Hey all!
I am here looking for some help, please!
MY partner and i have just moved house. We previously lived in my family home, 5 people, a very busy household! We have now moved and it's just the two of us. We have two cats, both from the pound one 18months old and one 7 months old We moved approx a week ago and kitties have appeared a little skitzy but ok. The youngest kitten, Bacardi has in the last 24 hrs become a little more unsettled. We have had some heavy rainfall and small storms, being in Australia in the middle of the drought I doubt he has ever experienced a storm before and seemed scared by the thunder.
Today he has started to 'act out' behaviouraly. This morning I walked into our second bathroom to find one of his big kitty poop presents onthe floor. This is VERY unlike him as neither cat ever go outside their tray.
I tried to find him to make sure he was OK and found him hiding in a cupboard, looking distressed. I gave him a cuddle (no punishment!) and showed him again where the litter tray was (Thinkin he may be confused from the move, however he has been using the same tray for almost a week).
He spent the rest of the morning hiding and being unusually quiet.
Later this afternoon I found he had vomited on our bedroom carpet (eep!)
Once again my first reaction was to find him and reassure him that it was OK. He was hiding under a bed in a spare room. The usual 'entice' to get him out from under the bed (kitty biccies!) did not work. HE wouldn't budge. So I let him rest and passed him his fave toy under the bed
Does this sound like it could be the stress of moving or the storm? I have provided him with his favorite things and allowed him to hide under the bed if he wants to.
At what stage should I start disciplining him for his messes? And is there anything I can do/give him to calm him down more? Our other cat is very independent and seems to have handled the move well but I miss my cuddly little bacardi. My partner and I go back to work next week and it would break my heart to leave a sad kitty at home.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Katie and Minx, Worried Mumsie and Sister
I am here looking for some help, please!
MY partner and i have just moved house. We previously lived in my family home, 5 people, a very busy household! We have now moved and it's just the two of us. We have two cats, both from the pound one 18months old and one 7 months old We moved approx a week ago and kitties have appeared a little skitzy but ok. The youngest kitten, Bacardi has in the last 24 hrs become a little more unsettled. We have had some heavy rainfall and small storms, being in Australia in the middle of the drought I doubt he has ever experienced a storm before and seemed scared by the thunder.
Today he has started to 'act out' behaviouraly. This morning I walked into our second bathroom to find one of his big kitty poop presents onthe floor. This is VERY unlike him as neither cat ever go outside their tray.
I tried to find him to make sure he was OK and found him hiding in a cupboard, looking distressed. I gave him a cuddle (no punishment!) and showed him again where the litter tray was (Thinkin he may be confused from the move, however he has been using the same tray for almost a week).
He spent the rest of the morning hiding and being unusually quiet.
Later this afternoon I found he had vomited on our bedroom carpet (eep!)
Once again my first reaction was to find him and reassure him that it was OK. He was hiding under a bed in a spare room. The usual 'entice' to get him out from under the bed (kitty biccies!) did not work. HE wouldn't budge. So I let him rest and passed him his fave toy under the bed
Does this sound like it could be the stress of moving or the storm? I have provided him with his favorite things and allowed him to hide under the bed if he wants to.
At what stage should I start disciplining him for his messes? And is there anything I can do/give him to calm him down more? Our other cat is very independent and seems to have handled the move well but I miss my cuddly little bacardi. My partner and I go back to work next week and it would break my heart to leave a sad kitty at home.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Katie and Minx, Worried Mumsie and Sister