Question
I have a cat that likes to start his day off early (e.g. 5am) where he starts batting items around (boxes i leave out for him and toys and sometimes items he shouldnt), running from one room to the other, and trying to scratch my door frames (previous family I adopted him from removed his claws so this is not an issue but it can be loud still). He also jumps on my bed and presses his face against my hand and lays on my head. Is there some way to discourage him from waking up so early or at least being hyper in the morning?
Answer
Don't reward the behavior. When they are too rough in waking you toss them off the bed, or hit them with a squirt from a spray bottle, or hiss at them, or firmly and loudly say "no!", or some combination of these. Cats are quite capable of learning which behaviors get them favorable attention and which produce responses they don't like.
Also, rambunctious behavior does drop off as they age out of being kittens. So this eventually valves itself. My two mostly just cuddle against me if I'm sleeping, though one sometimes wants me to lift the covers so she can crawl under, and both want to kneed my belly for a few minutes before we all go to sleep. (Not always permitted.)
Answered By - keshlam