’ve only been here a week, and their anarchy could derail us!

(Two dogs and two cats in the car as passengers.)