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My cat likes to sleep with me, but he wakes me at night. what should i do?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Put cat out: It would be best for your health to put the cat in another room when you sleep at night. If you can't then you have to put up with the cat awakening you. Do you fall right back to sleep?

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/14/2012

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