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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

3082.0. "Is Ben THAT Sensitive/Intuitive?" by MICLUS::MTAG () Mon Nov 27 1989 12:33

    A few weeks ago, I entered a note about Benjamin urinating in places
    other than his litter box.  I had him on valium for a week and he is
    now fine.  I have some questions, though, about how sensitive cats
    really are.  Ben has always been MY cat - he goes where I go, sleeps
    where I sleep, etc.  Since he came off the valium, he's been over
    possessive of me and won't leave me alone.
    
    I am currently 3 1/2 months pregnant with our first child.  My mother
    seems to think Ben sensed the baby, was jealous, and therefore pee'd
    where he shouldn't have.  The valium seemed to even out this behavior
    problem (thank God) but now he's all over me.  I've had Ben for 7 years
    and am his 3rd owner.  When I got him and since then, he likes to
    nurse/suck on anything that's attached to me.  This has gotten worse
    lately and he loves to use my stomach as a pillow.  Do you think my mom
    is right and Ben senses the baby?  Or do you think he's just trying to
    comfort me since he constantly sees me in the bathroom with "all day"
    (vs "morning") sickness?  I love my cat, but he's really gotten to be a
    pain in the neck.  Even my husband has noticed the behavior change
    (which leads me to believe it's not all in my mind).
    
    Thanks,
    Mary

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3082.1	sounds wonderful to me..	MAMIE::IVES		`Mon Nov 27 1989 15:23`	16
	We have had the same problems with Mocha lately. I keep telling him his behavior is unacceptable but he isn't listening. I asked the vet to please give me something to change his awful behavior and he won't. He says Mocha has a behavioral problem. (Bright answer to give when I am ready to kill him (the cat not the vet.) We are still working on the problem. Valium sounds great maybe he would be layed back enough that he would stop peeing in the house and beating up on Ming, the fact that it would turn him into a love bug would be more than I would dream of. Mocha a mush face, NEVER happen. Right Roberta? My suggestion would be take advantage of Benjamin now in case it doesn't last. Barbara
3082.2		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Mon Nov 27 1989 17:16`	6
	I think Ben is probably trying to comfort you because he thinks you are sick (somewhere in this file is a Dr. Cat note recounting similar experiences), and probably also he realizes that something is changing and cats always feel insecure about changes. Enjoy the cuddling while it lasts.
3082.3		NZOV01::PARKINSON	Reunite Gondwannaland!	`Mon Nov 27 1989 17:41`	14
	I seem to remember reading something somewhere (I'm a great help, aren't I? :-)) about the amazing changes in hormone levels that women get in pregancy having an effect on cats. With their super-sensitive noses you smell different to them (in the nicest possible way!) and they react very positively; especially boy cats, I think. Also, if you are around home more at the moment (being ill), Ben probably appreciates your company and is reacting accordingly. Seems a pretty radical solution to making an unfriendly cat friendly :-). How about it, Mocha and Ming's mother? :-) Shayne (New Zealand) - thank goodness my boys are lovers anyway!
3082.4	some suggestion..???	WILKIE::IVES		`Tue Nov 28 1989 02:26`	10
	That wouldn't be radical, it would be ridiculous!!!!!!!!! There must be another way, there must be another way, there must be another way.......... We'll find that ugly button that some one pushes on Mocha while he's sleeping to make him like that. (We all know cats are not born mean.)???? Barbara