How do I train a cat to sleep away from me?

[raccoon]

My cat passed away two months ago and I’m thinking about getting another.

I live in a one bedroom apartment. I would like for my cat to sleep in the utility room. My older cat slept with me until she got elderly and then would allow me to put her in the utility room to sleep and not yowl or tear up the linoleum. Otherwise, she would wake me up at dark 30.
Sometimes more than once. It was like being a parent of an infant who never got older.

Is it possible for me to train even a young cat (not a kitten) to be content to sleep in the utility room?

[dawg day]

1. Train kitty with a "lovey" like a stuffed animal.

Put the lovey in a nice bed in the utility room. And never cuddle the cat in your bedroom. Keep the cuddles in the living room.

Kitten won't even know about the bedroom unless you tell them. Be tough.😉

[democratisphere]

2. Many cats like to sleep with their people; it's a bonding thing.

Not sure what your issue would be about THIS?

[raccoon]

3. As I said, she used to wake me up in the middle of the night

It wouldn’t be a problem of if we could synchronize our wake ups but I don’t think that will be a possibility.

If the cat didn’t wake up unless I did it wouldn’t be any problem.

[Phoenix61]

4. I have three cats who are not allowed

in my bedroom. They have the run of the house and do just fine. Give her/him one of your T-shirt’s you haven’t washed to sleep on.

[Freddie]

5. Maybe a new cat would not wake you up

Both our boys sleep with us and they don’t wake us up. It depends on what kind of feeding schedule you have and if the cat is a “grazer” or gobbles down their food all at once. Our boys are grazers and don’t wake us up for breakfast. However a cat I had years ago refused to touch dry food and was quite obnoxious until he got his morning can.

[Sleepscratch]

6. Cat "training"

Cats should not be trained.

[Freddie]

7. This

People who get their knickers in a knot about cats jumping on the kitchen counter shouldn’t have cats. Charlie jumps up there to give me head butts and purrs while I cook. I’m honored by his affection.

[marybourg]

11. I think it's a great asset to have a

(somewhat) trained cat. My rescue kitty's first owner apparently taught him "come' & "stay". Because he understood the concept of human utterances, he learned "sit" and "get down" and " get brushed" very quickly.

It's great to have a cat that behaves cooperatively, at least some of the time. He also knows to stay off counters, and that human skin is not the same as clothing. He's a real gentleman. Well, for a cat.

[mnhtnbb]

8. Get a dog

Put the dog bed on the floor of your room, or, train the dog to sleep in its crate.

OR, get two compatible kitties and they will sleep together in another room.

[TygrBright]

9. Close the bedroom door with the cat on the other side. n/t

[Bayard]

10. That

But I have two cats and a Miniature Dachshund that sleep in the bed with me at night. The doxie insists on being under the covers. They don't wake me up because I sleep like the dead.