Hi all,
I took in a very sweet pregnant kitten from the street earlier this year. She had kittens in April and in June I had her spayed. In the last month or so she has become extremely aggressive, unfriendly and mental - a total contrast to when I found her. She used to be the sweetest of all my cats, just wanted to sleep on my lap all the time. Now she hisses/swats/growls/chases any cat that comes near her, including her kittens (she doesn't actually hurt them) and she runs away from me, only occasionally lets me stroke her and often scratches me. The other strange thing is that she was a long haired kitten and now she has short hair! I've never seen a change like this in a cat. As far as I know, the only traumatic things that have happened to her are the spaying (she hated the vet and was very angry at being locked in after) and also she got a neck abscess, probably from a bite, which was treated and healed well. If she didn't have such unique markings I'd think she was a different cat. She doesn't seem sick and eats well. She used to stay indoors all the time but now she won't come inside, even to sleep. Has anybody else come across this?
Thanks for reading.
I took in a very sweet pregnant kitten from the street earlier this year. She had kittens in April and in June I had her spayed. In the last month or so she has become extremely aggressive, unfriendly and mental - a total contrast to when I found her. She used to be the sweetest of all my cats, just wanted to sleep on my lap all the time. Now she hisses/swats/growls/chases any cat that comes near her, including her kittens (she doesn't actually hurt them) and she runs away from me, only occasionally lets me stroke her and often scratches me. The other strange thing is that she was a long haired kitten and now she has short hair! I've never seen a change like this in a cat. As far as I know, the only traumatic things that have happened to her are the spaying (she hated the vet and was very angry at being locked in after) and also she got a neck abscess, probably from a bite, which was treated and healed well. If she didn't have such unique markings I'd think she was a different cat. She doesn't seem sick and eats well. She used to stay indoors all the time but now she won't come inside, even to sleep. Has anybody else come across this?
Thanks for reading.
