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| Grey | 0-49 |
| Red | 50-149 |
| Orange | 150-299 |
| Green | 300-599 |
| Magenta | 600-1499 |
| Purple | 1500-4999 |
| Blue | 5000-9999 |
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| Black | 25000+ |
every night i am faced with this decision: lock my cat in or out of my room? hearing it for the first time you might say, “out, of course!” but it’s not that easy for me. Usually before I go to bed I close my door, because our house makes noises sometimes I can’t sleep through. I’ll hear meowing at my door and open it. Frankie would come in my room, jump on ‘my bed and lay on my blanket, curl himself up, and close his eyes. I say, “Well, there’s absolutely no problem with him in here, he makes no noise at all!” But then it occurs to me that my door is closed, and Frankie’s litter box is down the hall. What if he has to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and uses it on my bed/floor?! Or, maybe he’ll be hungry all night!? So I’d easily pick him up, drop him in the hall (not literally drop, but you get the point), and close my door. Simple! But not until he starts meowing and whining at my door. As I said earlier, our house makes noises, I wouldn’t want to be out in the hall sleeping through it. I feel so bad for kicking him out, listening to him whine… so of course, I’d open the door and let him in again, worrying about the same things I did earlier. Basically, I’m asking if a cat could go through a whole night without using the bathroom, or eating… then if he could, my dilemma is over! LONG QUESTION hehe…
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Well, basically you have three options: either bring his necessities into your bedroom, confine him to a single room with said items where he won’t be crying outside your door all night keeping you up, or just leave your door open so he can come and go as he pleases.
As for the noises your house makes, I’m sure the cat is used to them by now and probably isn’t going to be bothered.
It’s possible he could make it through the night without going to the litterbox most of the time, but it only takes ONE time he can’t quite hold it for you to get a little “surprise” in the morning.
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I agree with telegramsam, move all your cats necessities to your room, and KEEP them there for the rest of your cats life.
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Or, if you don't feed your cat before you go to bed, then you can just purchase an extra litterbox and place it in your room, and still leave one of the litterboxes downstairs in the same place.
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You should keep your cat in your room because he wants to be close to YOU. Put a litter box in your room so if he needs to pee he won’t just go on something else. Your cat will not need to eat in the middle of the night if you feed him a well-balanced meal for breakfast and dinner. Good luck!
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Yeah, I guess you're right. But my cat likes to eat at night. You could also purchase a seperate litter box, so you have a litterbox downstairs and a litterbox in your room.
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Do what I do, just leave the door cracked so your cat will be able to get in and out at his/her convenience. My cat, for example will beg to get in my room, but I leave my door cracked just a little bit, so she can get out later and I won’t have to let her out. I also leave it cracked because she tends to sometimes go back and forth between my room and my mom’s room and I don’t need her to not be able to get in here and be meowing outside our doors. Basically, you can’t lock your cat out because they might need to get in for something. And you can’t trap them in because they might need something outside of your room. 
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If you keep the cat in your room, or leave the door open, you might end up with another problem - a cat for an alarm clock set for three or four in the morning. But, as you know, cats can make a horrible racket outside your door, too. I think leaving your door open would be the best choice. Second best would be a litter box for your room. He meows outside your door because he misses you and wants to be close.
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maybe you could get a cat door, that way he could come and go as he needs
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i thing to get a little door that the cat could push the door and get in and out when ever they want
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