Friday my male cat ( 2.5 year, neutered) was taken to the vet for a lump that turned out to be an abscess. He had surgery, a drain, antibiotics, and is recovering. It didn't heal enough for it the drain to come out after 3 days so he has it in for another 4 days and a followup later this week. He normally is an indoor/outdoor cat whose out most of the evenings. Which has resulted in him being incredibly hyper at nights (meowing in my room and jumping on my face with a toy type hyper). He has an open toy box filled with toys and they are pretty much everywhere right now. He's taken to carrying them around and dropping them at the feet of the nearest human to play. The problem though isn't him.
The problem is my 1.5 year old female (spayed). Yesterday evening when I called her in (she is indoor/outdoor but never got the hang of the door so I bring her in at nights). She looked sleepy and I had to put her dinner bowl right under her nose before she ate. Last night neither of us got much sleep (she normally sleeps with me) as the male kept bringing us toys and waking us up. This morning she didn't come for breakfast, instead sitting under the dining room table watching the male eat, and I ended up bringing it too her which she ate when it was put near her. According to my Mom, she refused another food offering this afternoon and has been sleeping in my room all day.
Normally, the male and female go outside together and play. The female rarely goes very far from him or the other male (3.5 years old, also neutered) during the day but she's mostly with the injured one most days. I should mention she came from a feral colony; her mother disappeared when she probably 4-5 weeks and a year old male took over watching her and the other kittens so an older male cat watching over her is a staple in her life (its a long story including a woman who fed feral's because she liked the kittens but wouldn't let anyone else in and lots of dead kittens before I got my female out of there and convinced her to get the others fixed). So I am thinking that maybe between the stress of the male keeping us up the last two nights plus him not being with her outside that she may just be stressed/depressed. Regardless, I am taking her into the vet (oh, my poor credit card they just had their annuals three weeks ago plus the emergency and now this) for a check up tomorrow afternoon.
Anyone have any tips on how to handle it if it is stress. My male is stuck inside for the next 3 days so I can't change that. He gets incredibly antsy if doors are closed and he can't check on people so its not an option to close off part of the house (we are talking reaching under the door and hitting his head trying to open it antsy, no good). We've been playing with him and I plan on trying to tire him out before bed tonight so hopefully he doesn't wake us up as much. The female was fine the first 2.5 days or so but I think it's just gone on too long for her at this point.
The problem is my 1.5 year old female (spayed). Yesterday evening when I called her in (she is indoor/outdoor but never got the hang of the door so I bring her in at nights). She looked sleepy and I had to put her dinner bowl right under her nose before she ate. Last night neither of us got much sleep (she normally sleeps with me) as the male kept bringing us toys and waking us up. This morning she didn't come for breakfast, instead sitting under the dining room table watching the male eat, and I ended up bringing it too her which she ate when it was put near her. According to my Mom, she refused another food offering this afternoon and has been sleeping in my room all day.
Normally, the male and female go outside together and play. The female rarely goes very far from him or the other male (3.5 years old, also neutered) during the day but she's mostly with the injured one most days. I should mention she came from a feral colony; her mother disappeared when she probably 4-5 weeks and a year old male took over watching her and the other kittens so an older male cat watching over her is a staple in her life (its a long story including a woman who fed feral's because she liked the kittens but wouldn't let anyone else in and lots of dead kittens before I got my female out of there and convinced her to get the others fixed). So I am thinking that maybe between the stress of the male keeping us up the last two nights plus him not being with her outside that she may just be stressed/depressed. Regardless, I am taking her into the vet (oh, my poor credit card they just had their annuals three weeks ago plus the emergency and now this) for a check up tomorrow afternoon.
Anyone have any tips on how to handle it if it is stress. My male is stuck inside for the next 3 days so I can't change that. He gets incredibly antsy if doors are closed and he can't check on people so its not an option to close off part of the house (we are talking reaching under the door and hitting his head trying to open it antsy, no good). We've been playing with him and I plan on trying to tire him out before bed tonight so hopefully he doesn't wake us up as much. The female was fine the first 2.5 days or so but I think it's just gone on too long for her at this point.
