Stressed cat

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I have a stressed cat.
He has always been a bit jumpy. We have had him and his sister since they were kittens, adopted from a cat rescue. They are now 2.5 years.
We live in a fairly quiet house (just 2 adults) and they are very affectionate with us but leave whenever we have visitors. They'll stay away until they are gone. We have a huge garden and neighbours have similar so they stay out a lot. I have seen no evidence of them fighting with other cats.
Recently our boy cat has become even more jumpy. We had some work done on the house which meant he didn't come in during the day because of the builders. This lasted for two weeks and he had access to food and water in the conservatory. The work finished 6 weeks ago.
He developed bald patches on his neck and back a few weeks ago. Took him to the vet as he looked like he had mange and bet thinks he is anxious and over grooming. My partner attributes this to having the building work done but I'm not sure. He had an anti-histamine injection which was meant to last 2 weeks and is due to wear off this week. He is still grooming a lot. We are not sure what to do next. I have ordered some plug in feliway for the house, but worry about the long-term consequences of this. Will this adversely affect him in anyway, and what about his sister, who is fine?
Would be grateful for advice.

Feliway is fine, don't worry about it. It won't do anything to his calm sister (maybe make her even more chilled, but that's ok). Its almost certainly the stress of building works.

You can also buy a spray to put on any soft furnishings too.

My cat over grooms because she starts and then just forgets to stop. If I call her she stops immediately, quite happily

Cats make out they are so superior but most of them are idiots.

Thanks for reply. That's reassuring.
I've reposted in the litter tray as I think that's where I should have put this, so would be grateful if further replies could be added there. Apologies. Don't start many threads!

We have a house cat (6years old ) Somehow WE brought fleas into the house and gave them to her. She developed a flea allergy and was over grooming and went half in a few areas. She had steroid injections and the vet said to buy Piriton ( only that as some other anti histamine is not cat friendly) and give her half of one a day. Thankfully we have remained flea free and so had she !

Thanks. No fleas, vet checked for that. Thank god.

I think your Cat is stressed due to the changes in his environment eg building work being done in the house

This has caused him huge stress by the looks of it

I would read this article and take it from there

catloverhere.com/2018/06/28/how-to-calm-a-stressed-cat-down/

Hope this helps

All the best

ShotsFired - your last sentence “Cats make out they are so superior but most of them are idiots” really made me laugh! Describes my cat perfectly 😂

@ShotsFired genius, describes my 5 perfectly 😂

my old lady gets a bit keen with the grooming and has been bald from her armpits backwards for ages. we got a rescue boy a year ago, and all 4 cats have been fine, apart from the baldness.

i got a feliway diffuser for the kitchen and my god, that shit is amazing. we call it Katamine as it has transformed old Bald and Grouchy into a blissed out furbag with a glorious coat.

i wish they made one for humans. seriously, get feliway. it’s made of magic.