Hello! I've got a 1 year old kitten and she's a good kitty, but she absolutely must explore every square inch of my apartment. When I got my cat, she just absolutely wouldn't let me sleep if she was awake constantly prodding at me or even clawing at me(she still wont let me cut her nails) just to play. I installed a baby barrier on my bedroom door and she was not allowed in the bedroom. I work from home and my computer was in the bedroom, so I felt bad that she was alone most of the day(meowing at my door when she heard me working), so I moved my computer to the living room.
On the first day, she chewed on my keyboard cable and ruined it($200 keyboard) so she was banished from the top of the desk. I would gently remove her from the desk anytime I saw her going up, but she just messed with the stuff on the desk when ai wasn't around. I installed double sided tape and those motion sensor air puffers to deter her from going up.
For 5 months she was a happy kitten, free to jump on my lap while working, but recently she has taken a curiosity as to what's on the desk. When she jumps up, the motion detectors and tape just piss her off and she claws at the detector and my monitor(i'm out a monitor too). I gently remove her from the desk to my lap or the floor, and most of the time she's alright with that. Sometimes she struggles, scratching me(I look like ive been through a wood chipper on those days) until I let go and she jumps on the desk. I've been bringing her to her room(2 bedroom apartment, all her stuff is in the other bedroom) and closing the door whenever she gets crazy like this.
She's very careful with claws(god that one took a while to train) when we're playing or just chilling on the couch, but for some reason this desk is like territorial to her. She's a well behaved kitty for like 23 hours of the day, but right after she gets fed she goes into hyper mode. She always feels regret 30ish minutes afterwards and comes by to 'tend to my wounds'. I really don't want to move my computer back to my bedroom and banish her from contact with me for 16 hours out of the day. What is causing this?
I've tried physically blocking all jump points to my desk, spraying a cat barrier on the edges of the desk, double sided tape on the edges of the desk, motion detectors, and even a NFC chip on her collar that induces alexa to sound an alarm. I have not slept more than 2 hours at a time for months now.
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