Chloe has always been a little neurotic. It's not too bad, but like if someone walks in the room and she doesn't know who they are, she freaks out. I suspect it has to do with being a stray kitten that lost her mom (she was found by her foster mom at 4 weeks old). I've read that kittens found in that situation are usually clingy to their owners but fearful of new people.
Anyway, the other day my SO was holding her in a room she isn't normally allowed to go in. The room has really tall vaulted ceilings and ceiling fans. She saw the ceiling fans and flipped out! It was to the point where she was clawing her way up my SO, but she was about to jump over the balcony down to the first floor (we're talking a LONG jump, even for a cat). There's no way she would have tried to jump down from the loft to the main floor in any other circumstances, but it was like it was her instincts taking over. Luckily, my SO was able to restrain her and take her out of the room. It was just so bizarre. She peed all over his shirt.
(If this matters, she has never had litter box issues. There are only 2 times when she peed elsewhere, and they were both in her pet carrier in the car, on a 45 minute road trip).
So, aside from the whole keeping her away from ceiling fan thing, is there anything I should be worried about in the bladder control area? Do cats just sometimes pee when scared?
(I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the health section).
Has anyone's cat done something similar?
Anyway, the other day my SO was holding her in a room she isn't normally allowed to go in. The room has really tall vaulted ceilings and ceiling fans. She saw the ceiling fans and flipped out! It was to the point where she was clawing her way up my SO, but she was about to jump over the balcony down to the first floor (we're talking a LONG jump, even for a cat). There's no way she would have tried to jump down from the loft to the main floor in any other circumstances, but it was like it was her instincts taking over. Luckily, my SO was able to restrain her and take her out of the room. It was just so bizarre. She peed all over his shirt.
(If this matters, she has never had litter box issues. There are only 2 times when she peed elsewhere, and they were both in her pet carrier in the car, on a 45 minute road trip).
So, aside from the whole keeping her away from ceiling fan thing, is there anything I should be worried about in the bladder control area? Do cats just sometimes pee when scared?
(I wasn't sure if I should post this here or in the health section).
Has anyone's cat done something similar?