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Hello! I hope someone has some insight for my issues!
My cat has been hiding and acting a little strange, and I'm worried. I can't tell if he's sick or just scared or something.
He keeps wanting to hide under my bed or in the bathroom in my room. I know hiding can be a sign of sickness, but th thing is other that hiding and being timid, he's acting normal. He's eating and drinking the food I bring him. He purrs when I pet him. He's grooming himself, and has used the liter box (I've had to taken him to it). So basically he won't leave my room. He's just laying around in my bathroom or under my bed. If I bring treats into my room and shake them, he will come out from the bed to get them, but won't come out of I shake them in the living room.
Now for the strange part. Everyone I've tried to take him out of my room and into ou living room he completely freaks out. He gets scared and timid. Won't let me hold hold him. Crouches low to the ground, puffs out his tail and runs to hide. He usually runs back to my room.
So he really don't showing signs of sickness, but I'm still worried because I don't really know. He's also been scared before (from the vaccuum, when kids come over and want to play with him, etc) and has ran under my bed, but comes out later when the event is over. He's pretty friendly and likes people (not kids). Let's everyone pet him and hangs out with everyone around the house. So it's just very strange.
Also the night before he started scaring strange, we put in a new ceiling fan, and new lighting in the main area of the house (where he seems scared of). I don't know if that has to do with his behavior. The first night he was hiding, he seemed super timid in my room when my ceiling fan was on, now he's okay. But that makes me wonder. We do have another cat, and he usually always wants to play with and chase her around, and he hasn't wanted to.
I've considered taking him the the vet to make sure everything is fine, but I've held back because I'm more thinking he's just scared than sick. Any one have any opinions??
My cat has been hiding and acting a little strange, and I'm worried. I can't tell if he's sick or just scared or something.
He keeps wanting to hide under my bed or in the bathroom in my room. I know hiding can be a sign of sickness, but th thing is other that hiding and being timid, he's acting normal. He's eating and drinking the food I bring him. He purrs when I pet him. He's grooming himself, and has used the liter box (I've had to taken him to it). So basically he won't leave my room. He's just laying around in my bathroom or under my bed. If I bring treats into my room and shake them, he will come out from the bed to get them, but won't come out of I shake them in the living room.
Now for the strange part. Everyone I've tried to take him out of my room and into ou living room he completely freaks out. He gets scared and timid. Won't let me hold hold him. Crouches low to the ground, puffs out his tail and runs to hide. He usually runs back to my room.
So he really don't showing signs of sickness, but I'm still worried because I don't really know. He's also been scared before (from the vaccuum, when kids come over and want to play with him, etc) and has ran under my bed, but comes out later when the event is over. He's pretty friendly and likes people (not kids). Let's everyone pet him and hangs out with everyone around the house. So it's just very strange.
Also the night before he started scaring strange, we put in a new ceiling fan, and new lighting in the main area of the house (where he seems scared of). I don't know if that has to do with his behavior. The first night he was hiding, he seemed super timid in my room when my ceiling fan was on, now he's okay. But that makes me wonder. We do have another cat, and he usually always wants to play with and chase her around, and he hasn't wanted to.
I've considered taking him the the vet to make sure everything is fine, but I've held back because I'm more thinking he's just scared than sick. Any one have any opinions??