Hello,
I'm new here and signed up for advice. Short of calling the vet, I'm not sure who to ask. My cat has completely turned on me. It's really upsetting actually.
My cat just turned 3 a couple of months ago. People have said she looks like a blue linx-point Siamese or a tabby. Shes light grey with brownish/black stripes. She has bright blue eyes. I adopted her from a litter of stray kittens when she was about six months old. I heard she was sick when she was a kitten, but I immediately got her hooked up with a vet and she seemed healthy. I got her spayed at the appropriate age. She hasn't seen a vet in over a year though.
She's always been my little buddy. She follows me everywhere. Always at my side. We both love each other to death. I've had her since she was just a little teeny tiny thing.
The incident occurred because of this walk-in closet we have in our apartment. When we first moved in there, it was covered in animal hair. I vacuumed it thoroughly and there has never been a problem. She would lounge in there during warm weather. Now that it's cold out, we have to keep the door closed and I think this bothers her for some reason.
So it all started yesterday morning when I was late for work. I was running around the house. I had to get in the closet for some reason. She follows me in and weasels her way between some boxes. Shes stuck under a shelf in kind of an awkward position. Exasperated, I reach to pull her out of there, and that's when she changed.
She SCREAMED and slashed at me. Like an intense, ferocious, ear-splitting screech. My hand started bleeding and I yelled at her. I left the room and she followed me out, screeching and hissing. I went into the bathroom to put on ban-aids and she stands in the door and screams at me as I go to walk out. I just kind of stared at her in disbelief. I ended up leaving the house with her screaming at me with every move I make. Like truly terrified ... seeming almost feral.
(I've seen her get like this once before, when I had to stay with my parents. She accidentally met my mom's cat and she totally tweaked. But after a while hours alone, she calmed down and that was that.)
So while I was work I was hoping that by the time I got home, she'd have calmed down. My girlfriend got home before me, and apparently she was totally fine. I got home and she seemed ok! A little weird but I held her and fed her and stuff. But then I had to get into the closet to get something. I didn't let her in this time. When I came out, the switch went off again. She started screeching and hissing at my girlfriend and me. She even pooped and peed on the floor she was so terrified. She hid under the couch.
After a while my girlfriend and I just sat down and watched tv. Eventually she popped her head up and decided to join us. She crawled on me and sprawled out. But she was still slightly stressed, her eyes darting around the room.
When It was time for bed, I got up to brush my teeth and she followed me into the bathroom for a drink from the tub. When she was done, she left the room and sat there and watched me from the kitchen. When I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen she flipped out again. Screeching incredibly loud, and hissing. She ran off to hide somewhere in the dark.
At some point in the night she joined us in bed, and in the morning she was really cuddly and purring. I thought "ok she has to be back to normal." She seemed pretty skittish when I got out of bed, but we played with her toy and I tried really hard to not startle her. When it was time to leave for work, I walked into the pantry to get a glass of water. When I turned back around, I wasn't the same person to her any more. The switch went off and she hated me again. So once again, I left the house with her hissing, growling and cowering in terror from me.
I'm writing this from work and i'm dreading going back to my own home. It's just so stressful. As if my day at work wasn't bad enough already. She apparently can't handle me walking into another room.
What can I do? does anyone have any input? I've heard that cats like her have bad eyesight.. could something be happening there? I've noticed shes usually most terrified in low light. Someone suggested she might be in heat... but she has been spayed. I just don't know what to do.
Did I permanently scar her? Feeling incredibly bummed.
I'm new here and signed up for advice. Short of calling the vet, I'm not sure who to ask. My cat has completely turned on me. It's really upsetting actually.
My cat just turned 3 a couple of months ago. People have said she looks like a blue linx-point Siamese or a tabby. Shes light grey with brownish/black stripes. She has bright blue eyes. I adopted her from a litter of stray kittens when she was about six months old. I heard she was sick when she was a kitten, but I immediately got her hooked up with a vet and she seemed healthy. I got her spayed at the appropriate age. She hasn't seen a vet in over a year though.
She's always been my little buddy. She follows me everywhere. Always at my side. We both love each other to death. I've had her since she was just a little teeny tiny thing.
The incident occurred because of this walk-in closet we have in our apartment. When we first moved in there, it was covered in animal hair. I vacuumed it thoroughly and there has never been a problem. She would lounge in there during warm weather. Now that it's cold out, we have to keep the door closed and I think this bothers her for some reason.
So it all started yesterday morning when I was late for work. I was running around the house. I had to get in the closet for some reason. She follows me in and weasels her way between some boxes. Shes stuck under a shelf in kind of an awkward position. Exasperated, I reach to pull her out of there, and that's when she changed.
She SCREAMED and slashed at me. Like an intense, ferocious, ear-splitting screech. My hand started bleeding and I yelled at her. I left the room and she followed me out, screeching and hissing. I went into the bathroom to put on ban-aids and she stands in the door and screams at me as I go to walk out. I just kind of stared at her in disbelief. I ended up leaving the house with her screaming at me with every move I make. Like truly terrified ... seeming almost feral.
(I've seen her get like this once before, when I had to stay with my parents. She accidentally met my mom's cat and she totally tweaked. But after a while hours alone, she calmed down and that was that.)
So while I was work I was hoping that by the time I got home, she'd have calmed down. My girlfriend got home before me, and apparently she was totally fine. I got home and she seemed ok! A little weird but I held her and fed her and stuff. But then I had to get into the closet to get something. I didn't let her in this time. When I came out, the switch went off again. She started screeching and hissing at my girlfriend and me. She even pooped and peed on the floor she was so terrified. She hid under the couch.
After a while my girlfriend and I just sat down and watched tv. Eventually she popped her head up and decided to join us. She crawled on me and sprawled out. But she was still slightly stressed, her eyes darting around the room.
When It was time for bed, I got up to brush my teeth and she followed me into the bathroom for a drink from the tub. When she was done, she left the room and sat there and watched me from the kitchen. When I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen she flipped out again. Screeching incredibly loud, and hissing. She ran off to hide somewhere in the dark.
At some point in the night she joined us in bed, and in the morning she was really cuddly and purring. I thought "ok she has to be back to normal." She seemed pretty skittish when I got out of bed, but we played with her toy and I tried really hard to not startle her. When it was time to leave for work, I walked into the pantry to get a glass of water. When I turned back around, I wasn't the same person to her any more. The switch went off and she hated me again. So once again, I left the house with her hissing, growling and cowering in terror from me.
I'm writing this from work and i'm dreading going back to my own home. It's just so stressful. As if my day at work wasn't bad enough already. She apparently can't handle me walking into another room.
What can I do? does anyone have any input? I've heard that cats like her have bad eyesight.. could something be happening there? I've noticed shes usually most terrified in low light. Someone suggested she might be in heat... but she has been spayed. I just don't know what to do.
Did I permanently scar her? Feeling incredibly bummed.
