Cat has turned into a complete nightmare!!

[Flutterpieandpinkieshy]

I'm at the end of my tether. Three weeks ago, we brought our newborn daughter home from hospital.

Our cat has gone completely nuts.

She's normally the most lovely little siamese cat ever. Sweet, quite talkative but that was never an issue, I was raised with Siamese so know that they're very vocal and intelligent. But since the baby she's turned into a monster.

She's constantly peeing and pooping on the babies things, in the moses basket, the car seat, babies clothes, baby gym... She's turned quite aggressive. Meowling, biting and scratching for absolutely no reason. She's tearing up the carpets and ruined the curtains by climbing them. She used to have absolutely no interest in the baby nursery before baby came along but now she's constantly hanging around outside the door, wailing loudly non stop and I mean NON STOP to get in... If she does get in there she immediately will pee on the carpet in the corner of the room.

She has a total of 3 litter boxes, she's the only cat. They're all clean, scooped and topped up immediately after use. I've made a point of trying to spend more time with her o er the last few weeks.. But it's become so that you cant even fuss her.

I've tried plug ins, treats, extra fuss, she's been to the vet they can't find any physical ailments and believe it to be behavioural.

I've put her in the garden for now.

I just want my sweet cat back. What can I do.

She’s jealous. My cat was the same so I got another cat to keep her company and she’s chilled out again.

Siamese are notoriously territorial / jealous cats. She’s not happy that your baby has taken top spot!

I would try a feliway plug in and a valerian collar (the latter stink at first, but less than cat shit on the floor...) both worked wonders on chilling out my mum’s Siamese cats.

You could also try various enrichments to keep the cat occupied elsewhere - toys where she has to wrangle out treats, catnip mice etc. Because they’re so clever they need lots of input, and as she will inevitably (and understandably) be getting less from you now, she will need her attention occupied elsewhere.

She's is jealous and if you've ever been jealous of someone very close to you you know it brings with it all sorts of horrible feelings.
Lots and lots of fuss.She is clearly intelligent and can see she has gone down a level in the family structure.
Rebuild her confidence with as much time you can afford her and hopefully in time she will accept baby as part of her family and stop trying to dominate baby to put herself back on top.
Persevere,her heart is a bit battered and bruised at the moment.🐈🐈🐈🐈

Shutting her in the garden will stress her more. You want to make her feel included rather than pushed out.

Has she met the baby?

Feliway abs Zylkene tablets (bought online, sprinkled on to food) should help. So will time. My cat had her nose completely out of of joint when my daughter came home but she's since concluded we're rubbish parents. She supervises nappy changes and as soon as she starts screaming she'll be all over me (literally) to get as close to her as possible!

I know she's feeling a bit battered at the mo. I feel awful for her. I feel awful for just shoving her outside. But little one is screaming for her bottle.... She has a dog kennel in the garden, which has several blankets in there, she has water and food out there.

I just feel like I'm being horrible to her.

I'm worried about our cat. He is spoiled rotten by me, my husband and our children. He loves attention and is the opposite to his sister.
We had our older children when he was a kitten so not sure how he'll react to a new baby.
Try to give your cat as much attention as possible and let her set the terms. Keep your babies things in a room where the cats not allowed.
It's jealousy and will pass. I have been playing baby sounds to our cat but he's not keen, although he's stopped running off.
I'm sure as your daughter gets older your cat will become affectionate again and will become best friend with your daughter