Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or has any pearls of wisdom to share.
My neutered female moggie (18months) who we’ve had since she was a kitten has all of a sudden started attacking me, entirely randomly, and acting more aggressive. This is just with me, not my husband.
I’m currently 18 weeks pregnant with a boy. She has been acting this way since I was approx. 7 weeks.
Although she adores my husband too, I have always been “her human”. She prefers women and she knows full well how much I adore her, so she has always followed me around EVERYWHERE like a shadow and we’ve had a lovely little bond.
But now she’s like an entirely different cat, and the only thing that seems to have changed is me being pregnant! She stalks me, pounces on me, bites me… this is all while I’m just going about my everyday tasks; nothing out of the ordinary.
The other day she pounced at me while I was walking up the stairs, which is obviously very dangerous. When I go the loo of a night (all the more these days!) she attacks my legs with some force on the way back to bed, and while I’m sleeping she hits me hard over the head - with claws out! She recently jumped up at me from the ground and clung onto my back with her claws, which caused me to contort in a way that is unhealthy in my current condition.
It’s putting a lot of stress on me, as I’m naturally protective of my growing baby, and I’m worried for her too. I adore this little cat, but it’s really getting me down.
For additional context: I play with her multiple times during the day, we feed her a healthy diet, she has health insurance plus regular vaccinations and flea/worm treatments, and is generally well looked after.
We pay her lots of attention and very much treat her as an integral part of the family (just her, my husband and I right now!), and 0 signs of a health issue. Her most recent vet check up was just before Christmas and all was well. She is an indoor cat.
Any thoughts/advice?