Affects cats as well. Had a 14 year old that started crapping randomly around the house and other issues. Like he had forgotten how to be a house cat.
“Had a 14 year old that started crapping randomly around the house and other issues. Like he had forgotten how to be a house cat.”
No, your cat just took ownership of your home the next logical step forward.
Beside urinating over the side of the litter box, he was initially howling in the middle of the night somewhere in the house as if disoriented. Our vet questioned whether there were vision issues, but that doesn't appear to be the case. The howling now can take place at any time of day, and that's been the case since the beginning of 2020.
He's been getting into some pretty nasty altercations with our 13 year-old. Usually, the "fights" would end quickly, but the 12 year-old now just leaps out of nowhere and makes these interactions rather ugly.
Also, his sleeping patterns have changed. Whereas he could sleep for several hours at a time, he doesn't seem to be able to remain at rest for extended periods of time.
The weird one involves the guest bedroom. We normally do not have guests often, so the bedspread is left in the closet to keep it clean. What the 12 year-old does to the blanket on top of the bed is odd. He we straddle the blanket at one of the edges of the mattress (either side or the end). His belly in on the edge, with one side of his body on the top of the mattress, and the other side of his body on the side of the mattress. It is almost like he is clawing the blanket, but it also involves going after his tail and other parts of his body.
When he leaves, there are tuffs of his hair on the area he was straddling. The even stranger part is neither the vet nor us can figure out where the hair "loss" is coming from. He has no bald spots or signs of infections, bacteria, or fungi.
It is really tough watching him slowly loss his ability to live a comfortable life.
It may be Her age, but have her liver enzymes, and kidney function checked. If either is not working well enough, it puts a lot of stress on everything else.
God bless.
Tatt