Hey, I've never posted here before but I'm worried about my cat. She's about a year and a half old Russian Blue. She has never been outside and hasn't had a health issue since she had kennel cough from the humane society as a kitten. She is acting very strange today and was last night as well. It has been like an all of the sudden kind of thing.
She's extremely social, always greets you at the door, lays in your lap, loves being around my wife and I at all times, and is just a loving cat. Since last night, she's been all twitchy. She runs around the house in a repetitive way and keeps scratching herself. She hasn't greeted us at all and won't lay with us. She doesn't mind if we come to her and pet her, she even still purrs. But she won't be near us. She runs off under the bed, in the closet, and anywhere she can be alone to sleep. She only ate like half of her food today and that's definitely not like her.
I'll try to give as much info as I can. She doesn't appear to be sick. No coughing/wheezing/sneezing/vomiting. She is spayed. I can't find a flea or any bug on her. She keeps herself immaculately clean. She's kind of chubby, but not because we feed her poorly. I think maybe it's just her breed.
Anyways, I'm worried about her. It's like a total 180 in her personality. Should I just give it time? The vet is something we'd like to avoid because money is extremely tight. I'm going through some pretty serious medical complications, could it maybe be that she senses that and is stressed or something? Her litter box was kind of dirty, if that means anything. I cleaned it obviously. I don't know, but any advice or experience would be helpful. Thanks
Sean
She's extremely social, always greets you at the door, lays in your lap, loves being around my wife and I at all times, and is just a loving cat. Since last night, she's been all twitchy. She runs around the house in a repetitive way and keeps scratching herself. She hasn't greeted us at all and won't lay with us. She doesn't mind if we come to her and pet her, she even still purrs. But she won't be near us. She runs off under the bed, in the closet, and anywhere she can be alone to sleep. She only ate like half of her food today and that's definitely not like her.
I'll try to give as much info as I can. She doesn't appear to be sick. No coughing/wheezing/sneezing/vomiting. She is spayed. I can't find a flea or any bug on her. She keeps herself immaculately clean. She's kind of chubby, but not because we feed her poorly. I think maybe it's just her breed.
Anyways, I'm worried about her. It's like a total 180 in her personality. Should I just give it time? The vet is something we'd like to avoid because money is extremely tight. I'm going through some pretty serious medical complications, could it maybe be that she senses that and is stressed or something? Her litter box was kind of dirty, if that means anything. I cleaned it obviously. I don't know, but any advice or experience would be helpful. Thanks
Sean