Hi, I shared my experience of having fostered a mum to be cat and got lots of help and advice on here, where there are lots of people with a huge knowledge of cats and their behaviour. I rehomed 3 of the kittens and mum but i kept 2 of them and it is one of them (Dexter) that is now confusing me with his behaviour!
He is 8 months now and has always been very needy he loved cuddles and followed me and my family around everywhere just So he could jump up for a snuggle and he would lick us and purr like crazy. He has always got on well with the other cats he is one of six I have and am lucky because they are all friends. But just lately Dexter has stopped wanting cuddles and doesn' purr when I pick him up like he used to, the licking has also stopped and he tends to go off upstairs to sleep alone rather than coming for company. Along with this change in behaviour he has become more mischevious or naughty, he has been spotted swiping at the other cats randomly almost like he's trying to wind them up. He has also seemed restless and climbs onto desks and worktop to rip up letters, invites, anything he can get and he shreds them with his teeth! I even saw him trying to steal a letter that was stuck on the fridge to tear up! When I see him and firmly say his name he scarpers in a scatty way it's like he knows he's being naughty! Sorry for the long post I just miss the old Dexter and wondered if anyone has experienced anything similar and how they dealt with it and how it panned out?
Thanks for reading all that! Look forward to any advice xx
He is 8 months now and has always been very needy he loved cuddles and followed me and my family around everywhere just So he could jump up for a snuggle and he would lick us and purr like crazy. He has always got on well with the other cats he is one of six I have and am lucky because they are all friends. But just lately Dexter has stopped wanting cuddles and doesn' purr when I pick him up like he used to, the licking has also stopped and he tends to go off upstairs to sleep alone rather than coming for company. Along with this change in behaviour he has become more mischevious or naughty, he has been spotted swiping at the other cats randomly almost like he's trying to wind them up. He has also seemed restless and climbs onto desks and worktop to rip up letters, invites, anything he can get and he shreds them with his teeth! I even saw him trying to steal a letter that was stuck on the fridge to tear up! When I see him and firmly say his name he scarpers in a scatty way it's like he knows he's being naughty! Sorry for the long post I just miss the old Dexter and wondered if anyone has experienced anything similar and how they dealt with it and how it panned out?
Thanks for reading all that! Look forward to any advice xx