Stressed Out Kitty

jaspers mummy · Jan 12, 2006

I was woundering if anyone could shed some light on this very strange habbit my JJ has started doing

he started meowing at me and biteing me when ever I had a bath about 3 or 4 months ago at first I thought it was sweet I thought it was a hay mum get out of there and come love me sort of thing but it has esculated he is now doing this when I shower as well and he seems quite stressed out about the hole procedure he only dose this when I have a bath or shower and as soon as I'm out he is fine he watches me leave the bath room and all is well in his world again but I hate seeing him so upset it is really puzzling and I can not for the life of me figer out why he has taken such a disslike to this all of a sudden

I wil try and discribe a normal episode he sits at the door and stairs at me with big black eyes and meows not a growl he sounds stressed like he's in pain and he sits really really still I talk to him but he just stairs at me then he will inch closer to the tub (my shower is in my tub) and then he jumps up and bites me he gets sokeing wet doing this at times he has even waded through ankle deep water to get at me and he hates being wet but I don't think it is agressevie on his part he seems worried and scared can any one help shed some light cause I am totally baffled

and I can't stand seeing his so stressed out

any other time he is normal no prob's he's eatting well he's fine healthy happy no prob's so any ideas would be gratfully read and taken on board.

Thanks from Nancy & Jasper

gardenandcats · Jan 12, 2006

I can't explain why hes behaving this way. Something about it must be really upsetting to him. I would try and distract him when its bath/shower time for you.Maybe give him a treat or feed him when your going to bathe. Keep the bathroom door shut and try not to let him in with you. Maybe even turn the TV or radio on so he doesn't notice you've gone into the bathroom and not hear the water running.

jaspers mummy · Jan 12, 2006

Originally Posted by gardenandcats

I can't explain why hes behaving this way. Something about it must be really upsetting to him. I would try and distract him when its bath/shower time for you.Maybe give him a treat or feed him when your going to bathe. Keep the bathroom door shut and try not to let him in with you. Maybe even turn the TV or radio on so he doesn't notice you've gone into the bathroom and not hear the water running.

Thanks for your sugestions I have tried feeding him not even tuna works and thats his fav food.
Shutting the door dose no good he just sits there and crys and bites me when I come out.
I will try leaveing on the tv though I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks

hissy · Jan 12, 2006

If this is new behavior that is escalating, I would take him to the vet.

princeegrl · Jan 12, 2006

I agree with Hissy take him to the vet if it worsens

edithtippett · Jan 12, 2006

Has anything traumatic happened to the cat or your family lately that he might be reacting to? Did anyone hurt him or did he see anyone get hurt? Has anyone fallen in the tub or is anyone sick? Have you switched soaps/shampoos so that you might smell different? Hopefully kitty is not psychic in that he "sees" you having an accident in the tub in the future.

jaspers mummy · Jan 14, 2006

Thanks Hissy & Princeegrl it may just come to that because it not good for him to get so stressed out I would really like to get to the bottom of this

jaspers mummy · Jan 14, 2006

Originally Posted by edithtippett

Has anything traumatic happened to the cat or your family lately that he might be reacting to? Did anyone hurt him or did he see anyone get hurt? Has anyone fallen in the tub or is anyone sick? Have you switched soaps/shampoos so that you might smell different? Hopefully kitty is not psychic in that he "sees" you having an accident in the tub in the future.

Thanks for your help nope nothing new here no probs our son & his girlfriend have just moved in but he was doing it before that so I doubt thats it we just can not for the life of us work out whats up with him

I'm quite worried about it though as he gets so stressed about it

I keep hopeing it will stop as suddenly as it started

roofrabbit · Jan 15, 2006

Three of our thirty eight cats watch me shower every day, always the same three cats, but they don't meow as badly as you described above.

Maybe she thinks the shower is hurting you and her meowing will scare it away?

I talk (and, yes...I sing) to mine while I shower, maybe this would help?

jaspers mummy · Jan 15, 2006

Originally Posted by Roofrabbit

Three of our thirty eight cats watch me shower every day, always the same three cats, but they don't meow as badly as you described above.

Maybe she thinks the shower is hurting you and her meowing will scare it away?

I talk (and, yes...I sing) to mine while I shower, maybe this would help?

it's nice to know he is not alone in doing this

but it is recent he is nearly 7 and I have had him since he was a kitten and until recently there has not been a prob he used to sit on the end of the tub with me and help me read by splashing water all over my glasses for me he dose not do that anymore

I do talk to him but it dose not seem to help but I will give singing to him a miss he would need therapy after that

thanks heaps it is good to know other peoples kittys do this to

jaspers mummy · Jan 18, 2006

Ok hears a strange twist he has started doing it when I fill up the washing machine to I figer it must be something to do with running water

he's not as bad with the washing machine but it is the same thing

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