So, as a lot of you know, I have a batty old CH cat named Taylor. Well, she has started over-grooming herself. Like right now she's been sitting next to me on the floor for over 15 minutes just grooming herself. She spends every free moment she has grooming! She's not losing any fur at this point, but she's really going at it like a nut. Here's the weird, gross thing: she gets so violent with grooming her face that she will rub her front legs against her face/eyes SO hard that I hear a squeaking noise (like bone against bone, it's cringe-worthy
). Then, after she's done that, I can tell that her eyes are irritated from her just doing that so hard. I have looked at her skin, looked at her face, legs, etc. and see absolutely nothing wrong. I've even gone so far as to look in her mouth (idk what I was looking for lol, but everything looked a-ok). So she has been inspected from top to bottom. She was just at the vet like a month ago, and she got a clean bill of health. She wasn't doing this then, otherwise I would have definitely told her about it. I've tried to distract her when she gets so violent with her grooming, but it rarely works. I don't bathe her, but I do brush her regularly. She is a DSH kitty. Honestly, I do not have the money to bring her back to the vet for this at this point. I just had to get all their shots done and their annual check-ups, plus started Pirate on a new course of medication so I don't know what to do at this point.
Could she just really be losing her mind? She's also sleeping ALL the time, more than I ever saw. I just attributed that to her old age, and that she's a cat
. I'm afraid that she's gonna lick her legs raw and mess up her eyes. It pains me to even watch her do the thing with her paws and eyes. Squeaking bones against bones, UGH nauseating. Maybe I should call the vet and ask them what I should do? I'm really worried about her.
Could she just really be losing her mind? She's also sleeping ALL the time, more than I ever saw. I just attributed that to her old age, and that she's a cat