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Hey, so my family and I adopted a 3-4 year old male cat from a local cat cafe. So far, he has been the sweetest, most well-behaved boy, except for one problem. Since we got him, he has had a strange relationship with doors. Closet doors, cabinet doors, mirror doors, you name it. He will meow and paw at the door and even reach for the doorknob, and when I open the door, he doesn't go in, but seems much happier.
One day I was watching a movie in my room with my cat and he got up and started doing his ritual-- meowing, pawing, wiggling the doorknob. I thought he might have to go to the bathroom so I let him out and closed the door. Seconds later he starts doing the same thing from the other side of the door, and it continued like that until I left my door open, and he seemed to be satisfied then.
It's really starting to be a problem in our home. We can't even use the bathroom in peace without him meowing and touching the door. He meows when we shut our room doors at night and in the mornings. We thought that it was because he was hungry in the mornings so he got fed before my father went to work at 4:30 AM. We did this for a solid week and nothing changed, he meows at our doors at 6 AM or so until we keep it open.
Do you think this could be caused by some kind of trauma in his first home? We believe that since he is so well-behaved, he must've had a loving family before us, because all of the strays we've adopted before didn't act so perfect.
What could be causing this behavior?
One day I was watching a movie in my room with my cat and he got up and started doing his ritual-- meowing, pawing, wiggling the doorknob. I thought he might have to go to the bathroom so I let him out and closed the door. Seconds later he starts doing the same thing from the other side of the door, and it continued like that until I left my door open, and he seemed to be satisfied then.
It's really starting to be a problem in our home. We can't even use the bathroom in peace without him meowing and touching the door. He meows when we shut our room doors at night and in the mornings. We thought that it was because he was hungry in the mornings so he got fed before my father went to work at 4:30 AM. We did this for a solid week and nothing changed, he meows at our doors at 6 AM or so until we keep it open.
Do you think this could be caused by some kind of trauma in his first home? We believe that since he is so well-behaved, he must've had a loving family before us, because all of the strays we've adopted before didn't act so perfect.
What could be causing this behavior?