My husband and I have recently moved to Romania from Egypt. We are both English, but move around the globe a lot with my husband's work.
While in Egypt, we were adopted by a delighful female street cat. We took her in, fed her well. We lived in an appartment on the 3rd floor of a building where she had no access to the outside world.
At about 6 months of age we had her de-sexed and vaccinated. The vet actually came to our home and performed the surgery on our dining room table! So I actually witnessed it, and can declare the proceeings to be successful! This was 9 months ago, she is now about 15 months old.
When we moved to Romania 10 days ago, things could not have gone better. She was a dream on the plane, not a noise from her, she was just curious but slept a lot. In our new home (a house with a garden) she settled in immediately. I put her litter box on the balcony and she was happy to play with her favorite toys and to be cuddled and petted.
Now, the last 5 days have been hell. She behaves exactly like a female cat in season. Howling all night (whether she is inside or outside), rolling around on her back. She hates being cuddled (she used to love it), she growls when you stroke her. She is not like the same cat at all. My husband isn't getting any sleep. We are lost as to what we should do. Even the neighbors have complained about the noise. There do seem to be one or two Tom cats (probably not de-sexed) in the vicinity.
I would just like some advice as to how to stop this behavior and get our beloved pet back to normal. I know she was successfully de-sexed, so why is she behaving this way?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Annie
While in Egypt, we were adopted by a delighful female street cat. We took her in, fed her well. We lived in an appartment on the 3rd floor of a building where she had no access to the outside world.
At about 6 months of age we had her de-sexed and vaccinated. The vet actually came to our home and performed the surgery on our dining room table! So I actually witnessed it, and can declare the proceeings to be successful! This was 9 months ago, she is now about 15 months old.
When we moved to Romania 10 days ago, things could not have gone better. She was a dream on the plane, not a noise from her, she was just curious but slept a lot. In our new home (a house with a garden) she settled in immediately. I put her litter box on the balcony and she was happy to play with her favorite toys and to be cuddled and petted.
Now, the last 5 days have been hell. She behaves exactly like a female cat in season. Howling all night (whether she is inside or outside), rolling around on her back. She hates being cuddled (she used to love it), she growls when you stroke her. She is not like the same cat at all. My husband isn't getting any sleep. We are lost as to what we should do. Even the neighbors have complained about the noise. There do seem to be one or two Tom cats (probably not de-sexed) in the vicinity.
I would just like some advice as to how to stop this behavior and get our beloved pet back to normal. I know she was successfully de-sexed, so why is she behaving this way?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
Annie