I am at a loss for an end to this problem. My female cat is 9 years old. Approx. 2 weeks ago. Her behavior took an overnight drastic change. I came down into the basement and was in shock. She had dirtied on on top of our freezer, on the water machine, on basically any piece of furniture around.And, she was perched on one of our lazy boys just staring at me with this bizarre look in her eyes and actually snarled at me once. She still has this glazed look in her eyes even now. There has been no change in her lifestyle to upset her and cause this. Her food is the same and her litter box always clean. We have not moved. No one has moved in etc...She has gone just all of a sudden from a loving, affectionate cat to one I no longer recognize and am beginning to lose patience with.
I immediately called the vet. once this began. She will be seeing her next week. We had thought for a few days that she was getting better (she was purring and meowing for food) and unfortunatly decided to wait it out. The vet is booked solid until monday (this is a small community) . In the meantime, any suggestions on how to get through the next 4 days without the frustration? I do not want to put her in a cage but after 2 weeks I am also exhausted having to continuously search and clean up after her. Between waking up and checking to see if my 3 year old still has a dry bed, I now also need to scan the whole basement to see where she's gone because her litter box remains intact.
She is an indoor cat who never ventures outside. Is this something that can happen anytime, whatever this is? Someone mentioned plants being poisoneous and can cause these kinds of problems if she has eaten any leaves. The only new one we have is a geranium. I don't know if this is one of the plants that can cause a reaction. I guess I'll know by monday what is going on but until then.....any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
I immediately called the vet. once this began. She will be seeing her next week. We had thought for a few days that she was getting better (she was purring and meowing for food) and unfortunatly decided to wait it out. The vet is booked solid until monday (this is a small community) . In the meantime, any suggestions on how to get through the next 4 days without the frustration? I do not want to put her in a cage but after 2 weeks I am also exhausted having to continuously search and clean up after her. Between waking up and checking to see if my 3 year old still has a dry bed, I now also need to scan the whole basement to see where she's gone because her litter box remains intact.
She is an indoor cat who never ventures outside. Is this something that can happen anytime, whatever this is? Someone mentioned plants being poisoneous and can cause these kinds of problems if she has eaten any leaves. The only new one we have is a geranium. I don't know if this is one of the plants that can cause a reaction. I guess I'll know by monday what is going on but until then.....any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
