How to stop a cat from attacking under blankets
Cats naturally switch into predator mode and hunt hands and feet under bed covers at night, piercing even thick blankets with their sharp claws. This makes it impossible to sleep safely without limbs getting scratched.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Locking the cat out of the bedroom at night
- 2Tiring the cat out with 15 to 30 minutes of play before bed and feeding them
- 3Using a thicker decoy blanket with a stuffed animal or bell balls underneath
- 4Keeping feet under the covers
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I can’t let her in my room at night because she turns into a demon against my blankets and goes predator mode.”source ↗
“It’s crazy how sharp her claws are and I have what I thought was a thick blanket. Might have to find an even thicker one 💀”source ↗
“That second photo is saying an awful lot and I can only hope you kept your feet under the covers when you went bed .”source ↗
“Her murder mittens pierce even the thickest of blankets, no toe is safe in this house”source ↗
Where this came up
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