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My cat, Macy, is 11 months old, fixed, female, indoor only. She is super sweet and generally very well behaved, but she is very needy and has severe separation anxiety. If I'm downstairs and she's upstairs (we have a Macy-proof baby gate) or vice versa she screams like someone is hurting her until I let her come with me. We have this gate for safety reasons since we have people in and out of the house often, and we have 3 dogs who need to be contained. It's gotten to the point that I can't run downstairs to get water real quick without her screaming/crying. Or I can't use the bathroom without her crying if she's not with me. She gets mad when I go to work and freaks out in excitement when I come home. The thing is, I live with my family and this all happens with them around. Having them helps because she likes to be with them and they can keep her entertained, but ultimately it's me she wants to be with 24/7. She is very jealous of my fiance and screams and cries and paces when we go out or if she's in another room. When we marry, we'll move into our own place, just me, him, and Macy. We'll both work, how will she deal with this being completely alone? Its already really bad and she has my mom to console her and play with her when I leave for work. I want to work on this before we move onto the next step and she's alone. It would also be really bad if she was vocalizing this much in an apartment... Especially while we're gone.