My cat has gone off the deep end!

[teigyr]

She's cute! But yeah, there's something there. I bet she'd lock you in the house if she could.

We've got one that was normal but clingy until we went away for the weekend. Now, every time we are trying to sleep, she marches around the bed in circles kneading her little paws. Around and around with her back bent like a hedgehog. If we try to stop her with attention, she will accept the attention then go back to the exact spot where she stopped.

Now that I think about it though, 6 days is a LONG time. While our cats aren't what you'd call social, we'll have someone check in to make sure everything's ok. The cats will come for treats or canned cat food so the person can check to make sure all are accounted for.

[RolliePollie]

Yeah, 6 days is too long to just leave them. Even with four litterboxes, it was pretty apparent that it would've been good to have someone come over at least once while I was gone. Next trip, I'll be rethinking this. It's nice that cats are so independent that they can take care of themselves, but obviously they also get very attached to their humans!

Zen - you crack me up! I did choose one of the more psycho-looking pictures. I should've chosen the one where she's got her head stuck in an empty Kleenex box.

[bikerz]

Sara, your cat looks so much like one of my cats, and she behaves the same way sometimes, but just because she wants to, not because she's been left alone. Honestly, they could be twins separated at birth!

[winddance]

Oh yes. I know that look well. I have one cat that was so clingy that I got her a cat (dragging her across the carpet while she clung to my pant leg was the last straw.)

I'm in and out of town these days, so I had to come up with something. I play with my cats when I get home. We run around, I pet them, I dangle their jingly toy while they flip themselves all over the place...and then...they fall asleep in the middle of the floor. I go to bed. Sometimes they try for a bit of a reprise at odd hours of the morning and end up playing Thunder Chase/Freight Train/Feline Bowling, but for the most part this works well.



My limit for leaving the cats alone is 4 days. At 4 days, I usually come home to find that they've climbed up the refridgerator and knocked down anything that's on top of it. I am not sure what they would do after 5 days, much less 6. I do not wish to find out, however, so 4 days it is.

[mimitabby]

I never leave my cats unattended for more than 24-36 hours. after that, I have someone stop in; longer than a few days; i hire a petsitter. it is extremely traumatic for some pets to be left without you. They have a routine, they are comfortable with it. Since you can't really explain to them when you'll be back; imagine YOU being left somewhere for 6 days without anyone telling YOU when they'd be back with food; water, whatever. Even if you had enough.... How would you know without being told that you weren't going to run out, that you weren't abandoned?

[mimitabby]

ps is she in heat?