Hello. Just wondered if anyone else has experienced this? Full story below.
I’ve never had cats, grew up with a dog. Partner grew up with cats and dogs, animals are always drawn to him, animals are always quite reserved with me for some reason.
We moved in our current house 2.5 years ago, a small cat/ large kitten was hanging around our garden, friendly little thing, always wanted stroking. Looked a bit under weight, furr was not in great condition.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, cat was meowing outside our house in the early hours of the morning to come in. To confirm, we never fed her or let her in.
Fast forward a really long story, we found out she lived in the next street with 3 other cats and 3 dogs... owner was going to give her to cats protection, (apparently she was a nightmare) so we adopted her instead.
She’s a great cat, she was only 18 months at the time. She’s now 4 years old, I couldn’t have asked for a better cat to say I’ve never owned one. Really loving, obedient most of the time! When we adopted her we found out she had never been to the vets, so we made sure she had all her injections, we keep up to her flea treatments and she gets checked every 6 months.
However the only issue is she just constantly licks her self, if she’s not outside, she’s grooming, in between her cat napping, she’s grooming. She’s had some tests and nothing seems to be wrong with her, she now has a lovely soft coat, it actually feels like silk, and she’s got soooo much furr!
I’m wondering if it’s a form of post traumatic stress from her previous owner? But if so, how can I stop this? It’s honestly obsessive to the point where I can’t stand to hear her lick any longer! I feel sorry for her to be honest, the noise actually wakes me up in the night. Any suggestions please?