Hello... I am a new member and need some help!
I have had my cat for about 1.5 years now... I raised her from kittenhood. She has always been a very social cat, she is quite attached to my mother and I and follows us almost everywhere! She stays with me in the morning while I get ready for work, and in the evenings she is always around us, or at least in the same room. Quite literally.... she's always been like my shadow and is always by my side (even when taking a shower... I swear, she's in the bathroom lying on the floor waiting for me!). When I come home from work, I just call our her name and she would ALWAYS come running out and greet me at the front door. She has always been this way.... except for now!
We have noticed an extreme change in my cat (Bella) during the past 2 - 3 weeks. She no longer stays with us or follows us around....... in fact, I barely see her anymore. She spends her entire day hiding in various parts of the house... usually she will go down in the basement and hide out there all day. Otherwise, she will be hiding in one of the bedrooms upstairs underneath the bed. Nothing will get her out. I call her name and she no longer comes running out. I go to feed her and she doesn't come running to her food bowl. She will spend the entire day hiding out somewhere and we don't see her at all anymore. It is a complete change from the way she used to be.
I have no idea what sparked this sudden behaviour change in our cat, and it is bothering me quite a bit. She doesn't appear to be ill or sick.... she is eating her food normally and using her litter box normally too. She just doesn't want to come out from hiding spots at all! She's become the "invisible cat"! Can anyone offer some advice or any insight into what is going on here? Thanks!!
I have had my cat for about 1.5 years now... I raised her from kittenhood. She has always been a very social cat, she is quite attached to my mother and I and follows us almost everywhere! She stays with me in the morning while I get ready for work, and in the evenings she is always around us, or at least in the same room. Quite literally.... she's always been like my shadow and is always by my side (even when taking a shower... I swear, she's in the bathroom lying on the floor waiting for me!). When I come home from work, I just call our her name and she would ALWAYS come running out and greet me at the front door. She has always been this way.... except for now!
We have noticed an extreme change in my cat (Bella) during the past 2 - 3 weeks. She no longer stays with us or follows us around....... in fact, I barely see her anymore. She spends her entire day hiding in various parts of the house... usually she will go down in the basement and hide out there all day. Otherwise, she will be hiding in one of the bedrooms upstairs underneath the bed. Nothing will get her out. I call her name and she no longer comes running out. I go to feed her and she doesn't come running to her food bowl. She will spend the entire day hiding out somewhere and we don't see her at all anymore. It is a complete change from the way she used to be.
I have no idea what sparked this sudden behaviour change in our cat, and it is bothering me quite a bit. She doesn't appear to be ill or sick.... she is eating her food normally and using her litter box normally too. She just doesn't want to come out from hiding spots at all! She's become the "invisible cat"! Can anyone offer some advice or any insight into what is going on here? Thanks!!
