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I have a cat Tiger who is almost 2 years old. After an accident, he ended up having to have his tail amputated. His entire tail was amputated no nub or anything left.
He had surgery a week ago on Wednesday. He goes Monday to have the stitches removed.
But I've noticed some things different about him since his surgery.
He has been peeing fine. I clean his litter box twice a day right now (paper litter) until his stitches are removed because he likes to lay in the box. But I have also noticed he will randomly seemingly stimulate himself to pee. I know when it is going to happen because he will shake his back right leg before he starts licking and peeing. Is this normal?
He has completely stopped grooming himself. I’ve tried keeping his hair in check by brushing him a couple times a day. But other than his back feet he doesn’t groom himself at all. And his left side that he lays on the most has started to mat. The vet is going to shave off the matted areas Monday. Why has he stopped grooming himself? And any tips on keeping the mats off? I brush him twice a day right now and he is still getting matted. He has not long but kind of fuzzy hair.
And lastly, he has some behavioral changes. Before the surgery, he was a very chill laid back quiet cat. Now he freaks out fi you make any sudden moves. Even though he hasn’t figured out balancing without his tail quite yet he will take off running. He tries to play a lot rougher with my other cat. He has gotten very picky about his food. Before he would eat anything you put in front of him. Now he only wants specific foods and will starve himself otherwise. I can't let him go hungry right now due to his medication. He and my other cat eat Honest Kitchen and Taste of the Wild. Right now he refuses to eat both and wants the cheap canned food I keep for stray cats.
He has suddenly taken to scratching everything. The furniture, carpet, walls, doors, shoes, everything is a scratching post. Before he never offered to scratch anything even as a kitten he was only interested in the scratching posts. And he meows a ton. A TON as in almost 24/7. He used to only meow if I was in the kitchen near the cabinet the cat food is in. Now he meows loudly almost all day and night.
I’ve talked to his vet about it and they did a few tests as far as his picky eating and peeing but everything was normal. I was told the behavioral changes could be due to the traumatic surgery.
He is still super sweet and playful like before the surgery but the sudden changes have me a bit worried. Mainly the peeing, meowing almost constantly, and rough play with my other cat. My other cat is an ‘alpha’ cat and does not tolerate rough play very well and he is significantly larger than my cat Tiger and I’m worried he could hurt him.
He had surgery a week ago on Wednesday. He goes Monday to have the stitches removed.
But I've noticed some things different about him since his surgery.
He has been peeing fine. I clean his litter box twice a day right now (paper litter) until his stitches are removed because he likes to lay in the box. But I have also noticed he will randomly seemingly stimulate himself to pee. I know when it is going to happen because he will shake his back right leg before he starts licking and peeing. Is this normal?
He has completely stopped grooming himself. I’ve tried keeping his hair in check by brushing him a couple times a day. But other than his back feet he doesn’t groom himself at all. And his left side that he lays on the most has started to mat. The vet is going to shave off the matted areas Monday. Why has he stopped grooming himself? And any tips on keeping the mats off? I brush him twice a day right now and he is still getting matted. He has not long but kind of fuzzy hair.
And lastly, he has some behavioral changes. Before the surgery, he was a very chill laid back quiet cat. Now he freaks out fi you make any sudden moves. Even though he hasn’t figured out balancing without his tail quite yet he will take off running. He tries to play a lot rougher with my other cat. He has gotten very picky about his food. Before he would eat anything you put in front of him. Now he only wants specific foods and will starve himself otherwise. I can't let him go hungry right now due to his medication. He and my other cat eat Honest Kitchen and Taste of the Wild. Right now he refuses to eat both and wants the cheap canned food I keep for stray cats.
He has suddenly taken to scratching everything. The furniture, carpet, walls, doors, shoes, everything is a scratching post. Before he never offered to scratch anything even as a kitten he was only interested in the scratching posts. And he meows a ton. A TON as in almost 24/7. He used to only meow if I was in the kitchen near the cabinet the cat food is in. Now he meows loudly almost all day and night.
I’ve talked to his vet about it and they did a few tests as far as his picky eating and peeing but everything was normal. I was told the behavioral changes could be due to the traumatic surgery.
He is still super sweet and playful like before the surgery but the sudden changes have me a bit worried. Mainly the peeing, meowing almost constantly, and rough play with my other cat. My other cat is an ‘alpha’ cat and does not tolerate rough play very well and he is significantly larger than my cat Tiger and I’m worried he could hurt him.