Am I being paranoid, or over protective?

[Tiger's Mom]

Originally Posted by Gracie2006

Gracie is now 4 1/2 months old. She has been sleeping on my bed in a laundry basket until a couple of nights ago when she figured out how to climb out of it. For the last couple of nights I have turned the basket over, creating a sort of crate for her. She has been sleeping through the night for a good week or so now. Is it safe to let her sleep on my bed without being confined? My bed is fairly high off the ground and I have feared she would fall off. Second, though she has been sleeping through the night, might she be inclined to pee on the bed if she is not confined to a crate. I really want to have her sleep with me the normal way, but am not sure when the right time would be.

oh I think she will be fine without any laundry basket. If you have tried to put her on your bed and she has never attempted to jump off, then I say she knows she can't handle the height and would not even dare.

Here's what I do . . . I put Annika between me and a big pillow (pillow is on the end of the bed) . . she is such a cuddler that she will just snug next to me . . . if she is used to sleeping under a flannel blanket she will NOT pee on them. Both my furbabies have lots of flannel blankets so their crate is always with one (I change all the time as I always want them to be smelling good) . . . and they have never pee'd on their blankies.

Let me know how it turned out!

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Hootie and Hobbs have slept in our bed since the day they came home, Hootie since she was 7 weeks old and Hobbs since he was 8 weeks old. Neither one of them have ever peed in the bed or fallen off the bed. I just think it is their instinct not to pee where they sleep...same reason they don't peed in their crate.