I recently adopted a new cat three days ago. He has a basket where he sleeps, where there is his special blanket from the shelter.
I walk into to check on him, and he plays and then goes into his basket. He will knead the blanket with his claws and then bite onto the blanket and suck and gnaw on it. I’m confused and want to know why he does this.
Thank you in advance.
Sarah
Okay kind of a long story- i have a two year old neutered male cat. I have a male and female from the same litter and they have been inside since we got them at 6 weeks old. He swllowed a piece of elastic and the vet at seal laird did surgery and removed it. It is a very sweet cat and he is very attached to me. He is a big boy at 17 lbs. His problem is he runs through the house defecating . He will leave the litterbox from urinating and run full blast through the house pooping. I have taken him to every vet within a 30 mile radius and they call it behavior problem. I can not put him outside because we have two labs and two outside cats. The vets have tried prozac and prednizone and neither helped. He is up to date on vaccines and they have done blood work and x rays. I have 6 litter boxes in 4 rooms for two cats, with different kinds of litter and even newspaper. He will whine when he goes. I have tried the attract litter and I have had the floors professionally cleaned . My husband wants me to have the cat put to sleep as we can not even have people over because we are scared of what our cat will do. i have approximatley a week to fix this or that is what will happen.
If it is behavior , I can’t fix it. If it is some sort of physical issue, I want to help him.
Any questions-just let me know.
Thanks
Sandra
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