cat acting strange

[ab]

I just got back after many hours trip and notice that my cat is acting strange.  He is going from one spot to another.  Changing places quickly.  Stuck his tongue out for bit.  Just seems stressed and pacing.  (He is usually chill and mellow)
I cooled down the apt now thinking maybe this Himalayan three and half year old awesome cat is too hot due to all the fur.
Hope he is OK else off to the vet ....
Anyone experience such behaviour from their cat?

[herm]

How to Wash the Cat...
1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.
2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.
3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.
4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.
5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash and rinse".
6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.
7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.
8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.
9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.

[Speedbag]

Hope the little guy's OK.

As for the odd behavior, one of ours acts so bizarre from one minute to the next we'd never be able to determine if something was wrong with him. 

[filter]

I just got back after many hours trip and notice that my cat is acting strange.  He is going from one spot to another.  Changing places quickly.  Stuck his tongue out for bit.  Just seems stressed and pacing.  (He is usually chill and mellow)
I cooled down the apt now thinking maybe this Himalayan three and half year old awesome cat is too hot due to all the fur.
Hope he is OK else off to the vet ....
Anyone experience such behaviour from their cat?

You have a beautiful cat.

It sounds like stress to me.  Our cat pants and paces when she is scared -- for example when she is riding in a car.

Cats generally don't "pant" when they get hot, so it is probably something else.  If it persists, take it to a vet.

[silvrayn]

When a cat pants with its tongue out, it's often from stress, not overheating.  (We learned that the hard way during a 3 hour road trip.)  Was the cat on the trip with you or home alone?  Either way, it's probably a stressful time.  Also, is there any chance that a bug or even a mouse has slipped into the house?  Whenever my cat is running from place to place and acting crazy, it's often that a bug is flying around the house or an ant is crawling across the floor.

Either which way, I hope he's okay.  There's nothing worse than having a sick cat and not knowing what's wrong.  It took us almost a year to figure out that Izzy had food allergies and that's why she was throwing up, not hairballs or stress.

Also, if he's single, he should call Izzy

They'd make a cute couple.

[Grampa]

that would be the "I feel guilty for shitting in your helmet while you were gone" behavior.


in all seriousness..... whenever Bob (my fat tub of goo cat) was left alone for an extended time, he acted a lil different than normal. He use to get pissed and knock stuff off the table,  then for a short period he would crap outside his poo-box, but now that he has other pets around during our times  away, he's fine.

[Rufus120]

Sounds like he might just be stressed like everyone is saying.  If it continues for a longer period of time, see the vet.  One of my cats was acting up last year and after trying a few things we took him to the vet and it turned out he had a urine infection.

[ab]

Thanks everyone for your input.  He seems a better today and relaxed.  I had gotten him a different brand of dry food earlier in the week so I went back to his original.  I found some yellow stuff he threw up last night.  I will observe him next few days and see what is going on.  He is due for yearly check in November.  I might have to make that a bit earlier.

[Silvaryn]  Yeah, hagu is single and looking despite being fixed     (no, I did not get him fixed, the girl that had him before me had that done    )

[bobspapa]  It could be that "I feel guilty for shitting in your helmet while you were gone" .  Usually he is not needy and keeps to himself which is cool.

The only thing I notice is that when I leave for work and leave the window open is that apparently a neighborhood cat and him had gotten in a hissing fight a few weeks ago where the other cat (street cat) actually damaged the windows screen.  Not sure if that has some significance since Hagu is homebody although I do take him outside for a stroll daily by my side.

[Grampa]

bob was an only child before lm and I got married. he was verrrrry much a loner and preferred to be by himself (even if I was home)....but if I dared leave him by himself for more than the normal workday.... he let me know he was not happy about it.

[CairnsDuc]

The only thing I notice is that when I leave for work and leave the window open is that apparently a neighborhood cat and him had gotten in a hissing fight a few weeks ago where the other cat (street cat) actually damaged the windows screen.  Not sure if that has some significance since Hagu is homebody although I do take him outside for a stroll daily by my side.

We have 2 cats which are pretty cruisy, The Siamese (Desmo) is a touch insane, but that's why we love him!

We have the same problem with a cat from the house behind us, it gets in to hissing/screaming fights with our Siamese cat through the Patio Screen/security door, that will freak Desmo out, he all is all puffed up like a toilet brush for hours afterwards and he wanders from room to room growling looking for the other cat, and from the stress of it he would throw up and would be all out of sorts. (Both our Cats are house cats, never allowed outside)
We now close and lock the glass door behind the screen door at night, he can still see the other cat on the Patio, but it doesn't bother him and he's been back to his normal self.

But it still amazes me how the other Cat used to freak him out, even though they never touched each other.

[NAKID]

Why has no one stated the obvious? He's a cat....

[CairnsDuc]

Why has no one stated the obvious? He's a cat....

True....There is that. 

[Jobu]

Why has no one stated the obvious? He's a cat....

Exactly what I thought last night but it would've been the first post.  I would've felt terrible if the cat had died or gotten really sick.

[TiNi]

i'm thinking it's a hairball...

long haired cats can't digest that amount of hair from cleaning themselves on their own

go to the pet store and get something to help them out 

it could be serious...

[bevel]

i'm thinking it's a hairball...

long haired cats can't digest that amount of hair from cleaning themselves on their own

go to the pet store and get something to help them out 

it could be serious...

I strongly recommend the "Furminator" from the dog grooming section of the pet store. Leaves the top coat alone and gets all the dead and released hair from the under coat. Stores put it in with dog stuff, but its marketed on their website for both cats and dogs.

My Maine Coon loves it and a bi-weekly brushing during the summer keeps her mellow.