Whats wrong with my cat?

Question

My cat keeps licking herself and meowing really loud and its annoying. Does she have fleas?

Answer 1

Is your cat fixed? she might be in heat!!!

Answer 2

When a cat is hypervocalizing (meowing and meowing for no apparent reason), the cause could be any of the following:

1. Estrus (in heat) can cause intact female cats to hypervocalize. Not all owners recognize heat for what it is. To some it appears unexpectedly and mysteriously as sudden onset displays of rolling, rubbing, and, yes, hypervocalization. The solution in this case is to have the cat spayed (fixed; de-sexed) by the vet.

2. Attention seeking: This is a learned behavior fueled by the owner's positive reaction to the cat's vocal demands. Do you give yor cat your attention, feed her, pet her, goo over her when she meows? Does she know you will stand up and attend to her when she vocalizes? Then she has learnt that meowing will get her waht she wants. Solution to this is to start ignoring her calls for attention. If the silent treatment brings more frantic meowing, "sin-bin" her by putting her in her cat carrier for 10 minutes. Put her in there again if she starts yowling again. Do it consistently and pretty soon, she'll learn that meow-meowing will earn her the "sin-bin."

3. Cognitive dysfunction: This usually affects older cats who will have other behavioral changes along with the constant wailing (disorientation, altered social interactions, sleep disturbances, and perhaps, house soiling). Cognitive dysfunction may respond positively to deprenyl (Anipryl®) prescribed by a veterinarian.

4. Compulsive hypervocalization: This could be brough about becuase the cat is extremely frustrated or bored or both. The boredom and frustration in turn induces stress. The cat may compulsively over-groom herself of become destructive. This kind of overvocalization can be addressed with environmental erichment stragegies: lots of cat toys; new scratchers; cat furniture (window perches; cat condos, cat trees, cat rus, etc). The cat can also benefit from anti-stress or anti-anxiety herbals that you can buy from the pet store.

5. Changes in the cat's environment: Have you moved? Is there something different in the environemnt of the cat? New Furnitures? New people, new pet? Or was there a subtraction - someone went away? If so, then in time the cat will come to accept the new environment; but will need plenty of comforting reassurances from you.

As you can see, you need to find out what is triggering your kitty's hypervocalization.

Answer 3

Is your cat fixed? Sounds like she may be in heat. If she is already fixed, then yes it could be fleas bothering her. Let her lay on a white towel and when she gets up, look at the towel and if there are a lot of little black spots, then she has flea's. If she keeps meowing I would take her to your Vet, she may be in pain and can't tell you were it hurts. Good luck

Answer 4

This could be nervous licking which is usually caused by boredom or anxiety. The loud meowing would make me wonder if she is in pain. If she is licking the same area repeatedly see if she has a wound or a skin condition. If so, she needs to see a vet.

Answer 5

If your cat has not been spayed she is probably in heat. Fe-
male cats carry on quite noisely when in this situation. Male
cats just spray all over everything with a really smelly urine
based scent that attracts the female. or,
maybe she has fleas.

Answer 6

Look at your cat, if the cat had fleas you would see them jumping off her. Take your cat to the vet if you do not see fleas.

Answer 7

Your cat should be fine. My sisters cat will do the same thing and it is because he has an itch. When your cat does this again, just rub the cat and see if that works.

Answer 8

Where is she licking? Has she been spayed? If she is licking her gentitals and if she hasn't been spayed, then she is probably in heat. If she has fleas, they she will not only lick herself, but will be scratching uncontrollably.

Answer 9

is she spay? if she isnt fixed then she is in heat. you might want to check for fleas if she is fixed, the most common sign is flea dirt, lightly scratch by your cats ears, and under her chin, if you find what looks like dirt under your nails then its fleas

Answer 10

no, nothing should be wrong with her. if cats lick themselves that's their form of a bath. if she's meowing loudly try to follow her, she might want somthing

Answer 11

Maybe she has that one condition excima or something like that. It's really really really dry skin, and it's terrible itchy and painful. My sisters cat has that, and he itches so bad that he yanks wads of fur out constantly. He has to take pills for it, but your kitty may be itchy???