We have had Sawyer now for a year. We adopted him at almost 1 years old and when we first seen him he had not been neutered yet. He was neutered the day before we took him in.
He is very close to my daughter. He follows her everywhere. Feels the safest with her. Sits on her lap. Meows at her door if she shuts it. Waits outside the bathroom for her etc. She can carry him in almost any position and he is fine.
One thing we have noticed as he gets older is is turning into a spastic, spooky and jumpy cat. He spooks at the drop of a hat. Worse than a horse. I don't trust him anymore. If we come home and open the door, he flys by at 1000 mph and bounces off the doors. I have two cats and the other one is a calm, sweet, non-spooky 4 year old we got at the animal shelter around the same time we got Sawyer. We were talking about her last night. She will sit next to any of us and clean herself. Not him. Both are strictly indoor.
His spookiness is starting to injure us. A month ago I was sitting on the couch and wanted to get up and go into the kitchen. I know how jumpy he is so I gently went to lift him and he jumped about 2' into the air and took flesh with him. Now I have two 5" scars running down my arm. The other day my daughter had him on her lap and he spooked at something else and now she has horrible scratches on her arms. Night before last he took about 3" of flesh from her finger. Nobody wants him in their laps anymore.
He will be walking across the living room floor and all it takes is a noise to send him 3 feet straight up into the air. He's always on high alert and when anyone walks into the room, he tears across the floor like a bat outta hell. I am afraid in one of his episodes he is going to take my daughters eye out.
I have had many cats through out my life but never a schizoid like this.
What can be causing this behavior? Is it just his personality? The bleeding he causes is getting old.
He is very close to my daughter. He follows her everywhere. Feels the safest with her. Sits on her lap. Meows at her door if she shuts it. Waits outside the bathroom for her etc. She can carry him in almost any position and he is fine.
One thing we have noticed as he gets older is is turning into a spastic, spooky and jumpy cat. He spooks at the drop of a hat. Worse than a horse. I don't trust him anymore. If we come home and open the door, he flys by at 1000 mph and bounces off the doors. I have two cats and the other one is a calm, sweet, non-spooky 4 year old we got at the animal shelter around the same time we got Sawyer. We were talking about her last night. She will sit next to any of us and clean herself. Not him. Both are strictly indoor.
His spookiness is starting to injure us. A month ago I was sitting on the couch and wanted to get up and go into the kitchen. I know how jumpy he is so I gently went to lift him and he jumped about 2' into the air and took flesh with him. Now I have two 5" scars running down my arm. The other day my daughter had him on her lap and he spooked at something else and now she has horrible scratches on her arms. Night before last he took about 3" of flesh from her finger. Nobody wants him in their laps anymore.
He will be walking across the living room floor and all it takes is a noise to send him 3 feet straight up into the air. He's always on high alert and when anyone walks into the room, he tears across the floor like a bat outta hell. I am afraid in one of his episodes he is going to take my daughters eye out.
I have had many cats through out my life but never a schizoid like this.
What can be causing this behavior? Is it just his personality? The bleeding he causes is getting old.
was a "scaredy cat" too, but not at that level. He did not trust strangers at all and just ran and hid. Loud noises like fireworks, however, did not bother him at all.
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