Hi all - I'm new and I need some advice. I have 2 cats, Chaz - a domestic long hair norweigin forest cat look alike which is the sweetest thing in the world. She's about 3 or 4 - she found me in the woods.
Then - there's Luci. A 1 and 1/2 year grey manx I got from the shelter. I have had cats all my life - never one like her - oh-where to start!
Ever since I got her she has a habit of trying to suck on my neck whenever I lay down. I cured this with bitter apple but she still has to be sleeping on my neck. She only likes being petted on the head, if you touch any other part of her she growls, hisses and spits. She really can't be by herself too much - if I'm in a room she has to be in there somewhere but I can't pick her up without physical protest, and pet her only when SHE wants to be pet.
I've gotten used to this - the real issue started a few months ago and has slowely been getting worse. It started when she would sit in front of the sliding glass door and methodicaly paw the glass. Like a doggy-paddle motion is the best way I can describe it. She can go outside whenever she wants - she has almost never chosen to do so unless its to sit on the porch and watch me garden.
She does it more and more now and its on any smooth surface - sliding door, stove, dishwasher, refridgerator, washer, dryer, - most recently discovered she can sit in the tub and do it. She's now to the point where she will go from one place to another - pawing away. It's getting creepy -she does nothing else but that. I'l try to get her to play toys - doesn't want it.
Can a cat have an obsessive compulsive disorder? Why is she doing this? I've even resorted to getting the squirt bottle out, since it has cured her past bad behaviors but it is not working.
help!
Then - there's Luci. A 1 and 1/2 year grey manx I got from the shelter. I have had cats all my life - never one like her - oh-where to start!
Ever since I got her she has a habit of trying to suck on my neck whenever I lay down. I cured this with bitter apple but she still has to be sleeping on my neck. She only likes being petted on the head, if you touch any other part of her she growls, hisses and spits. She really can't be by herself too much - if I'm in a room she has to be in there somewhere but I can't pick her up without physical protest, and pet her only when SHE wants to be pet.
I've gotten used to this - the real issue started a few months ago and has slowely been getting worse. It started when she would sit in front of the sliding glass door and methodicaly paw the glass. Like a doggy-paddle motion is the best way I can describe it. She can go outside whenever she wants - she has almost never chosen to do so unless its to sit on the porch and watch me garden.
She does it more and more now and its on any smooth surface - sliding door, stove, dishwasher, refridgerator, washer, dryer, - most recently discovered she can sit in the tub and do it. She's now to the point where she will go from one place to another - pawing away. It's getting creepy -she does nothing else but that. I'l try to get her to play toys - doesn't want it.
Can a cat have an obsessive compulsive disorder? Why is she doing this? I've even resorted to getting the squirt bottle out, since it has cured her past bad behaviors but it is not working.
help!
