Instructions
Incorporate stimulating activities into your cat's day, especially when it is normally sleeping or napping. Play with your cat by using a variety of cat toys and catnip, suggests the ASPCA. If you work during the day and cannot be at home to play with your cat, there are several things you can try: put on videos designed to appeal to cats when you leave for work, leave interactive toys out such as those that dispense food and provide cardboard boxes and paper bags for it to play and explore in.
Interact with your cat in the evening, preferably right before your bedtime. Use toys that move like small animals that your cat may chase after or hunt if it were in the wild. Or, try a game of fetch with a favorite toy. You should play with your cat until it appears tired and is ready to rest..
Schedule meals only during the day and while you are awake. Do not leave food out or feed your cat during the night; otherwise, it will expect to be fed and wake you up if it is hungry. Also, feed your cat its main meal of the day before you are about to turn in. Cats usually sleep after consuming a large meal.
Encourage your cat to go to sleep when you do. Set up a cat bed, preferably outside of your bedroom, and put your cat there before turning out the lights. If it wakes up during the night or doesn't fall asleep when you do, make sure it has plenty of toys available to keep it occupied through the night.
How to Keep Your Cat Awake
Due to their nocturnal nature, cats are most active during the night and sleep during the day. While this sleep cycle is normal and healthy in cats, it may lead to disturbances in the cat owner's sleep, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). Fortunately, there are measures you can take to synchronize your cat's sleep-wake cycle with your own. You can keep your cat awake and active during the day so it is tired out and able to fall asleep at night.