Usually, outside of a few random chirps, they are silent through the heart of night So if they go to bed at 8pm, by 10pm they are silent even through me coming home late from work and loud noises in the surrounding areas. Even through my senior cats demonic cries to be let it and out. Since the hormonal season has started, I’ve been noticing that they chirp all through the night. They are sensitive to the outside noises much more so than ever. They are very reactive now whereas before, they could just ignore it. They start at like 2AM and continue to be restless. My cat starts waking up the rest of us around 430-6 (yes, this is quite difficult but not much we can do) so the birds are restless from 2-5ish and then settle back in. By 7AM they are up.
A few things are contributing to this but I worry because I want to be respectful to my neighbors who have young children that go to school. It would honestly be impossible to cut out the noise completely, I could be quieter as I come in but that doesn’t change the foot steps, doors, bathroom, heaters, old cat, wild birds at 3AM, etc. I hate that they aren’t getting to sleep straight through. That is exactly how I sleep and interrupted sparse sleep can really test yourself. They have a cover and a nightlight and I’ve increased the coverage from like 50% to 80%. Don’t know if there is something I could do or I just have to ride it through, but it’s getting tough.
A few things are contributing to this but I worry because I want to be respectful to my neighbors who have young children that go to school. It would honestly be impossible to cut out the noise completely, I could be quieter as I come in but that doesn’t change the foot steps, doors, bathroom, heaters, old cat, wild birds at 3AM, etc. I hate that they aren’t getting to sleep straight through. That is exactly how I sleep and interrupted sparse sleep can really test yourself. They have a cover and a nightlight and I’ve increased the coverage from like 50% to 80%. Don’t know if there is something I could do or I just have to ride it through, but it’s getting tough.