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I have been given a small, 8 year old female cat, spayed, all her shots, healthy girl to watch for a couple months but I was told that she's broken her tail in the past so it's sensitive.
That said, her tail NEVER stops moving. Like unless she is asleep, her tail is lashing. Like wagging one way and another, flopping, hitting things pretty hard, just always giving me like an "agitated" vibe. The fur on her back is also always sort of standing. Like not full stand but kinda spikey in a way that makes me feel like she's uncomfortable or in some kind of pain. She also kinda give me like crazy eyes, like she'll tilt her head sort of one way to side-eye, like I've seen kittens do in play fights but then she'll like heatbutt a hand affectionately, like she can't figure out if she wants pets or to throw down.
Sometimes she WILL just give you a nip or a REALLY hard smack (but without the use of her claws) while remaining purring. That's not SO odd to me, as I know cats get over stimulated and I have kitties that do that if I mess with them, but she gets super easily over stimulated.
I just feel like she's extremely sensitive both physically and emotionally, and like she's not comfortable at all. I'm trying to give her space, idk if maybe I shouldn't offer pets when she gets close too? I try not to approach her or reach out unless she comes to sit close to me.
I asked her owner about all this and she said it's normal behavior for her, that she is just Like That even at home. She said her vet said it's just her disposition, but like....
I've raised a lot of cats in my time and I feel like something is wrong. Is there any way I can sort of work on these things with her?
Here is a video of her tail when she is mostly calm. She is also just staring at a wall that has nothing I can see on it.
Edit: I took another video of how her tail is usually going
New video by Ally Robin
That said, her tail NEVER stops moving. Like unless she is asleep, her tail is lashing. Like wagging one way and another, flopping, hitting things pretty hard, just always giving me like an "agitated" vibe. The fur on her back is also always sort of standing. Like not full stand but kinda spikey in a way that makes me feel like she's uncomfortable or in some kind of pain. She also kinda give me like crazy eyes, like she'll tilt her head sort of one way to side-eye, like I've seen kittens do in play fights but then she'll like heatbutt a hand affectionately, like she can't figure out if she wants pets or to throw down.
Sometimes she WILL just give you a nip or a REALLY hard smack (but without the use of her claws) while remaining purring. That's not SO odd to me, as I know cats get over stimulated and I have kitties that do that if I mess with them, but she gets super easily over stimulated.
I just feel like she's extremely sensitive both physically and emotionally, and like she's not comfortable at all. I'm trying to give her space, idk if maybe I shouldn't offer pets when she gets close too? I try not to approach her or reach out unless she comes to sit close to me.
I asked her owner about all this and she said it's normal behavior for her, that she is just Like That even at home. She said her vet said it's just her disposition, but like....
I've raised a lot of cats in my time and I feel like something is wrong. Is there any way I can sort of work on these things with her?
Here is a video of her tail when she is mostly calm. She is also just staring at a wall that has nothing I can see on it.
Edit: I took another video of how her tail is usually going
New video by Ally Robin
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