Hi there,
I have two cats. One is a ginger who is a sweet boy who absolutely loves attention. The other is a mature lady who is very social and calm. They are 1 and 1/2 years old and were raised/fostered together as kittens but aren’t from the same litter. Once my male cat was 8 months old there was an incident involving a paper bag that he got tangled up in. When we came home and found him like that, he was very very upset, screaming at our other cat who seemingly had nothing to do with the situation. He screamed (ears pointed back, howling, following/staring at our other cat) for about a week, whenever he was out of the basement where we keep him when he does that. He’s had “relapses” that last only a couple days about once every 2-3 months or really when something scares him. Sometimes we are able to figure out what gets him all upset but other times it seems random. Recently he’s started to get upset at us too when he freaks out. This last time he saw a fox outside the window and got scared. He actually swatted at our other cat while howling, he screamed at everyone who came near him and then later that night while asleep on my lap, he woke up and hissed at me and attacked me. He’s attacked me twice before this but never unprovoked (as in he was scared and I was trying to move him away from my other cat or put him in the basement) he’s also attacked another family member for similar reasons. Im sorry for how long this is but does anyone have a similar problem? I’ve read about PTSD in animals and thought maybe that could be it? We’ve tried Prozac multiple times but without success. I love this cat and have known him since he was a baby at 4 weeks old and would hate to have to take drastic measures.
I have two cats. One is a ginger who is a sweet boy who absolutely loves attention. The other is a mature lady who is very social and calm. They are 1 and 1/2 years old and were raised/fostered together as kittens but aren’t from the same litter. Once my male cat was 8 months old there was an incident involving a paper bag that he got tangled up in. When we came home and found him like that, he was very very upset, screaming at our other cat who seemingly had nothing to do with the situation. He screamed (ears pointed back, howling, following/staring at our other cat) for about a week, whenever he was out of the basement where we keep him when he does that. He’s had “relapses” that last only a couple days about once every 2-3 months or really when something scares him. Sometimes we are able to figure out what gets him all upset but other times it seems random. Recently he’s started to get upset at us too when he freaks out. This last time he saw a fox outside the window and got scared. He actually swatted at our other cat while howling, he screamed at everyone who came near him and then later that night while asleep on my lap, he woke up and hissed at me and attacked me. He’s attacked me twice before this but never unprovoked (as in he was scared and I was trying to move him away from my other cat or put him in the basement) he’s also attacked another family member for similar reasons. Im sorry for how long this is but does anyone have a similar problem? I’ve read about PTSD in animals and thought maybe that could be it? We’ve tried Prozac multiple times but without success. I love this cat and have known him since he was a baby at 4 weeks old and would hate to have to take drastic measures.