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  • Nov 28, 2009, 05:30 AM
    crazyredhedchick
    Unusual cat behaviour
    I have a year old male cat - he is normally quite an independent cat, but very affectionate. I moved house 6 months ago, and he seemed to settle in well.
    The past week he has been doing some really weird things - meowing REALLY loudly (he is part siamese, so I am used to pretty loud and persistent meowing but this is 4/5 times worse than normal) and constantly, day and night, he is constantly hungry, no matter how much I feed him, he has started spraying (he isn't neutured, and I'm not sure if this is natural or a symptom of the problem at hand), and this morning he totally freaked me out - he has been mewing constantly since about 6 this morning, and nothing I do makes any difference - normally he'll jump onto my lap, purr a bit and then fall asleep, but today, he won't let me near him, and basically I thought perhaps he needed some "safe space" on his own, so closed all the doors and left him in "his place". A little while after I'd done this, his mewing got worse so I went to him and found him literally trying to climb the walls - my bedroom door has a window thing at the top, and he had managed to climb up to this and was clinging on - as soon as he saw me he jumped down and ran away. I've made sure he has food, water and a clean litter tray, but he is starting to really worry me - vets say nothing is wrong but there is something wrong with him - he is being aggressive to me which has never happened before! Someone please help! Worried sick and don't know what to do for him
  • Nov 28, 2009, 06:22 AM
    tany072075

    Definitely not being neutered is part of this problem. Male cats that are not neutered before 6-8 months of age will usually start spraying.As for the constant meowing, and this is just a thought, is there any possibility there could be a female cat in heat roaming around your house? It just seems like a bit of a coincidence. And animals will act very strange in that situation.
  • Nov 28, 2009, 10:06 PM
    morgaine300

    Quite personally, I don't consider an unneutered male cat to even be a pet. They basically want one thing. They'll start spraying, they usually want outside pretty badly (and I hope you're not letting him out to make more strays), and yup, any time a female is around they'll react, especially one in heat!

    I can't believe the vet didn't say something about this. That's a bit ignorant for a vet.

    Even if there's another problem, get him neutered anyway. And it might solve the problem as well.

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