Please help me! I don't know what wrong with my cat!?

Question

Ok,, I have 3 cats. My problem is w/one of them. His name is Jessie and he is a 13 year old INSIDE cat. He has been his whole life. He was fixed as a kitten but suddenly started spraying a little this year when we would take him out. My husband and I take all of them outside once in a while but they are watched and contained. Anyway, he got out of the house by accident 2 weeks ago. He was gone for 2 whole night and finally came home on his own. This was the 3rd time he snuck out but it was never for this long. Now he is going nuts. He does nothing but cry by both the front and deck doors and does everything he can to escape. He does this from the time we get home from work till we go to bed. Everytime we get up and go to another room, he thinks one of us is going outside and runs to the door. He doesn't seem the same at all. He is acting nasty and seems to be going, borderline, insane. We are at our wits end and I do not know what to do about it? Please help!

Answer 1

I think you should let him outside. If your cat really loves you (which im sure it does) it will always come home. We all must remember that our house pets were once wild! Your cats curiosity must have got the best of him! If bad behavior continues your cat may need to see a vet.
Good Luck!

Mrs.Abbey Smith

Answer 2

Oh that is so sad! I love cats too and that would be pretty hard to deal with. Have you taken him to the vet to get him checked out yet? If not I think you should. Old animals are just like old people in that they need extra care as they age. It might be that he is going a little senile. I have also heard that when animals know they are not going to live long, they sometimes like to go off by themselves. I hope that is not the case but it may be. Also, if your cat is sick or in some kind of pain, the vet may be able to give him a medication to help him so that maybe he can be relaxed and comfortable again.

I sincerely hope your kitty is OK.

Answer 3

I really don't think you have too much to worry about. I think that Jessie has got the taste to go outside and once they have that, they always want to go out. I had a cat that we used to take outside, supervised, and everytime someone would go by the door, he would meow, scratch, anything to be noticed. But if your that worried, just take Jessie to the vet, that way you could have a piece of mine. Also, if he's not vaccinated, you def. should take him in just to be on the safe side. Good luck with everything!

Answer 4

if you do not wish for your cat to go outdoors, you might just need to bear with it for a while. My sister's cats did the same thing when she moved to an apartment, they eventually got used to it. Keep in mind that it is dangerous for a cat to be outside if it has no way of defending itself (if it is declawed etc..). If you do not have a problem with it going outside all the time let it roam, cats usually return where the food and love is. Also if you tire of opening and closing the door, i would recommend getting a cat door. Make sure your cat is wearing a collar! ^_^ hope this helps.

Answer 5

I also have 3 cats and they all go out and really enjoy it but they dont run away. They just stay in the yard and sun bathe. When they go out for the first time it seems like they disapear for a night and show up in the morning. One of my cats loves to go out and crys when we are around the door.Maybe he has found a girlfriend ? in my neiborhood there are a lot of owned loose cats that wander into my yard. Just keep him in and he will settle down after a little while. Good luck

Answer 6

Obviously it was a pretty good time for him!

I have seen some companies that sell little wire tunnels that you can set up to go through your yard which would keep your cat on property and still be able to go out and check out the birds and grasshoppers and all the cool summer stuff.

I do caution you that the ones that I saw, would not keep a dog from snatching your cat up. Keep that in mind.

Answer 7

Take him to the vet. Maybe he got a taste of outside and really loved it. Try getting a cat harness and putting it on him attached to a very long light leash. At 13 years old, the cat may be losing some of it's sanity. Cats suffer from diseases of the mind, just like people do. Good luck. I hope the cat gets better. I like cat people.

Answer 8

The poor thing has sat and looked out windows at things it wants to actually see for itself and it fought back its natural instincts but now that its been outside the ''dam has burst'' and its instincts that have been bottled up are overflowing and it has to run its course. I wish you all the Luck and watch your cat closely if you let it out which you should,supervised of course. and slowly shorten the time spent outside day by day.to a short time every other day and so on.

Answer 9

many decades ago, there was a song that went:
how you gonna keep them down on the farm, now that they've seen Paris.

this is a tough one; you may have to just let him out when he wants, or put him in a room with a closed door, water, and a litter box during the times when you can't stand his crying

Answer 10

The spraying thing is a primitive reflex....he is marking his turf. The going outside probably triggered it. It's different from accidental urination which is something you want your vet to check as that may mean he has urinary crystals...this is usually a squat/pee thing where spraying is backing up and squirting foul stuff. Going out wakened his inner tiger and at his age, it is harder for him to control that tiger once it gets out. If you tough it out, he will probably quiet down over time, but it will not go away if he gets to go out there in his new personal jungle at all. There's also cat pheromone sysytems you plug in an outlet to help him calm down if you feel he must stay in. If your yard is safe, why not let him enjoy his second kittyhood?? Could be worse...my little boychick got loose and had to be rescued from himself as he was just terrified of the big world. He wedged himself 20 feet into a grapevine mass and turned on his siren until I came and whacked my way into his sanctuary, whereupon he flung himself onto me, peed himself silly and practically whipped me back into the house, where he hid in the closet for days.
and then there's the time my Mom called and wanted me to check out "Henry". He'd gotten out and came back in acting all weird, spraying and aggressive and stuff. I went to her house and pulled the crabby, wild thing out from under her bed to seee if I could help her out and discovered it wasn't "Henry" at all, just looked almost exactly like him. Let the poor guy out and "Henry" showed up a few days later, acting quite himself....