In the past month my 8 year old cat, liddy has been acting very odd. Specificaly within the past week she has been very seclusive. She rarely comes when we call her..and she almost seems to ignore us! My first though was to take her to the vet..I thought she might be losing some of her hearing..but as i observe her more and more i think its something different. Her eyes are almost always dilated and even if shes sitting right next to you and oyu make a loud nois, she'll only push back her ears. Not even turn her head and lok at you.
This is very strange for her, shes surrounded with great tihngs, just me, my mom, and my dad. any thoughts on what could be wrong??

My dad mentioned something today making me slightly nervous..he said he was listening to a religious radio station and that people were saying all animals had been acting strange lately. They thought maybe there was going to be some sort of tragedy...could this be true? have other animals been acting strangely, too?

mscassandra

Well the week before the full moon or the week of the full moon cats act different, so im not really sure if its the fullmoon soon but look it up on your calender. It might also be that she is getting older and just wants to be left alone, animals are pretty much like people. The older we get the more cranky we are. She might just not want to be bother, sadly cats dont live forever

pennybot

cats can live up to 20 nowadays so 8 years still seems pretty young to me.

Normally, I'd say something could have also spooked her which can pass after a few days or a week. But a month is a little long.

Although if more animals are sensing it, it makes more sense. Animals can sense weather like a barometer does. they are very sensitive to the pressure and can sense a storm or hurricane - that type of thing. Potential natural disasters will effect large areas of animals. IE: behaviour of birds or cattle when a particularly bad storm is coming. Though they usually sense it closer to the event rather than a whole month prior.


.. unless its this global warming thing? as far fetched as that may sound, it has affected alot of animals globally. Certain bird species have been suffering due to their migration changes because of the sporadic weather changes in the last 6 months. But shouldn't assume too much..where are you located? How close to sea level?

tiggerella

I hate to say this, but the thought about getting her to a vet was the best one. Working in a vet's office, I can tell you that there are several cats who've come in with birth defects like humans have, such as a deformed heart, and with diseases similar to those humans get, like diabeties. Most often, the dialated pupils indicate either something has gone wrong with the cat's eyes - such as some form of blindness - or they had a bad heart and have "thrown a clot", which has done something inside their brain that has caused the odd behaviors.

The good news is that, if you get the cat to the doctor, there may be a medication that might help bring your cat back to normal and let her live a full life. The bad news is that your cat may get worse if left untreated.

If money is an issue on treatment, check with your state on assistance. Many states have some sort of program for low income people with sick pets.

Good luck.