tontiangel
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Going to get first available appt with her primary vet. Just wanted to post here to collect info and hear any suggestions.
Miss Joey is a rescue - you can see my post history. She has always had anxiety - she has needed to regulate with pets, cuddles, food, play. She has her chill moments too. But definitely compared to Toadie, she is more “high strung.” For a bit it seemed like kitten energy.
Then I recall the first instance of her nervous peeing at the vets office about a year ago, and one night “yowling” - loud meows that made me anxious - after a vet visit.
At one point earlier this year she discovered the mirror - and her go to became running to the mirror and meowing loudly when she wasn’t getting attention or if I stopped playing with her.
The moment I would call her name, she would come prancing tail up and shaking - purring - and happy to be connected again.
She has certain times during the day - morning afternoon and evening where she will pace around the apartment. Again, if I am engaged in play with her - she breaks from that and is back in the action and seems soothed.
She will also calm down when her brother Toadie wakes up from his naps - they engage in play and grooming and have always gotten along.
So three months ago she peed in the bathtub. It was a stressed night I’m sure - I was up late prepping for my surgery and it was past her bedtime. Informed the internal med doc and she said it sounded behavioral, not health. About a month or so later she peed in there again - I put a little bit of water in there and close the curtain and she still attempted!
Again doc said behavioral.
I thought that’s one of her quirks like the rest and carried on.
Last night I was moving their play tunnel and saw pee on ground. I had a flashback to earlier in day - I was working and she was pacing meowing wanting engagement: I was not giving her at that moment. I recall a scratching at tunnel and thought she was self soothing by playing. Ah no that was the anxiety pee moment! And realized she has made that noise before at least once. So that was her new pee spot.
Realized too she just seemed extra in terms of the pee, loud yowl like meows and pacing - once again emailed the internal med doc. This time the doc said sounded behavioral / FIC and to go to primary.
So here I am today. I cleaned up the pee - need to buy special pee cleaner today. I trashed the tunnel, put a litter box there and some cat nip in area.
I put a cat shirt on her this morning and she immediately stopped anxious behavior and is sleeping.
anyway - as of May her labs all normal and no hcm. Urinalysis and all that. But of course here we are post pee and I think all her behaviors coming together clicking and I’m very glad we are going to vet.
If you all have advice etc I’m glad to hear it. I love her and I want her to feel calm. And of course - me too! Her anxiety has always made me anxious.
Miss Joey is a rescue - you can see my post history. She has always had anxiety - she has needed to regulate with pets, cuddles, food, play. She has her chill moments too. But definitely compared to Toadie, she is more “high strung.” For a bit it seemed like kitten energy.
Then I recall the first instance of her nervous peeing at the vets office about a year ago, and one night “yowling” - loud meows that made me anxious - after a vet visit.
At one point earlier this year she discovered the mirror - and her go to became running to the mirror and meowing loudly when she wasn’t getting attention or if I stopped playing with her.
The moment I would call her name, she would come prancing tail up and shaking - purring - and happy to be connected again.
She has certain times during the day - morning afternoon and evening where she will pace around the apartment. Again, if I am engaged in play with her - she breaks from that and is back in the action and seems soothed.
She will also calm down when her brother Toadie wakes up from his naps - they engage in play and grooming and have always gotten along.
So three months ago she peed in the bathtub. It was a stressed night I’m sure - I was up late prepping for my surgery and it was past her bedtime. Informed the internal med doc and she said it sounded behavioral, not health. About a month or so later she peed in there again - I put a little bit of water in there and close the curtain and she still attempted!
Again doc said behavioral.
I thought that’s one of her quirks like the rest and carried on.
Last night I was moving their play tunnel and saw pee on ground. I had a flashback to earlier in day - I was working and she was pacing meowing wanting engagement: I was not giving her at that moment. I recall a scratching at tunnel and thought she was self soothing by playing. Ah no that was the anxiety pee moment! And realized she has made that noise before at least once. So that was her new pee spot.
Realized too she just seemed extra in terms of the pee, loud yowl like meows and pacing - once again emailed the internal med doc. This time the doc said sounded behavioral / FIC and to go to primary.
So here I am today. I cleaned up the pee - need to buy special pee cleaner today. I trashed the tunnel, put a litter box there and some cat nip in area.
I put a cat shirt on her this morning and she immediately stopped anxious behavior and is sleeping.
anyway - as of May her labs all normal and no hcm. Urinalysis and all that. But of course here we are post pee and I think all her behaviors coming together clicking and I’m very glad we are going to vet.
If you all have advice etc I’m glad to hear it. I love her and I want her to feel calm. And of course - me too! Her anxiety has always made me anxious.
