How it carm down my cat

[MG CHRIS]

Right so we have had our little well not so little bugger for 9 years he is 9 and a half.

It's a strange story on who we had him a neighbour a street above 2 cats used to regularly pop over for some food and fuse, he then took on his brothers cat a 4 month old kitten but the 2 older cats never really liked him so instead of taking him to a shelter he popped over with him to see if we would have him. As soon as we seen him he had him and would never be without him.

He's not a very fussy cat but doesn't like being on his own which is strange but he seems happy, he has never been really territory about his own house but in the last 2-3 months been acting up. We put it down to the bad snow back on January and being cold but have noticed a tortoise shell cat doesn't look that old mayby 2 or 3 years old he seems friendly and will come up to you but my car his being very aggressive towards him which is not like him.

This is leading to him being very highly strung around the house doesn't settle down and growling at anything that comes past the house, every time I come in from work which normaly means he is on his own for 8 hours or so he wanting attention and looks on edge all the time. Now I put this down to this new cat but there are a lot of cat around the area which never bothers him so not sure about this one.

He's normally such a laid back cat and just sleeps most the time but this is so not like him he just seems to be guarding the house a lot of the time and being very vocal another thing that he normally never does so here he his







So is there anything I can do to calm him down a bit.

Oops title means to say how to.

[bexVN]

Try to deter other cat entering his area. Get a feliway plugged in to your house it's a good product to help ease stress in cats. Strongly advise trying a product called Zylkene, it's a natural remedy but it really does work. Even look into Kalmaid (another destressing product but is also natural)

Do get him a health check at your vets if he hasn't had one for a while. Behavioural issues should not be treated without ensuring no medical reason for it.

Finally do above soon, otherwise you'll soon have a cat that starts peeing in the house due to stress.

[AdiT]

Any chance of having that in English?

If I understand correctly, your cat has started acting differently? In which case, I'd get him checked by the vet first.

[MG CHRIS]

bexVN said:

Try to deter other cat entering his area. Get a feliway plugged in to your house it's a good product to help ease stress in cats. Strongly advise trying a product called Zylkene, it's a natural remedy but it really does work. Even look into Kalmaid (another destressing product but is also natural)

Do get him a health check at your vets if he hasn't had one for a while. Behavioural issues should not be treated without ensuring no medical reason for it.

Finally do above soon, otherwise you'll soon have a cat that starts peeing in the house due to stress.

Thanks for the advice, as I live in a terrace house with low walls on either side of the garden it's hard to stop cats entering. Will try the products mentioned and see how its goes.

I had to take him to the vets just after xmas after he was limping around the place, vet confirmed he had a bite mark in his paw, he checked him over then and he couldn't find anything wrong apart from his paw. He has since recovered, but have had noticed he is drinking a lot more water than usual but put that down to all the water being frozen around the area.

Will try out the products mention and see if it makes a difference.

[bexVN]

Being bitten can be an unnerving experience for a cat that's not a natural fighter, I am fairly certain you have one very stressed cat at the mo and chances are the cat you mentioned is the cause (probably the one who bit him)

You could squirt water at the other cat to try and reduce the frequency of its visits.