Curious About One of Pudge's Weird Behaviors

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Pudge does something every day or so (and sometimes a few times a day) that I am curious about. Having no real name for it, I refer to it as "crazying", as she's usually fairly slow-moving (outside of one on one playtime).

During crazying, Pudge will run to one area (the bed, if it is made. If not, then a box) on super-alert: eyes wide open, airplane ears at full takeoff position, body low to the "ground", all claws fully extended; and dart around in tight circles for about a minute or two. The running is split into intervals of a few seconds.

After each interval, she is breathing hard, heart racing, and she stays low, claws out, back spasming, frantically looking around with eyes wide open and pupils dilated. She does this even when there are no catnip or dryer sheets in the house (and that is a different reaction entirely).

She'll be silent the entire time, and will nip you (barely touching your skin) if you touch her, but I've found that I can snap her completely out of "crazying" if I grab her, hold her in the crook of my arm and massage between her ears and talk to her quietly. Simply talking to her only calms her for a few seconds.

Whether I allow it to run its course or snap her out of it, she goes to sleep right after.

Has anyone else experienced this?
 

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Originally Posted by CommonOddity042

Pudge does something every day or so (and sometimes a few times a day) that I am curious about. Having no real name for it, I refer to it as "crazying", as she's usually fairly slow-moving (outside of one on one playtime).

During crazying, Pudge will run to one area (the bed, if it is made. If not, then a box) on super-alert: eyes wide open, airplane ears at full takeoff position, body low to the "ground", all claws fully extended; and dart around in tight circles for about a minute or two. The running is split into intervals of a few seconds.

After each interval, she is breathing hard, heart racing, and she stays low, claws out, back spasming, frantically looking around with eyes wide open and pupils dilated. She does this even when there are no catnip or dryer sheets in the house (and that is a different reaction entirely).

She'll be silent the entire time, and will nip you (barely touching your skin) if you touch her, but I've found that I can snap her completely out of "crazying" if I grab her, hold her in the crook of my arm and massage between her ears and talk to her quietly. Simply talking to her only calms her for a few seconds.

Whether I allow it to run its course or snap her out of it, she goes to sleep right after.

Has anyone else experienced this?
Yes, this is a very good description of Persi's actions, but since we got another cat, he does not do this any more.
 
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Originally Posted by Persi

Yes, this is a very good description of Persi's actions, but since we got another cat, he does not do this any more.
Pudge lives with three other cats. She doesn't mind playing with the other cats occasionally, but she clearly prefers one-on-one play with interactive wand toys.
 
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