Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Dear Midnight

I have a 12/13 year old siamese mix. I've had him since he was a kitten, at six months he was diagnosed urinary crystals. We switched food and up untill recently we haven't had any other health problems. This past year he's lost about 8lbs (he was about 20lbs before), and rather suddenly. He had occasional to often diarreah. He was vomiting for a while, and "going" outside the litterbox, nothing was safe, rugs, couch, etc. I took him to the vet and we have run literally hundreds of dollars in tests and trial medications, which we found was making his symptoms worse. So I took him off everything and refused to pay for anymore "trial treatments". I've had to lock him in the spare bedroom to prevent any accidents, but whatever I did seemed to have worked. I can't trust him in the rest of the house, and he HATES being locked in. He's been in there for about 8 months, at first he was fine with it. Now he crys and bangs on door. If I let him out he'll sit with me for awhile, then gets down and cries more. In fact the only time he is not crying is when he is sitting in my lap. I just don't know what to do, he seems to have energy, acts like he is starving all the time (and I know he eats good), and he continues to loose weight. I've tried all the tests, and now I am at a complete loss, I know I can't just get rid of him, but I don't think I can take many more sleepness nights especially after the baby is born.

So do you think I'm dealing with a behavior problem or health problem? Oh, I have tried ignoring the behavior at night, and I make sure he gets out everynight before bedtime, to "wear" him out. (I read your other article on the subject)Any help you can give me by either telling me what you think may be wrong with him or by helping me keep him quiet at night I would really appreciate it.

