Cat jumps away from food
wasted
A cat that I have looked after for about 15 years (he moved in, aged about
1-2 years, but allowed me to stay!!) has always been a very scary/wary
creature, not comfortable having humans, including me, in the same room. But
he has always allowed me to serve him food in his bowl.
Of late he has been behaving oddly towards food. At first he was seemingly
not eating and I was going to take him to vet to be checked. Now he is not
called the cat from hell for nothing - getting him into a cat box is not a
job for the faint-hearted.
Anyway he has been drinking OK, and I was offering him a wide variety of
food types and textures, but he would come and sniff at it and literally
jump away as though it had bitten him, or he would sniff at it from a
distance and slink away. But with perseverance I have discovered that if I
put a small amount on the floor near him, but well away from me, he will
come and eat it quite happily, no sign of pain or discomfort. And that way
he gets through a whole meal, just one bit at a time, off the floor. I can
get him started eating like this and then try to revert to a bowl - and
no-go, but he will drink from that same bowl!!
In another life I am dealing with an ageing parent who has had some small
strokes and is getting into dementia issues - with some very odd behaviour
at times.
Cat is also getting on of course - and I wondered if this jumping away from
the bowl might be something similar - brain failing, mixing up strange
perceptions/responses? anyone ever come across it?
Thanks
Gandalf
You should post this question on rec.pets.cats.health+behav
It gets far more traffic than this group.
wasted
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>Cat is also getting on of course - and I wondered if this jumping away from
>the bowl might be something similar - brain failing, mixing up strange
>perceptions/responses? anyone ever come across it?
>
>Thanks
You should post this question on rec.pets.cats.health+behav
It gets far more traffic than this group.
thanks - will do