We recently got a new cat who is about a year old. She’s the only pet in the house and she seems to have adjusted well for the most part. However, after the first few days she will try to keep us up all night. We give her so much affection and attention during the day. We play with her for an additional 30 mins before bed and give her a little snack of extra food after that.

As soon as we get into bed she goes straight to the window which is behind my side of the bed. (She actually broke the blinds the 2nd day here during the daytime when I wasn’t around despite every other window in the house not having blinds). Anyway, she goes straight to the window and climbs the curtains all the way to the top and will just stand on the curtain rod. This happened multiple times last night all after midnight. We try to stop her as soon as she latches onto the curtain and set her down. If she keeps doing this then we shut her out of the room. Then she just meows and scratches at the door all night to get in. At some point my husband let her inside the room again and then she went straight up the curtains again. Once again she got shut out of the bedroom and she starts meowing and scratching at the door again. This happened ALL NIGHT LONG. Then my husband got up and fed her around 5:30 because he thought that maybe she was hungry and that it would shut her up. I told him not to do this because it makes them think they can wake you up early to get their food. And it only works for a short time anyway.

Anyway, what to do about the curtain climbing and keeping us awake all night??? She loves to climb and be in tall places. We have a cat tree for her but she doesn’t seem to want to use it despite us putting treats on it and putting her on it.

She also loves kitchen counter tops and the kitchen table. She likes to go on them only when we are standing or sitting in front of them so it seems like she does it to try to be at our height and to get attention. We set her on the floor and sometimes try to redirect her to a tall location like the cat tree but she will often go straight back to where she was. I moved the cat tree near the kitchen table and set her on it when she was on the table so she could still be close to us and high up. Doesn’t seem to work because she got down right away.

On a different note, my husband has been annoyed with her all morning as well once he got up because even though he played with her, she keeps trying to play even more and jump onto the counter behind him and then onto the back of his chair and will bring toys to drop at his feet. She will annoy him while he is working on his laptop Until he stops what he’s doing and plays with her again. Not sure if it helps or makings things worse. Would like advice on that matter as well.

We adopted her from a friend who wasnt able to keep her after 2 months. She had one toy there but seemed to be a perfect angel and she didn’t keep my friend up all night. The curtain climbing started at our house. My friend was gone a lot but I am here most of the day, we have another housemate who is here some and gives her attention. My husband gives her lots of attention too. We have lots of toys for her now and are able to give her lots of our time. Is it toooo much attention and it has caused her to become too needy?

Not sure what to do here in so many aspects

Edit: she’s not spayed but had an appt in 2 weeks. Not sure if that makes a difference.