We left our cat, Mongo, for the weekend and when we came back we found that he had knocked over both a lamp and one of his cat trees. We joked that he had thrown a little kitty party for his birthday, which had been that Friday. But, later that night we noticed that he was scared of weird things, like flip flops and a measuring tape. He would back away from them, and swat his paw at them. I thought this was funny at first, but it seemed to get worse by Monday. He was completely avoiding both bedrooms in our apartment.
He's fine around the other parts of the house, running around, eatting, playing, etc. He did use the dining room as a bathroom, but I attributed that to his litterbox being in one of the "bad" rooms. We moved the box to a "good" room and he has been fine since (i.e. I don't think it's a UTI).
Last night I caught him sitting on my nightstand, in the dark, as if he was waiting for something bad to happen - it's like he sees a ghost or something. I keep trying to reassure him everything is ok, I feel like I'm telling my child there are no monsters under the bed.
Anyhow, has anyone had this happen with their cat? I'm not sure if this is some form of seperation anxiety - I doubt someone broke into my apartment, knocked some stuff over, tormented the cat, and left w/o stealing anything, but that would be a logical explanation for what's happening. My vet wants to put him on anti-anxiety pills, but it's only been 4 days and he's been improving, so I want to try some behavior mods first and also feliway.
Any suggestions or insight are much appreciated, and sorry this is so long
He's fine around the other parts of the house, running around, eatting, playing, etc. He did use the dining room as a bathroom, but I attributed that to his litterbox being in one of the "bad" rooms. We moved the box to a "good" room and he has been fine since (i.e. I don't think it's a UTI).
Last night I caught him sitting on my nightstand, in the dark, as if he was waiting for something bad to happen - it's like he sees a ghost or something. I keep trying to reassure him everything is ok, I feel like I'm telling my child there are no monsters under the bed.
Anyhow, has anyone had this happen with their cat? I'm not sure if this is some form of seperation anxiety - I doubt someone broke into my apartment, knocked some stuff over, tormented the cat, and left w/o stealing anything, but that would be a logical explanation for what's happening. My vet wants to put him on anti-anxiety pills, but it's only been 4 days and he's been improving, so I want to try some behavior mods first and also feliway.
Any suggestions or insight are much appreciated, and sorry this is so long