(Signed) Human

Dear Human

Index

1. NEW
   1. Unhappy cat, losing weight
2. Litter Box Problems
   1. Is She is Heat?
   2. Old Cat Has Potty Problems
   3. More Potty Problems
   4. Cat misses box, then gets wet
   5. Kitten Cries and Wets the Bed
   6. Cat Misses the Box
   7. More Kitten Mistakes
   8. Cat Confuses Bed and Box
   9. Baker Returns
   10. Toby's Troubles
   11. Kasey Refuses the Box
   12. How Long With Husker ?
   13. Wet McKinly
   14. Wee Babies Wee in Bed
   15. More Pee Problems
   16. Missing the Mark
   17. Moving the Box
   18. Poopoo Kitten
   19. Heat and the Box
   20. Poopsie Poops in the Petunias
   21. Kitten Doesn't Cover
   22. Rasmo in Trouble
   23. Scared Kitty Ruins Rug
   24. Squirts
   25. Dirty Rugs
   26. Emergency Poops
   27. Kitten Refuses Box
   28. Patches Dirty With Poopie
   29. Using the Guest Bathroom (so to mew)
   30. New Mother Refuses Litter Box
   31. Bathtub Potty
   32. Litter Box Problems 7,478,401
   33. Kitten Wetting problems
   34. Zeus and the Litter Box
   35. Urine Smells
3. Behavior Problems
   1. Grieving Kitty
   2. Rage Attacks
   3. Cat Bully
   4. Rage Attacks
   5. Cat Meows at Night
   6. Cat Meows at Night - Answer from a Reader
   7. Cat Sprays
   8. Cat Scratches and Sheds
   9. Cat Can't Control Spraying
   10. Marge Meows
   11. Yum-yum Yowls
   12. Cat Bites and Chews
   13. Cats Yell at Door
   14. Should I Let Him Go ?
   15. Counter Cats
   16. Tristan Tears Walls
   17. Shower Sprays
   18. Cat Rage
   19. Death to Screens!
   20. Living With An Attack Cat
   21. Loud Bailey
   22. A Secret War
   23. Again, Cries in the Night
   24. Biting and Purring
   25. Attack Cats!
   26. Timid Tuxedo
   27. Mewing Midnight
   28. Outside Cats Cause Fighting
   29. Scared Kitty
   30. Mishka Rules!
   31. Drooling Kitty
   32. Spraying Siamese
   33. Biting Cosette
   34. Roaming Sherlock
   35. Sleepless Sophie
   36. Misbehavor Caused by Heat?
   37. Eating the Couch
   38. Moving Around
   39. Moving Away
   40. Confused
   41. Crying Baby
   42. Fighting Friends
   43. More cries in the Night
   44. Sweetheart Not So Sweet
   45. More Cries in the Night
   46. Still More Cries in the Night
   47. A Cat's Nature
   48. Cat Frightens Owner
   49. Baby Bites
   50. Spells from Hell
   51. Goes outside, starts marking
4. Moving, Territorial Disputes, and Other Upsets
   1. Getting a Puppy?
   2. Cat Pees on Dog
   3. Friends Or Enemies??
   4. Psycho Kitten
   5. Cat Conflicts with Children
   6. Human Leaves Cat
   7. Duffy Ducks Dog
   8. Cat Hates to be Touched
   9. Baby Causes Cat to Spray
   10. Aggressive Picasso
   11. Upset Upsets Sophie
   12. Little Lost Baby
   13. Very Worried Owner
   14. Invader Cat Causes Problems
   15. Male at Door
   16. Cats and a New Baby
   17. Mr. Cat&dog
   18. Basket Case
   19. Another Fur Baby ?
   20. Help for Hissing
   21. Orphaned Baby
   22. Banished!
   23. Cat Wars
   24. Bogie On Off
   25. Shelby and Space
   26. Lucy is Lonely
   27. Flobby is Foreign
   28. Problem Causing Male
   29. Dirty and Loud
   30. Midnight the Mad Cat
   31. Raging Ripley
   32. Too Many Cats?
   33. Poor Kitty, Stressed and Depressed
   34. Peter and the Dogs
   35. From One Cat to Three
   36. Young Upstarts
   37. Stray Females Causes Discord
   38. Moving Along
   39. Kitten Invader!
   40. Introducing Cats
   41. New Dog Caused Litter Problems
   42. Xena(Warrior Kitty Princess)
   43. Introducing Strangers
   44. Two's Company: Three's a Crowd
   45. Little Baby: Big Cat
   46. Post Traumatic Stress
   47. A New Cat = New Troubles
   48. Merging Cat Families
   49. "Brothers" Begin to Fight
   50. Pushy Baby
   51. House Mates Fight
   52. Mom "Forgets" Kittens
   53. Cat Bully
   54. Aggression
   55. Hissing
   56. Precious Has Problems
   57. Blackie is Depressed
   58. Moving Upsets Kitty
   59. Return from vet, and then rejected
   60. Sniffing Rear
5. Developmental, Nuitritional, Medical and Other
   1. Cat Sits in Window and Gets Sick
   2. Cat Has Too Much Energy
   3. Cats Eat Litter
   4. Cat Drools and Sheds
   5. Cat In Heat is Very Hyper
   6. Heat Causes Spraying
   7. Why Oliver Purrs
   8. Grumbling About Chewing Habits
   9. Rosencrantz is Starving !
   10. Princess Is Messy
   11. Hair Embarressment
   12. Velcro Sticks His Nose In
   13. More of Misty to Love
   14. Bulimic Kittens ?
   15. Lazy Fluffball
   16. Hair Falls Out
   17. Jumping Jasmine
   18. Fur Balls!
   19. Slippers is Sad
   20. Sneakers Throws Up
   21. Sizable Sam
   22. Throwing Up
   23. Napoleon and the Wars
   24. Clawed kitten vs clawless cat
   25. Feral Kitten?
   26. Allergic
   27. Incest?
   28. Coccidia
   29. Kitten Won't Eat the Dry Stuff
   30. Unexpected Babies, Vet Unhelpful
   31. Matted Fur
   32. Dirty Ears
   33. Dirty Kitty
   34. Cat Invalid
   35. Sand Baths
   36. Worms
   37. Soft Poo
   38. Weak Babies
   39. Won't eat, may die
   40. Licking Too Much
   41. Neutered Male Interested in Female
   42. Furry Kitties Who Shed
6. Humor
   1. Humans Prefer Computer to Cat
   2. New Cat in the House
   3. Cat Wants to Go Onto the Balcony
   4. Unwanted Human Moves into the Territory
   5. Dog Disturbs Cat
   6. Pesky Kitten Thinks it is a Dog
   7. Humans Would Rather Play with Computer than with Cat
   8. New Kitten Disturbs Sick Cat
   9. Cat has canine difficulties
   10. Boy torments cat. Cat wants to mate.
   11. Cat Has Potty Problems
   12. The Battle for the Bed
   13. Trouble for Trouble
   14. Peel Peals Her Complaints
   15. Psi Hisses at Hose
   16. Rex Wants Kits but Hates Male
   17. Cat Worries About Elder
   18. Figgy Fights
   19. Olive and Her Sleepy Human
   20. Troubled Thomasina
7. Miscellanous
   1. Not Birds of Feather
   2. Wet Paw
   3. Climbing the Tree
   4. Humans and Vacations
   5. Bandit Stays Alone
   6. Mute Moorik
   7. Harmonica Kitty
   8. Why Kitties Lick Humans
   9. How to make Kitties Happy
   10. Cats and Birds
   11. Cats and Hunting
   12. Cat Meows Until Held
   13. Kittens and Vacation
   14. Play or Sex?
   15. Barn Cats?
   16. Why Cats Scratch on Posts
   17. Cat Prints on Cars
   18. Adding Dogs to the Family
   19. Plant Kitties
   20. Bathtub Cat
   21. Is it OK to be Boarded?
   22. Is it a Snear?