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I have a 15YO neutered long-hair female who's been with me since December 2003 when she was 6WO. It was just the two of us for the first 4 years then a girlfriend moved in for the next 5 years. After the girlfriend got the boot, my cat and I were alone again for 2 years (2013-2015). I got married in late 2015 and my cat and I moved into my wife's huge house in another city. Where we lived previously, she was outside everyday and only came in at night. The other cats in the neighborhood didn't dare mess with her - she was a hole terror when threatened! But when we moved here she became afraid to stay out. Even though there are no cats whatsoever, she's scared.
After we'd been here a year or so, she started pulling chunks of hair out. Our vet tested her and said it wasn't hot-spots, food related, rashes, or dry skin. The vet thought it was anxiety related.
She pulls it from any place on her body she can reach. She does it day and night, but not constantly. There are two places she does it:
1) In the pre-dawn hours just outside our closed bedroom door where she waits for me to wake up and come out. No matter what time I get up, she's there. Even if my wife wakes up before me, the cat will wait outside the door. The clumps are all around - every morning.
2) At night in our den where we watch tv and I prop my feet on an ottoman. The cat lays on the ottoman and when she grooms herself she pulls out the chunks.
She doesn't do it during the day while she sleeps in her favorite chair or anywhere else. She doesn't do it anywhere else, either.
Is she stressed from my having moved her? Is she mad at me? My (newish) wife is NOT a cat person and she's p.o.'ed. HELP!!!!!!
After we'd been here a year or so, she started pulling chunks of hair out. Our vet tested her and said it wasn't hot-spots, food related, rashes, or dry skin. The vet thought it was anxiety related.
She pulls it from any place on her body she can reach. She does it day and night, but not constantly. There are two places she does it:
1) In the pre-dawn hours just outside our closed bedroom door where she waits for me to wake up and come out. No matter what time I get up, she's there. Even if my wife wakes up before me, the cat will wait outside the door. The clumps are all around - every morning.
2) At night in our den where we watch tv and I prop my feet on an ottoman. The cat lays on the ottoman and when she grooms herself she pulls out the chunks.
She doesn't do it during the day while she sleeps in her favorite chair or anywhere else. She doesn't do it anywhere else, either.
Is she stressed from my having moved her? Is she mad at me? My (newish) wife is NOT a cat person and she's p.o.'ed. HELP!!!!!!