RV Cat Morning Routine: Life with Three Feline Alarm Clocks | RV Living with Cats

Kim Martinez
May 3
2 min read

If you’ve ever doubted cats are nocturnal overlords, meet my furry dawn patrol. Twix, Bandit, and Thumper. They have perfected the art of enthusiastic wake-up calls, somehow Manny has managed to escape their enthusiasm – because they save it all for me!

Let me paint the scene:

5:27 AM: The Feline Fanfare Begins

Twix launches Operation Headbutt™, her new specialty—a mix of purring and skull-tapping that’d earn her a demolition crew license.

Bandit counters with his “morning aria”—trills escalating into insistent “mrowls” as he parkours across the nightstand, tromping right across my body (believe me his 18 pounds feel like 25!)

Thumper & Manny: Unmoved. Practically comatose. (Traitors.)

The blanket-over-head defense? A rookie mistake. It only amplifies their resolve. Soon, Twix side-eyes Bandit for “trespassing” in her personal bubble (the entire RV, apparently), and I’m forced to mediate before fur flies.

The Surrender Ritual

By 5:45 AM, I surrender and head toward the kitchen like a zombie in slippers:

1. Deploy wet food (the ultimate peace offering and what it was likely all about)

2. Set up The Great Cat-Tunnel System - This mesh escape route lets them patrol the wilderness (or a 10-foot radius of the RV)

3. while I mainline coffee outside in a comfy camp chair.

Pro Tips: The cats always win

Campground Magic Hour

Here’s the payoff: that golden 30 minutes when the world is all ours. Mist rising off the lake, campfire remnants scenting the air, and three furballs darting through dew-soaked grass in their tunnels. It’s the RV life’s best-kept secret!

When Winter Strikes Back

On frosty mornings, I still enjoy the misty mornings:

1. Attach the tunnels (they’ll bolt outside, then retreat, then repeat—it’s a loop).

2. Engage electric fireplace.

3. Assume the position: recliner, soft-cuddly blanket, soon I have a minimum of Two Cats on my lap asleep!

Sometimes I find that I take a little cat nap in the afternoon or go to bed a little earlier to catch up on sleep, because in the morning it’s ground hog day-instant repeat!