I had to move my cats' food bowls and litter boxes because we're re-arranging everything in the house to make room for a new baby. It's not the first time I've moved the litter boxes, but it is the first time I've moved the food.
One of my cats, a 5 year old spayed female, has been freaking out ever since I moved her stuff. She still goes to where the food bowl used to be and cries for hours, she's been running all over the house top speed all fluffed up and being really mean to the other cat. I've shown her where the food and litter box are a dozen times and she's eaten and used the box, but she's still acting crazy.
I know it takes a while for cats to get used to changes in their environment, but it's been a week and she's still doing this. There's no possibility of putting everything back where it was because that room is going to be the baby's room. I'm going to go insane too if this doesn't stop soon. What can I do?
2007-11-20 01:09:23 · 9 answers · asked by Rachael 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
I guess I should be more specific. I moved the food and litter boxes from the spare room upstairs to the laundry room on the main floor. It's really the only place they can go since our bathrooms are so tiny. I've already had the upstairs carpet cleaned (the baby's due in less than a month), so I'd really rather not put everything back up there. Our other cat is a dedicated digger and kicks litter out onto the floor every time he uses his box.
2007-11-20 01:43:30 · update #1
Kell is right. We did the same thing when we moved the litter boxes down stairs.
I am sorry shippou oud is so stupid.
2007-11-20 01:46:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how much time have you got till the baby arrives ? if you have a little time try putting the food and box back into the room and moving it day by day out of the door and making the way to the place you want it . she will settle down she sounds like my cat did the day we moved house , it took her a couple of weeks before she settled to the new place for food and littler . we now have her litter box in the bathroom and people make fun of it by saying " came on Gilly hurry up there's a cue out here " lol
2007-11-20 01:21:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I moved things from one room to another I picked up each cat individually, walked them over to the new place, put them down by the bowls, held their ribs so they got a good look at it, and let go. I did that three times with each cat, during the course of the evening. They were pretty bored with it, but it did impress on them that this was the new place for their stuff and they didn't give me any grief about it.
2007-11-20 12:11:36 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats are very sensitive about where their food is and whether it's secure... When my cat was over grooming and showing signs of stress the vet suggested moving their food. It could be that your cat feels that where the new position of the food is not safe, for example that other cats can get to it or that they are being watched when they eat... look at where you've moved the dish to from your cat's point of view, perhaps that will help.
Otherwise, the other suggstions of showing your cat where everything is or trying to move the food gradually are very valid. Given time, I'm sure your cat will settle.
2007-11-20 02:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you moved the litter and food into a room that can be shut, you might try keeping the cats contained in there for a few days.
2007-11-20 01:21:02 · answer #5 · answered by D.D. W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We did that I moved our cats bowl from one side of the kitchen to the other and she would not eat for like 2 days just keep showing her where everything is that is what I had to do.
2007-11-20 01:39:33 · answer #6 · answered by Kell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must get the budget in combination to get her to the vet. Call round and discover person who could receive fee plans. You are proper that it might be any quantity of matters. And opposite to what the opposite poster recounted...ringworm is HIGHLY contagious. She demands a wellbeing examination, bloodwork, and a fecal run. The white spots, that appear like grains of rice are tapeworms. She demands to be dealt with as a extreme infestation can kill her. If she could be very infested, it might be the motive for her different signs because the parasites are weakening her. And Im quite sorry that your neighbor is this kind of nutbag.....
2016-09-05 10:00:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could you put as near as poss to where it used to be
2007-11-20 01:13:50 · answer #8 · answered by sky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the cat keeps it up, put it outside.
((go right ahead, rate this thumbs down, in my opinion if animals can not adjust to slightly new things, and cause problems as a result, they shouldn't be in the house))
2007-11-20 01:18:36 · answer #9 · answered by Shippou Oud 3 · 0⤊ 7⤋