You are not the only one who can suffer stress, your cat too. As you hear it, animals and, in particular, felines get just as stressed out as humans. Has your furry inexplicably stopped using the litter box and relieves himself in the middle of the room? Have you suddenly stopped eating for no apparent reason? Does he get aggressive many times out of the blue? Does he spend the day in hiding or does he not stop grooming himself ? All these are clear symptoms that the pet is stressed and behind its discomfort there may be some kind of extra complication, pay attention and take it to the vet if you observe these worrisome signs. As always, complications have a better solution if they are caught in time.
For what reasons can a cat get stressed?
But why can a cat be stressed if it does not lead the hectic pace of life that many humans do? You may wonder … Well, even if the kitten does not have to work more hours than a clock, carry responsibilities that seem to multiply, reconcile work and professional life and other obligations in the human world, he also has his reasons.
One of the situations that most stress cats are moving. Pussycats do not like changes at all and a move involves a considerable alteration of their life: change of place of residence, perhaps of routines, presence of furniture and often unknown objects, the disorder of cardboard boxes, unknown people who intervene in it … It’s too much for them.
The arrival of other animals at home and especially if the new one is a dog will be a source of great stress for the cat. It will also become unbalanced if someone you don’t know suddenly shows up at your house, whether it is settling in at home or is only going to be a few days. Again, these are changes in his life whose impact we will have to cushion by introducing animals and people without forcing and respecting the time of the pussycat.
Do you want to know what other circumstances your cat does not take very well? We tell you more in the gallery below and we give you solutions to try to minimize your stress.
