Hello everyone,
over the last weekend, I asked a friend of mine to watch my cat while I was away. This was my first time trusting someone to watch over Joey (my cat), and when I wen to pick Joey up from my friend's place he was unusually afraid. Joey is normally the kind of cat that greets at the door with excitement. I don't remember it ever running away from me or hiding unless it was scared of a new game or a visitor cat. But when I went to pick him up that day, I had look for him with that friend for about five minutes to find him hiding under a couch. When I picked Joey up he was unusually stiff and uncomfortable in my hands and tried to run away so I put him down. Immediately after that happened my cat ran into my friend's bathroom and hid behind the sink. I asked my friend then if anything had happened to my cat and he was very calm for someone being accused of cruelty and had promised that nothing had happened. Earlier that day he had told me that his roommate came by and moved a couch and that Joey is spooked by it. I Joey since it was a little kitten and it had never acted in such a strange way. I honestly can't describe how horrible I'm feeling. Joey is going to see the vet tomorrow and hopefully he is totally ok. He was strange on the first day back home, but right now he is back to normal completely. I have no idea what to do. This "Friend" comes by my apartment, sometimes while I'm not there, to study with my roommate.
over the last weekend, I asked a friend of mine to watch my cat while I was away. This was my first time trusting someone to watch over Joey (my cat), and when I wen to pick Joey up from my friend's place he was unusually afraid. Joey is normally the kind of cat that greets at the door with excitement. I don't remember it ever running away from me or hiding unless it was scared of a new game or a visitor cat. But when I went to pick him up that day, I had look for him with that friend for about five minutes to find him hiding under a couch. When I picked Joey up he was unusually stiff and uncomfortable in my hands and tried to run away so I put him down. Immediately after that happened my cat ran into my friend's bathroom and hid behind the sink. I asked my friend then if anything had happened to my cat and he was very calm for someone being accused of cruelty and had promised that nothing had happened. Earlier that day he had told me that his roommate came by and moved a couch and that Joey is spooked by it. I Joey since it was a little kitten and it had never acted in such a strange way. I honestly can't describe how horrible I'm feeling. Joey is going to see the vet tomorrow and hopefully he is totally ok. He was strange on the first day back home, but right now he is back to normal completely. I have no idea what to do. This "Friend" comes by my apartment, sometimes while I'm not there, to study with my roommate.