Hi,
I really need advice cause Ariel, my 4 yo cat is driving me nuts! We moved to a new house about 2 weeks ago, I know this is a difficult adjustment for her as this isn't the first time we've moved, but this time is worse, she started peeing on my beloved fiddle leaf fig tree, which used to be in our old house and she never peed on it (she has never peed anywhere else other than her litter box). She yowls and yowls and scratches the door that leads to our backyard cause she insists in going out, she has never been an outdoor cat, so I have no idea what's this new fixation with going outside, I let her come out with me while I'm watering my plants or doing laundry so I can keep an eye on her and all she does is roll around the floor and get herself dirty (we don't have grass, it's concrete) the walls surrounding my house are not very tall and I can tell she can easily climb them and escape, and like I said she's not an outdoor cat so I worry she may get lost. Today I let her come outside with me and when I tried to bring her inside she scratched and bite me, which she never does, she also bite me when I was cutting her nails, which is not normal as she knows she'll get treats if she behaves, so she's usually a saint when it comes to nail trimming but today she was nasty.
She has also been very mean to her sister, she hisses and hits her, even if Kiara is minding her own business she would go and attack her, the other one is not very bothered by it, but I know this isn't right nor normal, they've been together for almost 3 years and they're very close. She has also been meowing randomly, I call her and she calms down, but then she starts again, thankfully she doesn't do this at night as she goes to sleep with me.
One important thing to note is that she lost almost 2 pounds before we moved, I took her to the vet and she couldn't find anything wrong with her, she vaccinated & dewormed her, I'm supposed to take her again this week for a checkup, but she eats, drinks water, I haven't noticed anything weird in her litter box, and apart from the bad behavior she's been showing lately she's still active and, most of the time, sweet & lovely as she usually is. I started feeding them fancy feast, she doesn't eat a lot of it and gets easily distracted while eating, but that is very normal in her.
I've been thinking of buying Feliway but I've read very opposite opinions and I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Any other advise or suggestion will be very appreciated, I'm working from home due to the pandemic and having a cat yowling all day long is very very tiring & not very pleasant when you have meetings to attend to. Thanks!
I really need advice cause Ariel, my 4 yo cat is driving me nuts! We moved to a new house about 2 weeks ago, I know this is a difficult adjustment for her as this isn't the first time we've moved, but this time is worse, she started peeing on my beloved fiddle leaf fig tree, which used to be in our old house and she never peed on it (she has never peed anywhere else other than her litter box). She yowls and yowls and scratches the door that leads to our backyard cause she insists in going out, she has never been an outdoor cat, so I have no idea what's this new fixation with going outside, I let her come out with me while I'm watering my plants or doing laundry so I can keep an eye on her and all she does is roll around the floor and get herself dirty (we don't have grass, it's concrete) the walls surrounding my house are not very tall and I can tell she can easily climb them and escape, and like I said she's not an outdoor cat so I worry she may get lost. Today I let her come outside with me and when I tried to bring her inside she scratched and bite me, which she never does, she also bite me when I was cutting her nails, which is not normal as she knows she'll get treats if she behaves, so she's usually a saint when it comes to nail trimming but today she was nasty.
She has also been very mean to her sister, she hisses and hits her, even if Kiara is minding her own business she would go and attack her, the other one is not very bothered by it, but I know this isn't right nor normal, they've been together for almost 3 years and they're very close. She has also been meowing randomly, I call her and she calms down, but then she starts again, thankfully she doesn't do this at night as she goes to sleep with me.
One important thing to note is that she lost almost 2 pounds before we moved, I took her to the vet and she couldn't find anything wrong with her, she vaccinated & dewormed her, I'm supposed to take her again this week for a checkup, but she eats, drinks water, I haven't noticed anything weird in her litter box, and apart from the bad behavior she's been showing lately she's still active and, most of the time, sweet & lovely as she usually is. I started feeding them fancy feast, she doesn't eat a lot of it and gets easily distracted while eating, but that is very normal in her.
I've been thinking of buying Feliway but I've read very opposite opinions and I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Any other advise or suggestion will be very appreciated, I'm working from home due to the pandemic and having a cat yowling all day long is very very tiring & not very pleasant when you have meetings to attend to. Thanks!
You may want to ask the vet about something to reduce her stress on car rides. Please keep us posted on your progress.
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