Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Alison Clare Hickman — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:12:29 GMT

Glad to hear he is a bit better and more relaxed. Hope he manages to continue to relax during the next lot of family changes! Perhaps the weather will be kind and help??? (more rain) as you say he enjoys it... bless. Good luck and give him a stroke from me.

x Ali

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

SmegSlayer — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:10:35 GMT

Seems to be a bit better. We got a feliway diffuser on Friday and Friday night he slept with his mum and dad until 9:30am Saturday morning. He occasionally has a bit of a piteful meow when he can't find people. We have taken his food out of the kitchen and given him his own area in the living room and have stopped the wet food and just giving him ad lib bics which he is fine with. He goes out a little more (he loves the rain!) but comes back ready for a snuggle.

There is going to be a bit of up heaval this week as one of the housemates is moving out and another is moving in the same day and his dad's 3yr old son is spending the night on Friday and then his mum and dad will be away for the rest of the weekend and then his mum is going away on Monday until a week on Saturday so we shall just have to see how he copes.

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Alison Clare Hickman — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:55:34 GMT

Hey there.

How is your Jasper doing?

Ali

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Alison Clare Hickman — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:56:28 GMT

Really does sound like stress behaviour issues to me as a result of changes to his territory and normal environment (outside the home). Would always recommend a full health screen though, just in case of anything underlying.

Have a look at SureFlap's CPD on cat behaviour and see if there are any tips you can pick up from that/light bulb moments where you suddenly identify "Aaah, that's the cause(s)!"... Bonus is you get one hours (free) CPD too... although I know that's the last of your concerns right now...

https://www.sureflap.co.uk/vet/cpd

Runs to about 40 mins but stick with it....

Hope your lad settles soon.

Ali

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

SmegSlayer — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:38:36 GMT

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?? Behaviour problems originating from stress caused by invading neighbourhood felines(s)? Do you have a cat-flap? Is it secure to just your cat or can it let in any cat? Is you cats feed bowl/toilet station near the cat flap (fearful of being caught eating / toiletting)... or former 'secure' areas of your cats environment now open to threat/ambush?....

Just a few thoughts...

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He goes in and out through a fanlight window in the utility room which is opened in the morning and shut at night. He has his own food area which doesn't get disturbed and only toilets outside. We have seen one new cat (we think it's new) in the neighbourhood but out the front of the house and Jasper tends to stick to the back of the house. The other cats have always been there and they have been tolerated except when one tried to come in the French window in the summer and Jasper went bananas and saw him off.

Possible progress last night in that Jasper was curled up on my bed but I needed the bathroom before going to sleep but he didn't follow me to the bathroom for once and stayed comfy on the bed.

He abandoned me at some point in the v. early morning and went and miaowed for a while on his mum and dad's window ledge...

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Susan Jackson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:38:12 GMT

Very odd behaviour.

I'm not sure about the food but I've had cats go off wet food and spoke to many clients who've said the same. I know food is supposed to be a social time for cats so maybe it's again the attention seeking for why he's getting excited but then he's not bothered about the food.

The rest haven't got a clue, it's sounds like stress. There are behaviourists you could contact. The feliway diffusers I find a great when I know I will be changing routine/home that they settle my brood really well.

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Alison Clare Hickman — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:00:26 GMT

Just a few thoughts...

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Steph Worsley — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:20:48 GMT

I'd get a full haematology, biochemistry AND a T4 as it could possibly be signs of hyperthyroidism, he is a little on the young side but it has been heard of and they can have behavioural issues because of it.

Re: Super Needy Cat- HELP needed!

Julie-Anne Wilson — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:07:16 GMT

Feliway could help if it's just the change in the house that's causing it. I'd say for any unexplained changes in behaviour, you're always better getting a full health check done including a blood test just in case there's something else causing the behaviour.