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Hi!
I stumbled across this site as I was searching for an answer for my problem.
I'll try to keep this brief, but I have always had trouble doing that and I am also dead tired, so bear with me.
Last month I adopted a cat named Lucky at a shelter I volunteered with. He is 5 years old, and at the time he was a very sad and shy cat. After a week he started opening up and coming out of his hiding more often, and after two weeks he started to become playful. After 3 weeks or so he became a very happy, cuddly, curious, and playful kitty. He still had some quirks, but I felt that we could easily work through them. However...
A couple of days ago I began to notice a really strange habit of his, and today I realized how bad it has gotten.
Once in a while, when I (or my girlfriend) would enter a room where he was, he would wait for us to follow him. When we approached him, he would turn and go to his food bowl, wait for us to stand there, then start eating. We thought it was cute, but didn't want it to develop into a major habit so rarely pet him when he did it.
Despite that, it has now gotten to the point where that's all he does when he sees us. Seriously. 95% of the time when he notices us, he will stand there, wait for us to even lift a foot, then turn and head for the food bowl. I can't play with him anymore, because all he wants me to do is watch him eat. If I go to the loo, he will sit outside the door, and as soon as I open it and step forward, he will race to his bowl to eat.
Today I had the bedroom door (where he is) closed for a moment, and he started scratching on the other side. When he couldn't open the door, he started yowling. I wondered if there was something wrong, but as soon as I opened the door he looked at me and immediately wandered over to his food bowl.
Half of the time when I pick him up to cuddle him (which he always loved, even during the first week), he squirms after a short time so he can go to his bowl.
I have also seen him lift his head and look at me (to check, I suppose?) before going back to his bowl. A lot of times when I walk away now, he will stop eating and follow me. When I turn around and move towards him (to pet him or what not) he will once again go back to his blasted bowl.
We have absolutely no idea why he is doing this, or what we can do about it. He is being fed three times a day (with the same food he had in the shelter), around the same time, with the same amount. His bowl usually has a little bit of food left in it during each feeding time, so it doesn't seem like he's overeating.
If it helps, I noticed he did that at the shelter, though a lot of cats did that there so I'm not sure if that's related.
I just wish I knew what it was and how to fix it, so I can get my cuddly playful kitty back.
Does anyone have any suggestions? If you need more information (and hopefully that wasn't too much), I'll be happy to share!
Thank you, and have a lovely day!
-Gabriel
I stumbled across this site as I was searching for an answer for my problem.
I'll try to keep this brief, but I have always had trouble doing that and I am also dead tired, so bear with me.
Last month I adopted a cat named Lucky at a shelter I volunteered with. He is 5 years old, and at the time he was a very sad and shy cat. After a week he started opening up and coming out of his hiding more often, and after two weeks he started to become playful. After 3 weeks or so he became a very happy, cuddly, curious, and playful kitty. He still had some quirks, but I felt that we could easily work through them. However...
A couple of days ago I began to notice a really strange habit of his, and today I realized how bad it has gotten.
Once in a while, when I (or my girlfriend) would enter a room where he was, he would wait for us to follow him. When we approached him, he would turn and go to his food bowl, wait for us to stand there, then start eating. We thought it was cute, but didn't want it to develop into a major habit so rarely pet him when he did it.
Despite that, it has now gotten to the point where that's all he does when he sees us. Seriously. 95% of the time when he notices us, he will stand there, wait for us to even lift a foot, then turn and head for the food bowl. I can't play with him anymore, because all he wants me to do is watch him eat. If I go to the loo, he will sit outside the door, and as soon as I open it and step forward, he will race to his bowl to eat.
Today I had the bedroom door (where he is) closed for a moment, and he started scratching on the other side. When he couldn't open the door, he started yowling. I wondered if there was something wrong, but as soon as I opened the door he looked at me and immediately wandered over to his food bowl.
Half of the time when I pick him up to cuddle him (which he always loved, even during the first week), he squirms after a short time so he can go to his bowl.
I have also seen him lift his head and look at me (to check, I suppose?) before going back to his bowl. A lot of times when I walk away now, he will stop eating and follow me. When I turn around and move towards him (to pet him or what not) he will once again go back to his blasted bowl.
We have absolutely no idea why he is doing this, or what we can do about it. He is being fed three times a day (with the same food he had in the shelter), around the same time, with the same amount. His bowl usually has a little bit of food left in it during each feeding time, so it doesn't seem like he's overeating.
If it helps, I noticed he did that at the shelter, though a lot of cats did that there so I'm not sure if that's related.
I just wish I knew what it was and how to fix it, so I can get my cuddly playful kitty back.
Does anyone have any suggestions? If you need more information (and hopefully that wasn't too much), I'll be happy to share!
Thank you, and have a lovely day!
-Gabriel