Well, for some time, I've been shutting my two cats out of my bedroom at night. I usually start the night allowing them in the room, but if they start getting into things or, in the case of one night, get into a wrestling match on top of me, I'll shoo them out of the room and close the door. They've been really good about being alone together all night. However, both of them, Casey in particular, have decided over the past few nights that they are still going to get me up early in the morning well before when I plan on getting up. They'll paw away at the door, making loud thumping sounds. They'll even reach up and start playing with and rattling the doorknob. I'll try to ignore them, but they'll only keep at it. I keep a can of air by the bed, and I've tried shooting that under the door as well as opening the door a couple inches and shooting it out that way as well. Usually when I try opening the door a crack, they're trying to push their way into the room. And usually, when they get the air, they'll take off running only to come back a few minutes later for more. This will repeat a couple times, but then they'll eventually stop. The thing is, since shutting them out of the bedroom at night, they didn't do this until this past week, at least that I can recall as I don't remember much from 4AM in the morning. Anybody have any suggestions on how to handle this and hopefully curb their behavior?
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Chessie and Casey Jones relaxing together.

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