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So far out of 4 cats two don't come in and mess with it at all, and one sleeps in our room but won't come near me at all until I take the mask off, she is freaked out by it. Her mother came in once with an attitude of "and what do we have HERE? Explain yourself!" She stared at me, then ran off never to come in to the room again. So I guess I'm safe.

yay! what it took to keep him off my hose? a new catnip scratching pad UPSTAIRS. he didn't come and sleep with me at ALL last night. I hate to say it but yay! I needed uninterupted sleep last night really badly.

I forgot. The damn cat LIKES tinfoil. so much for keeping him OFF the tubes with it. I had to remove the tinfoil (which was too loud anyway) to keep him from chewing on the tube with it on it.

My cat is used to the CPAP now, so he gets into bed with me at night. However, he now engages in another annoying habit. He climbs up on top of the bookshelf and begins knocking things over when he feels his breakfast is "late".

Thankfully, my nasal mask offers a simple solution. I just open my mouth. I don't even have to hiss at him - the air escaping from my mouth does that. Works every time!

I keep my machine inside a cat carrier (I think it was Brenda's suggestion) and that keeps them off the buttons. I purchased a hose cover and that made them lose interest in the hose, but they did still play with the air that exhausts out.

BUT, when I started the Pur-Sleep two days ago, they haven't messed with it. I used the Clear last night and they jumped up on the bed ready to snuggle in and then looked at me like "You stink!" and got off while swishing their tails in annoyance. I guess they don't like the minty smell.

My two girls ignore the machine and the hose (one sleeps near my face, the other by my stomach/back - depending on which way I'm facing). But my boy cat is another story. The first couple of nights he refused to sleep on the bed with me. The third morning he came up for cuddles and tried to chew on the hose so I had to smack him. I keep the machine in a drawer during the day and half close the drawer at night so that no one walks on it and turns it off or on. Hopefully He won't get after the hose during the night while I'm a sleep (He IS back to sleeping by my feet again now.)

Sorry, the above was me.

[quote="SleepingBeauty"]I keep my machine inside a cat carrier (I think it was Brenda's suggestion) and that keeps them off the buttons. I purchased a hose cover and that made them lose interest in the hose, but they did still play with the air that exhausts out.

BUT, when I started the Pur-Sleep two days ago, they haven't messed with it. I used the Clear last night and they jumped up on the bed ready to snuggle in and then looked at me like "You stink!" and got off while swishing their tails in annoyance. I guess they don't like the minty smell.

if my CPAP wearing hubby is blowing air out of some leak and too sleepy to notice.... I do NOT wait for the cat to take a whack at him... I reach over and plug a hole or two myself and he'll usually adjust himself to stop the noise.

It does help at times to have the RLS twitches and stuff... he's occassionally been belted by a flying limb...

HOWEVER... my bigger question here is... does every CPAP wearer just about go crazy if something happens to their mask/machine and they have to sleep without it for one night? I called him Linus tonight and walked away angry b/c his mask broke and he becomes belligerent and FOUL... like he's lost his security blanket! He's almost a 10 year CPAP veteran... [/b]

I would really REALLY be interested in the opinions of other cpap users and/or their spouses on the 'security blanket' issue. I take this machine use seriously but for one night?? when the fix is impossible?? to be so beside themselves??

Thanks all. I am a first time visitor as a CPAP spouse![/img]

did I mention already a gunny sack and nearby river?

My late, 8 year old Torty was content to just sleep at the foot of the bed with me. She had absolutely no interest in the machine or the hose.

On a sad note, I had to have our vet put her to sleep yesterday afternoon. To make a long story short, she started to have multiple convulsions and foam at the mouth. We rushed her to the pet hospital where the vet quickly sedated her with Valium. It appears that she had a tumer growing in her brain, and the vet told us that with all the compound seizures she was having, that her brain was damaged. When she was sedated, she made no response at all to me or the vet. She would have eventually died soon, so we made the decision to put the poor thing out of her misery. She is no longer suffering, and thankfully, did not have a long, drawn out death

Snoredog wrote:did I mention already a gunny sack and nearby river?

You are one, sick dude.
...and no, that's NOT a compliment!

yamdigger sorry to hear you had to put your cat down, I have had to put two cats down over the course of the last three years. Hang in there.

Yamdigger, the biggest drawback, for me, in having pets is the time when I have to say goodbye. You certainly have my sympathy. But I'm happy that Torty is no longer having to be miserable. I know that this is a difficult time for you!

Jane

That's ok, Snoredog. As a fellow dog lover, I got the joke. It was just ill-timed. You did not know that someone would follow you after losing their pet recently.

Sorry about your cat.