Something in your household has changed? Maybe you got some new furniture or moved the old stuff around? Maybe you started using different kinds of ingredients to cook with? Cats are very much creatures of habit and can get really stressed out when any little thing is different.
On the other hand, you might just have a cooky cat. My cat is really weird. Sometimes she's completely wired and will jump up on the couch (I sleep on the couch) and get really close to my face with her eyes wide and pupils dilated. Sometimes she stares at the wall for a long time. After several times of doing that, I finally saw what she was looking at; I had a tiny imperfection in my paint and she REALLY wanted to get that tiny imperfection, but she couldn't so she'd get agitated.
To the ghost person... I would have moved too!
Jul 08, 2009 Rating
Ghosts and cats by: Anonymous
It is NOT a ghost. Animals are NOT more sensitive to paranormal anything and people who offer that kind of advice are wackier than any cat.
What cats (and a whole bunch of other animals) DO have is a stronger sense of smell and hearing. This alerts them to many things we never hear or smell. Many smells have strange effects on cats. Catnip is a great example.
The adverse behavior in the crib is very likely due to the arrival of a new household member. Some cats get really freaked out when another higher-ranking member appears. Not much you can do but hope the behavior goes away.
In rare but well documented cases, cats may try to cause harm to babies. If that happens, you must unfortunately get rid of the cat.
Mar 29, 2009 Rating
RE: Cat freaking out by: Marie & Baby Girl
You may have a ghost in your house. Animals are extra sensitive to spirits. I once moved into a house that had a very strange affect on my Baby Girl, I seriously thought she was losing her mind, she showed the same behavior as you've stated. She was scared only in one certain room.
About 6 months later, I was talking with a neighbor of mine and she and her husband both told me that a 15 year old boy hung himself in my house about 2 years prior. Needless to say, I gave notice and moved. Baby Girl was fine after that. Don't buy your cat a straight jacket just yet ;-)
Mar 21, 2009 Rating
No Cat Abuse by: Tiffany
I completely agree with you about the abuse situation. Sometimes cats are justifiably distrusting.
However, Lil' Bit was not abused. In fact, she was and still is spoiled rotten.
I'm not sure why she is so different, but she's been like that since Day 1.
Mar 20, 2009 Rating
Cat Needs Love by: Anonymous
A cat needs love. I don't know your cat's past but I have cat named Ling Ling that a friend gave to me after one my cats disappeared. That cat later reappeared, thank God!
Ling Ling had been abused. Actually the man who had owned her had tried to drown her because she wasn't moving fast enough to suit him. She was only 4 weeks old at the time.
When I got Ling Ling, she was 6 weeks old and didn't have a name. I named her Ling Ling but she still has nightmares and doesn't trust men.
maybe something traumatic happened in your cat's life - and something recently happened to remind him of that time.
Mar 19, 2009 Rating
Cat Autism? by: Tiffany
I'm not really able to offer any solutions, just similar experiences.
I have a 4 year old female, and she has been "different" her entire life. Some days she's just fine. Other days, everything scares her. Then, there are times that she'll be fine about something one day and completely freaked out by it the next.
My husband & I have often wondered what the feline equivalent of cat autism would be. I don't even know if there is such a thing, but, at the very least, our Lil' Bit is definitely a "special needs child."
