Cat advice - PLEASE!!!

[Millys Mum]

You could try a feliway plug in and see if that helps. I know how you feel as Milly stalked me for 3 months after she spent the first few weeks hiding under the bed. And she didnt even like me!! 

[caledonia]

Thanks folks - he may well settle down. I guess 3 months is not a long time and their foster mum has 15 other cats so maybe Edgar is being a bit indulgent since they have me all to their selves!!

We shall see - he has in fact been very quiet since I started this topic - lol is it not always the way!!

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

I have a similiar problem with Franta and he is currently flaked out at the side of my elbow on Misas desk.

He will follow me where ever I go and come looking for me if I go into the garden.....he is nearly deaf and in therory cant hear me when I leave a room but..................is he a con  merchant lol.

When he first arrived he was shut in front room with his bro and used to shout at and whine at the top of his voice if I weasnt in there and used to shut me out cos he scratched up the carpet behind the door.

He relaxed a bit once he had the run of the house and especially the bedroom.

He had been sgut in a garage without much human contact for quiet a long time before he camme to me and as birmans like ragdolls love human contact I think this has had a big part to play in his behaviour.

I am sure that Edgar will improve with time and I have had Franta now for over 2 years.......mind you he has found ways of getting attention recently that he hasnt done before LOL

[Bazsmum]

Oh well..... just shut the door on him! 

[caledonia]

Thanks very much for that - I am not sure if he does have seperation anxiety on reading it though!

I mean he does follow me but thats it, no issues when I am leaving the house, no calling when I leave (I live in a stair on the 34d floor so would hear - as I used to with Bertie  ), no acting out behaviour, great appetitie etc.

So the only real sign he is showing is following me from room to room which is often the case in raggies anyway - my friends two follow her too - they just don't insist on sitting on her head at the same time and shouting about it lol!!

Hmmm not sure now!

He has actually been quiet since I typed this and is sitting on floor beside me - and OScar has joined us 

[Bazsmum]

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1310&articleid=2372 

Not wanting to cause a ruckus here but if it sep anxiety he is suffering then ignoring him from the onset for a long period of time may actually be more harmful in the long term for you both....it usually starts with say 5 mins out of the room then progresses! 

[caledonia]

Maybe I just need to be harsher then  !

I now have to shut them out the room at night because I was so tired for work all the time that I was useless so it started about a month ago and he has adjusted to that!

Yep maybe I just need to start shutting the kitchen or Spare room door on him! I feel bad cos I get grouchy with him !

What are seperation anxiety methods? Sorry I am a bit clueless!

[Bazsmum]

Have you tried seperation anxiety methods to help the situation?

[Angiew]

Sorry, I love this behaviour.
when i seriously want time out from the cats the room door gets closed, I ignore the cries and things soon settle down!

[caledonia]

I have now had my two rescue babes for 3 months and hmmmmm Edgar's behaviour is starting to get a bit much!! 

They are both 11 and came to me via a UKRCC foster where they had been for 3 and a half months.

In the last couple of months Edgar has got very vocal which I don't have a problem with - my last fur babe was a Balinese so I am well used to it  !

It is now getting very frustrating however as basically as soon as I am doing ANYTHING in the house he constantly moans and follows me. He is not a lap cat at all and if I am in the living room he will sit wherever and just snooze or lie on the window sill. As soon as I move however, whether it be to tidy up, put laundry on, go on the PC or make a meal he follows me and just meows and meows. I realise this is quite sweet but when I am on the PC he trys to clamber all over me and same when I am cooking - he is constantly trying to crawl up my leg. It is at the point where I wait until he is out for the count before I dare venture down stairs - and as soon as he hears movement he is up.

I know it probably sounds like I am exagarating or making something out of nothing but it really is a lot when it is constant!! I can hear him right now moaning from the top of the stairs - it is almost as if he is indignant that I had the cheek to leave him in the living room!

Oscar meanwhile is happily snoozing in the sun patch in the living room!!

Is this just a severe form of seperation anxiety!! Any one had this problem?