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To believe that my cat is trying to tell me something bad?

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WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 02/05/2024 22:55

My cat has been acting up tonight, she's usually a very quiet kitty and will please herself and most of the time we don't k ow she's here! Tonight she had been meowing non stop, crying and yelling, obviously I've tended to her needs and I can't think of a reason she would be acting like this, shes also being very clingy and won't leave my side either..I've fallen down a Google rabbit hole and I already have make anxiety and OCD amongst other mental health issues. Google has just come up with the delight of cats can sense impending death, heart attacks and cancers and when they sense someone is going to die they will be unsettled and clingy. So now my intrusive brain is worrying that I'm going to die, scared to go to sleep because what is my cat trying to tell me? Deep down I know I'm being totally insane. But is there any truth to googles aims and how likely is it? Currently about to have a breakdown and commit myself to the nearest loony bin. Clearly it's where i belong.

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MaryFuckingFerguson · 06/05/2024 11:10

She’s unwell or in heat as opposed to a portent of doom. 🤨

Take her to the vet and stop being so silly.

MJCadman · 06/05/2024 11:03

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Runnerinthenight · 05/05/2024 16:49

MJCadman · 04/05/2024 18:58

@Runnerinthenight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Tell me you’re a Richard without telling me you’re a Richard.

Nasty! Mocking someone who is clearly mentally unwell isn’t big, and it isn’t clever!

Lucysllama · 04/05/2024 19:50

WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 02/05/2024 23:00

No she hadn't been yet, she's around 9 months old

This. If she’s not been spayed, she’s in heat.

IncompleteSenten · 04/05/2024 19:48

WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 18:00

Thanks, I've long sunning issue with my mental health and am I fer the care of CMHT although I've been doing well the last few weeks sometimes I have moments. Which is this, I know it may sound selfish but I think the whole thing with Cleo being unusual triggered something.

I understand. I struggle myself and I know how your thoughts can go round and round and really disturb you.
Take care of yourself.

MJCadman · 04/05/2024 18:58

@Runnerinthenight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

MrsPinkSky · 03/05/2024 18:19

Runnerinthenight · 03/05/2024 18:04

I don't know why people had to be so rude, as it was clear from your opening post that you weren't all that well.

I hope you feel better in yourself, and in knowing what is the matter with Cleo. You were kind to take her in. Take care x

I expect the ableist language and the fact yet another person has taken on an animal without bothering to Google very basic care, has rubbed people up the wrong way.

Well done for making the appointment OP.

Runnerinthenight · 03/05/2024 18:04

WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 18:00

Thanks, I've long sunning issue with my mental health and am I fer the care of CMHT although I've been doing well the last few weeks sometimes I have moments. Which is this, I know it may sound selfish but I think the whole thing with Cleo being unusual triggered something.

I don't know why people had to be so rude, as it was clear from your opening post that you weren't all that well.

I hope you feel better in yourself, and in knowing what is the matter with Cleo. You were kind to take her in. Take care x

WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 18:00

IncompleteSenten · 03/05/2024 17:46

Are you feeling any better now, op?
Not with all the snarky comments, obviously. I mean now you know its a simple matter of spaying your cat and not a sign somethings going to happen to you.
Is this the first time you've felt this way?

Thanks, I've long sunning issue with my mental health and am I fer the care of CMHT although I've been doing well the last few weeks sometimes I have moments. Which is this, I know it may sound selfish but I think the whole thing with Cleo being unusual triggered something.

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WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 17:58

BobbyBiscuits · 03/05/2024 13:12

She's desperate to go outside, and is probably on heat. She needs to have a hysterectomy. Once she has this, can you allow her out? In an ideal world cats want outdoor space.
She may need updates on her vaccines as well.

Yes they will be doing vaccines as well when she goes.

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WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 17:58

Bumblebeeinatree · 03/05/2024 12:37

If she's looking fat she could be pregnant or about to give birth. They get very uncomfortable just before the birth.

She has never been outside, not even in the garden. Well she has but only in her cat carrier.

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WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 17:57

ilovepixie · 03/05/2024 17:52

How's the cat now? Is she still unsettled?

She's much less unsettled and she calmed down eventually last night, she was asleep on my pillow this morning 🤣 shes been a bit yelpy and still very vocal today, very clingy and affectionate but she is usually very affectionate anyway.

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CurlewKate · 03/05/2024 17:53

She's on heat. Make sure you keep her in. And make an appointment tent to have her spayed.

The simplest explanation is almost always the right one.

ilovepixie · 03/05/2024 17:52

How's the cat now? Is she still unsettled?

IncompleteSenten · 03/05/2024 17:46

Are you feeling any better now, op?
Not with all the snarky comments, obviously. I mean now you know its a simple matter of spaying your cat and not a sign somethings going to happen to you.
Is this the first time you've felt this way?

Excited101 · 03/05/2024 17:12

Well done booking her in op, it’s possible there were male cats lurking outside which she could see/smell and it upset her. Poor little thing. Now you can relax ☺️

Runnerinthenight · 03/05/2024 17:04

MJCadman · 03/05/2024 07:26

@WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn

9 months is too old to spray I think.

Mine were done about 3 months.

OMG that's such crap! I had a male neutered in his early teens! Stop peddling nonsense!

Runnerinthenight · 03/05/2024 17:01

bradpittsbathwater · 03/05/2024 03:36

Keeping a cat indoors is cruel. Get her spayed for gods sake and let her outside.

Tell that to my three draped luxuriously across my sofa and footstool fast asleep!

It is NOT cruel if the cat is content. Mine are. They don't look to go out and I am so glad.

Runnerinthenight · 03/05/2024 16:59

WhatTheHellIsGoingOnnn · 03/05/2024 10:37

I've called the vets and she is booked in to be spayed, they will do it even if she in season, just an extra charge. They were a lot less judgy and rude then some of you. But thanks to those that offered helpful comments.

Glad that you are getting her spayed. She may not normally want to go out but cats in heat are desperate to get to the nearest male, and they her! Be very vigilant until you've had her spayed!

I got mine done around the 6 month mark, except for my rescues which had already been spayed/neutered when they came to live with me.

And if she is used to being indoors, keep her in where she's content. So many horrible things and evil people can befall a cat.

fieldsofbutterflies · 03/05/2024 16:51

@marshmallowfinder gotten is actually the original English - "got" is the modern version.

DrJonesIpresume · 03/05/2024 15:52

marshmallowfinder · 03/05/2024 13:08

Gotten is awful. Maybe used in the USA, but bloody well not in the UK. It's 'got.'

'Gotten' was the original English language version which went over to the States with the Pilgrim Fathers et al. They still use the original, in the UK it is largely obsolete, but not incorrect. 🙂

Incidentally we do still use 'forgotten' as well as 'forgot'.

TimeInBlue · 03/05/2024 13:47

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BobbyBiscuits · 03/05/2024 13:12

She's desperate to go outside, and is probably on heat. She needs to have a hysterectomy. Once she has this, can you allow her out? In an ideal world cats want outdoor space.
She may need updates on her vaccines as well.

marshmallowfinder · 03/05/2024 13:08

DrJonesIpresume · 03/05/2024 12:53

'Gotten' is fine. It is an alternative version, most often used in the USA nowadays.

Gotten is awful. Maybe used in the USA, but bloody well not in the UK. It's 'got.'

DrJonesIpresume · 03/05/2024 12:53

TallulahBetty · 03/05/2024 12:49

GOT* not gotten, and you need to get her spayed asap. No excuses for 'haven't got around to doing it'. Poor thing

'Gotten' is fine. It is an alternative version, most often used in the USA nowadays.