I need some advice, QUICKLY!
At 10:00 I was opening the curtains and turned around and Feral Fawcett was behind me, all puffed up and staring at my feet. She started growling and hissing, so I figured she was frightened. But when I tried to back away, she followed me, eyes fixed on my feet and growling (stalking, but NOT in a play way). I thought maybe I'd accidentally stepped on her and didn't know, so I tried to get on the bed to kind of get the feet out of her focus. She sat there staring at me unblinking, and if I tried to so much as lean over she'd start her warning/fighting yowl. I put one foot toward the edge and she started hissing and aggressively moving toward it--not fast, but definitely going for it. After about 1/2 an hour of this I got a blanket down, thinking maybe I'd put it over her, but she started doing the same thing to it. I shepherded her into the kitchen and have barricaded the entry (no door there), so she'd have food and water, but she hasn't stopped and it's been about 2 hours. If I so much as go near the door and put my hand high on the barricade she starts to yowl, hiss, and will even feint at it. She will come up to the barricade if I peek over and stare nonstop at me while growling, howling, hissing, and lashing with her paws.
CLEARLY something is not right, but she was fine and HAS been fine. She ate some astroelmia a few weeks ago and we had her in to the ER, but she was (eventually) OK. This is a sudden and frankly really scary development. Honestly I don't dare even try to put her in a carrier, or get near her. I'm waiting until my husband gets home from work in a few hours so he can maybe help me, but in the interim I'm kind of flummoxed about what might even be causing this. She's a strictly indoor cat and hasn't been outside except for her trip to the vet ER a few weeks ago, ever. No other animals in the house, no interactions of any kind.
I would think if she were injured she'd HIDE and be aggressive if approached, not actively approach growling and wanting to attack. She's not been eating a ton over the past couple of days, I had noticed that, but even this morning she was cuddling with me. This is radical and frightening.
At 10:00 I was opening the curtains and turned around and Feral Fawcett was behind me, all puffed up and staring at my feet. She started growling and hissing, so I figured she was frightened. But when I tried to back away, she followed me, eyes fixed on my feet and growling (stalking, but NOT in a play way). I thought maybe I'd accidentally stepped on her and didn't know, so I tried to get on the bed to kind of get the feet out of her focus. She sat there staring at me unblinking, and if I tried to so much as lean over she'd start her warning/fighting yowl. I put one foot toward the edge and she started hissing and aggressively moving toward it--not fast, but definitely going for it. After about 1/2 an hour of this I got a blanket down, thinking maybe I'd put it over her, but she started doing the same thing to it. I shepherded her into the kitchen and have barricaded the entry (no door there), so she'd have food and water, but she hasn't stopped and it's been about 2 hours. If I so much as go near the door and put my hand high on the barricade she starts to yowl, hiss, and will even feint at it. She will come up to the barricade if I peek over and stare nonstop at me while growling, howling, hissing, and lashing with her paws.
CLEARLY something is not right, but she was fine and HAS been fine. She ate some astroelmia a few weeks ago and we had her in to the ER, but she was (eventually) OK. This is a sudden and frankly really scary development. Honestly I don't dare even try to put her in a carrier, or get near her. I'm waiting until my husband gets home from work in a few hours so he can maybe help me, but in the interim I'm kind of flummoxed about what might even be causing this. She's a strictly indoor cat and hasn't been outside except for her trip to the vet ER a few weeks ago, ever. No other animals in the house, no interactions of any kind.
I would think if she were injured she'd HIDE and be aggressive if approached, not actively approach growling and wanting to attack. She's not been eating a ton over the past couple of days, I had noticed that, but even this morning she was cuddling with me. This is radical and frightening.
