I've had my male cat for ab 5 years now. I adopted him when he was just a kitten and basically raised him. I was the sole caregiver to this cat, until my boyfriend moved in about a year ago. Max (my cat) has never really had any behavior problems. Last Friday, I came home with a bag from Walmart and a bag from a local department store. I sat the Walmart bag in the kitchen and went to another room. When I returned, I found max hissing at the bag, so I told him to stop and moved the bag. A few minutes later he was hissing, growling, and swatting at me! I barely made it out of the house safely! My boyfriend was home and able to put Max into another room so I could come back in. That night any ime i went near the door of maxs room he would hiss and scrath and the door. He was fine with my boyfriend though. The next morning, max was completely normal. Two days later, I went shoppin at the same department store. I returned home, but left the bag in the car. Max was still acting normal until I brought the bag in. Within a minute he was hissing and chasing me again.. I had to run out of the house. My boyfriend wasn't home, so my mom had to come over and put the cat in another room... Where he again stayed for the night. This occurred on Monday and each day I've attempted to be around Max, but eventually he hisses, growls, and chases me. I have bought a feliway diffuser, calming collar, calming spray, and calming treats.... Nothing is working!
I called my vet a week ago when this first happened and he agreed that it was probably a scent from the department store that max did not like. Since then, I've washed the clothes I bought and removed the bags from the house. My vet said that considering thatax is bein normal wih my boyfriend and mom and that since he is eating and using the bathroom normally that he does not expect anything to be wrong medically. This I why I haven't taken him in to see the vet. I called againfriday, but he vet was out of town. This morning his secretary called and said the vet wanted to give me a prescription of acepromazine (I believe?) to give max just for the weekend until I could brig him in on Monday. It's a mild sedative and I gave max one 5mg pill this morning. Within an hour he was calm and laying with me.. Following me to every room and laying down. He was fine all day until around 630 tonight. Suddenly, he started hissing at me again and chased me. I gave him another pill and 30 mins later attempted to go near him again, but he just hissed. I'm guessing the medicine hadn't kicked in yet.
I don't know what else to do. This is breaking my heart. Max is always around me and has slept we every night since he was 6 weeks old. I'm desperate for help! I jut want my sweet cat back!
I called my vet a week ago when this first happened and he agreed that it was probably a scent from the department store that max did not like. Since then, I've washed the clothes I bought and removed the bags from the house. My vet said that considering thatax is bein normal wih my boyfriend and mom and that since he is eating and using the bathroom normally that he does not expect anything to be wrong medically. This I why I haven't taken him in to see the vet. I called againfriday, but he vet was out of town. This morning his secretary called and said the vet wanted to give me a prescription of acepromazine (I believe?) to give max just for the weekend until I could brig him in on Monday. It's a mild sedative and I gave max one 5mg pill this morning. Within an hour he was calm and laying with me.. Following me to every room and laying down. He was fine all day until around 630 tonight. Suddenly, he started hissing at me again and chased me. I gave him another pill and 30 mins later attempted to go near him again, but he just hissed. I'm guessing the medicine hadn't kicked in yet.
I don't know what else to do. This is breaking my heart. Max is always around me and has slept we every night since he was 6 weeks old. I'm desperate for help! I jut want my sweet cat back!