Hello there!
It seems like there is something very weird with my cat... first a few details about him: He's a 3 years old siamese cat and I'd say that he was always a really "nervous" cat.. (jumps at the slightest noise etc.) I have my theory as to what happened (someone broke into my appartment a while ago and stole most of my stuff, and I think the cat was kicked around because it seems like he became nervous from that point), it happened when the cat was very young and he's always been nervous since...
Lately though, he is behaving in a very strange way:
He constantly attack his tail, he gets really angry at it, but the weird thing is, it looks like he has nervous twitches... his tail starts shaking like he can't control it and he attacks it...
Yesterday I thought the end of his tail might be broken (it seemed crooked, and he reacts when I try to palpate it) but today it looks better, but the behavior is still there... it is to the point where it wakes him up when he sleeps.... the tail starts twitching and he wakes up and attacks it...
This has been going on for a few days but I really flashed yesterday (and from that point I realized he seemed weird the last 4-5 days)...
To sum it up, I would say his behavior did change, he seems more nervous (even more than usual), doesn't like his tail to be touched... has all sort of nervous twitching (mostly related to his tail) and started attacking his tail aggressively... I don't think I've ever seen him behave like that before...
We have 2 cats (both siameses) the other one looks normal (he was always a big, lazy cat, and it hasn't changed
) but the behavior of my younger cat got me really worried...
Anyone has any idea of what it could be?? At this point I'm not sure if it's a problem with the tail itself (althought it appears fine today), or just a behavioral problem...
Any help would be appreciated...
It seems like there is something very weird with my cat... first a few details about him: He's a 3 years old siamese cat and I'd say that he was always a really "nervous" cat.. (jumps at the slightest noise etc.) I have my theory as to what happened (someone broke into my appartment a while ago and stole most of my stuff, and I think the cat was kicked around because it seems like he became nervous from that point), it happened when the cat was very young and he's always been nervous since...
Lately though, he is behaving in a very strange way:
He constantly attack his tail, he gets really angry at it, but the weird thing is, it looks like he has nervous twitches... his tail starts shaking like he can't control it and he attacks it...
Yesterday I thought the end of his tail might be broken (it seemed crooked, and he reacts when I try to palpate it) but today it looks better, but the behavior is still there... it is to the point where it wakes him up when he sleeps.... the tail starts twitching and he wakes up and attacks it...
This has been going on for a few days but I really flashed yesterday (and from that point I realized he seemed weird the last 4-5 days)...
To sum it up, I would say his behavior did change, he seems more nervous (even more than usual), doesn't like his tail to be touched... has all sort of nervous twitching (mostly related to his tail) and started attacking his tail aggressively... I don't think I've ever seen him behave like that before...
We have 2 cats (both siameses) the other one looks normal (he was always a big, lazy cat, and it hasn't changed
Anyone has any idea of what it could be?? At this point I'm not sure if it's a problem with the tail itself (althought it appears fine today), or just a behavioral problem...
Any help would be appreciated...