Dear folks,
I'm new to the forum (today) and just wanted to write and ask about my cat. Actually...it's pretty distressing to me.
I'm really condensing a longer story, but this will give you the main gist of what's happening.
My cat is a orange tabby and has had a personality change recently. He used to be a very sweet, passive and non aggressive cat (for over 2 years). Probably one of the best cats I've ever had.
He's an inside/outside cat. He's about 2.5 years old.
But he went through some sort of trauma about a month ago after coming into the house from the outside one Saturday night. It looks as if he might have eatten something and/or gotten poisoned or something.
The initial trauma wore off in about 3 days but now, I've been left with a cat with a distinct personality change.
Now he is aggressive and bites, claws and hisses, whatever..for mostly no reason at all. I can't play with him or pet him now. If I do....I have to be very careful with him.
I took him to the Vet -twice- only to get a clean bill of health for my cat. They found nothing physically wrong.
The whole ordeal is distressing to me but I need some advice. With Woody (his name...after Woody Woodpecker..same color) he's unpredictable.
And....when he attacks...it's of course very painful.
But then, purely out of reaction I have found myself spanking him, or even hitting him at times. This is -not- me and has even made me worry that I'm maybe getting crazy or something...
The whole ordeal is very bizzare to me seeing that a month ago it was an absolute peaceful existance with no trace of problems.
Has anyone else had anything similar?
Any feedback is ok.
Thanks
I'm new to the forum (today) and just wanted to write and ask about my cat. Actually...it's pretty distressing to me.
I'm really condensing a longer story, but this will give you the main gist of what's happening.
My cat is a orange tabby and has had a personality change recently. He used to be a very sweet, passive and non aggressive cat (for over 2 years). Probably one of the best cats I've ever had.
He's an inside/outside cat. He's about 2.5 years old.
But he went through some sort of trauma about a month ago after coming into the house from the outside one Saturday night. It looks as if he might have eatten something and/or gotten poisoned or something.
The initial trauma wore off in about 3 days but now, I've been left with a cat with a distinct personality change.
Now he is aggressive and bites, claws and hisses, whatever..for mostly no reason at all. I can't play with him or pet him now. If I do....I have to be very careful with him.
I took him to the Vet -twice- only to get a clean bill of health for my cat. They found nothing physically wrong.
The whole ordeal is distressing to me but I need some advice. With Woody (his name...after Woody Woodpecker..same color) he's unpredictable.
And....when he attacks...it's of course very painful.
But then, purely out of reaction I have found myself spanking him, or even hitting him at times. This is -not- me and has even made me worry that I'm maybe getting crazy or something...
The whole ordeal is very bizzare to me seeing that a month ago it was an absolute peaceful existance with no trace of problems.
Has anyone else had anything similar?
Any feedback is ok.
Thanks