Well, our cat is 14 years old and will be 15 in April. He has shown forgetfulness of where his food is and meowing eagerly for it even tho his dish is full . We got him a brighter dish and one that wasn't deep including a plate next to the dish even when you put him near the dish or plate it's like he doesn't see it or just doesn't want to eat but then he goes meowing for til you walk to his food area.
He also been starting to use this one scratcher that he can walk thru and he totally goes using that to scratch his face continously.
He used to like getting held a lot but now he doesn't like it at all and wants done within like three seconds. He also developed a sudden aggression attacks which have happened twice which the second attack was worse than the first attack so it's like why the sudden attacking his owner type of behaviors when he used to be able to be a laid back cat who would just lay and give you kisses or rub your face.
Now all of a sudden he's leaping at you for no reason why and continue to be getting at you even after you try to back away. Since the vet had no clue and said it was due to dementia getting older and him losing sight so he could be reacting to sudden moves.
Now this cat who never hopped on our kitchen counter in the past is now jumping on there trying to dump things out thinking his cat food is in there or his cat treats are in there .
He is healthy no ear infections, no blood issues, no URI ,no uti and he isn't in pain as he runs , jumps and plays with his toys.
Many times I think of putting him down because of his sudden aggressive behavior but my son who is 15 yrs old and been with our cat since he was almost 2 years old so he's like no no no your not doing that and even our cat foster mom was like no no don't put him down we can take him if you can't handle him but of course that would be still a no no from my son as like I said he and our cat our way bonded .
On the other hand I thought our cat and me were totally bonded as I was the one feeding him, giving him water, cleaning his litter box, I was the one he spent nearly all his time with except when I Ieft our apartment to do stuff. He would lay on my bed and just sleep next to me. He would would be giving me tons of kisses on the face and love bites on the hands. I was the one buying him toys and getting his health taken care of.
Then just couple weeks ago he starts suddenly attacking me first attack no physical hurt but second attack it was a full face attack that for some reason just got him into being continue to go after you like he did which drew lots of blood from your face and that you barely could get him to stop attacking you or to get him away from you and our vet says it more likely he ended up having some dementia thing going on in his brain when other things are fine.
But now I have a problem because I had used our cat as a comforting emotional support animal which he was great for to help me with my anxiety and calm me down to relax me but now with him turning into attacking me has me scared out of my mind of him that I barely interact with him like I used to do.
It makes me feel bad as I loved having our cat hang out with me next to me on the bed or anywhere I was at but now I just think a third attack is coming around the corner and when the second attack was worse than the first one I don't want to chance a chance to see how bad a third attack would be which could wind up being even more worse than the second attack that I don't really want to be having it happen to me .
As I never thought he would turn into a cat that suddenly attack his owner so violently so now it's like I am so indifferent towards him now. He gets attention from my son when he gets home and sometimes I interact with our cat better when my son is home but still don't let him be in a closed room with me even my bedroom he used to be in all the time as that's where his attack me phase happened and I still couldn't understand why as he was sleeping and I was watching a movie. Then as I was getting up after the movie was over from the bed he woke up and went after me .
He also been starting to use this one scratcher that he can walk thru and he totally goes using that to scratch his face continously.
He used to like getting held a lot but now he doesn't like it at all and wants done within like three seconds. He also developed a sudden aggression attacks which have happened twice which the second attack was worse than the first attack so it's like why the sudden attacking his owner type of behaviors when he used to be able to be a laid back cat who would just lay and give you kisses or rub your face.
Now all of a sudden he's leaping at you for no reason why and continue to be getting at you even after you try to back away. Since the vet had no clue and said it was due to dementia getting older and him losing sight so he could be reacting to sudden moves.
Now this cat who never hopped on our kitchen counter in the past is now jumping on there trying to dump things out thinking his cat food is in there or his cat treats are in there .
He is healthy no ear infections, no blood issues, no URI ,no uti and he isn't in pain as he runs , jumps and plays with his toys.
Many times I think of putting him down because of his sudden aggressive behavior but my son who is 15 yrs old and been with our cat since he was almost 2 years old so he's like no no no your not doing that and even our cat foster mom was like no no don't put him down we can take him if you can't handle him but of course that would be still a no no from my son as like I said he and our cat our way bonded .
On the other hand I thought our cat and me were totally bonded as I was the one feeding him, giving him water, cleaning his litter box, I was the one he spent nearly all his time with except when I Ieft our apartment to do stuff. He would lay on my bed and just sleep next to me. He would would be giving me tons of kisses on the face and love bites on the hands. I was the one buying him toys and getting his health taken care of.
Then just couple weeks ago he starts suddenly attacking me first attack no physical hurt but second attack it was a full face attack that for some reason just got him into being continue to go after you like he did which drew lots of blood from your face and that you barely could get him to stop attacking you or to get him away from you and our vet says it more likely he ended up having some dementia thing going on in his brain when other things are fine.
But now I have a problem because I had used our cat as a comforting emotional support animal which he was great for to help me with my anxiety and calm me down to relax me but now with him turning into attacking me has me scared out of my mind of him that I barely interact with him like I used to do.
It makes me feel bad as I loved having our cat hang out with me next to me on the bed or anywhere I was at but now I just think a third attack is coming around the corner and when the second attack was worse than the first one I don't want to chance a chance to see how bad a third attack would be which could wind up being even more worse than the second attack that I don't really want to be having it happen to me .
As I never thought he would turn into a cat that suddenly attack his owner so violently so now it's like I am so indifferent towards him now. He gets attention from my son when he gets home and sometimes I interact with our cat better when my son is home but still don't let him be in a closed room with me even my bedroom he used to be in all the time as that's where his attack me phase happened and I still couldn't understand why as he was sleeping and I was watching a movie. Then as I was getting up after the movie was over from the bed he woke up and went after me .
