My cat is wonderful, the problem is i think he's obscessed and becoming codependant.
He follows me into every room, and if i am getting ready, or cleaning, and not stationary he meows at me the whole time (i dont give in and give him attention if he's behaving inappropriate). He wants me to sit down so he can zone out and make biscuits. Its so bad that when i was in the shower with the bathroom door closed he was pawing at the door and panick meowing if he heard me talk.But it really is getting bad.
I got my suitcase out Wednesday to pack, and he started blowing coat. thursday morning i came down to give him breakfast and there was hairball barf on the floor of his room. I hugged him good bye, and made sure he had breakfast, water, and a clean litter box and I left for Raliegh. Hubby called me on Friday and said the cat wont shut up and he's barfing yellow stringy froth. he says he's tried everything to get him to calm down, but that he wanders the house calling me, and no amount of comfort from hubby helps. When i called hubby from the airport today at 1pm he was still in bed because the cat is calling all the time, and constantly trying to get out of the house! He succeeded once and lee had to coordinate the dogs to help him herd the cat back, because he wanted nothing of being caught. Usually if he sneaks outside, you can just point a finger at him and tell him to come back in, bad kitty, and he goes.
So I get home and there's barf and poo all over his room, diarrhea all in his litter box, he's got barf on his mane, and lord knows what on his tail... but that cat was so happy to see me.
now I am not one to play into their manipulations, so i have never given any of my animals positive reinforcement for anxious behavior. he's drummed this up all on his own as far as i can tell. hubby can't put up with a howling cat for 4 days straight when i go out of town (which is at least once a month)
I am going to try the Feliway diffuser, but if that doesnt work the only other thing i can think of is giving him some ace or valium while I am gone, or drugs plus he gets boarded somewhere (which i hate because it's high stress and they always come home with a URI).
Has anyone else ever dealt with this? I have helped folks with these similar problems with dogs (as they are mostly owner induced), but this cat thing, ya got me!
He follows me into every room, and if i am getting ready, or cleaning, and not stationary he meows at me the whole time (i dont give in and give him attention if he's behaving inappropriate). He wants me to sit down so he can zone out and make biscuits. Its so bad that when i was in the shower with the bathroom door closed he was pawing at the door and panick meowing if he heard me talk.But it really is getting bad.
I got my suitcase out Wednesday to pack, and he started blowing coat. thursday morning i came down to give him breakfast and there was hairball barf on the floor of his room. I hugged him good bye, and made sure he had breakfast, water, and a clean litter box and I left for Raliegh. Hubby called me on Friday and said the cat wont shut up and he's barfing yellow stringy froth. he says he's tried everything to get him to calm down, but that he wanders the house calling me, and no amount of comfort from hubby helps. When i called hubby from the airport today at 1pm he was still in bed because the cat is calling all the time, and constantly trying to get out of the house! He succeeded once and lee had to coordinate the dogs to help him herd the cat back, because he wanted nothing of being caught. Usually if he sneaks outside, you can just point a finger at him and tell him to come back in, bad kitty, and he goes.
So I get home and there's barf and poo all over his room, diarrhea all in his litter box, he's got barf on his mane, and lord knows what on his tail... but that cat was so happy to see me.
now I am not one to play into their manipulations, so i have never given any of my animals positive reinforcement for anxious behavior. he's drummed this up all on his own as far as i can tell. hubby can't put up with a howling cat for 4 days straight when i go out of town (which is at least once a month)
I am going to try the Feliway diffuser, but if that doesnt work the only other thing i can think of is giving him some ace or valium while I am gone, or drugs plus he gets boarded somewhere (which i hate because it's high stress and they always come home with a URI).
Has anyone else ever dealt with this? I have helped folks with these similar problems with dogs (as they are mostly owner induced), but this cat thing, ya got me!
