Hi!
You may remember me from such threads as:
Recurring constipation despite multiple vet visits - Any ideas?
and
Arthritis treatment
As some of you may recall, we've been battling constipation related issues for several months. That seems to have worked itself out, knock on wood. She goes pretty often, the stool looks good, and there's no more meowing or struggling in the litter box. Again, knock on wood.
However, her behavior has continued to change. A month or so before the first constipation episode, she started randomly meowing at night. Throughout the constipation battle, the meowing was becoming more frequent, and she soon started pacing. Per the threads above, tests were all coming back normal, other than the arthritis and constipation issue.
The meowing and pacing has now become much more frequent. She'll spend hours constantly walking the same path. Bedroom, hallway, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen and in reverse, where she returns to the bedroom, goes around the bed and stares at the wall for a bit. In the bathroom, she'll sit and stare at the corner between the tub and sink. As she walks, she's constantly meowing, and it's not her normal meow. She'll often do this at night (like this morning, where it lasted from 4 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.). She won't respond to her name as she does this.
Other behavioral changes: She no longer jumps on the bed, even though there's a stool/ladder for her to get up. She no longer interacts with us in the same way. We had a morning routine for years where she'd follow me around, jump on the bed and throw her self for rubs in the mornings and then hang out on my chest at night. She no longer does any of this.
She's also had several accidents in the last few weeks, including peeing on the dining room and hallway rugs and pooping and peeing outside of her favorite bathroom litterbox, including a poop this morning.
Basically, as far as her current activity, she's either pacing/meowing or sleeping. Could this be feline dementia? She just turned 12 in March. This all started in February and I can't imagine feline dementia progresses so quickly.
You may remember me from such threads as:
Recurring constipation despite multiple vet visits - Any ideas?
and
Arthritis treatment
As some of you may recall, we've been battling constipation related issues for several months. That seems to have worked itself out, knock on wood. She goes pretty often, the stool looks good, and there's no more meowing or struggling in the litter box. Again, knock on wood.
However, her behavior has continued to change. A month or so before the first constipation episode, she started randomly meowing at night. Throughout the constipation battle, the meowing was becoming more frequent, and she soon started pacing. Per the threads above, tests were all coming back normal, other than the arthritis and constipation issue.
The meowing and pacing has now become much more frequent. She'll spend hours constantly walking the same path. Bedroom, hallway, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen and in reverse, where she returns to the bedroom, goes around the bed and stares at the wall for a bit. In the bathroom, she'll sit and stare at the corner between the tub and sink. As she walks, she's constantly meowing, and it's not her normal meow. She'll often do this at night (like this morning, where it lasted from 4 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.). She won't respond to her name as she does this.
Other behavioral changes: She no longer jumps on the bed, even though there's a stool/ladder for her to get up. She no longer interacts with us in the same way. We had a morning routine for years where she'd follow me around, jump on the bed and throw her self for rubs in the mornings and then hang out on my chest at night. She no longer does any of this.
She's also had several accidents in the last few weeks, including peeing on the dining room and hallway rugs and pooping and peeing outside of her favorite bathroom litterbox, including a poop this morning.
Basically, as far as her current activity, she's either pacing/meowing or sleeping. Could this be feline dementia? She just turned 12 in March. This all started in February and I can't imagine feline dementia progresses so quickly.
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