What Is Causing My Cat To Be Stressed?

Have your cat been visiting a veterinarian recently?

Do you have new members in your household (human or animal)?

Has your cat moved recently?

Did you change your daily routine recently?

Do you have multiple cats in your household?

Can loud noises be heard often in your home?

Many cats are frightened and stressed during vet visits. Traveling in the car, being in an unknown space, and being handled by strangers can all work together to result in stress for some cats. Using a crate to transport your cat is essential and putting a light blanket over the crate until you are at the vet's office may help mask the steps of the journey.

Cats are sensitive to change, and it can stress them out. Cats may react in several ways to new family members. It is advised by many cat behaviorists that the change in the household should come gradually. Introducing a new spouse or human roommate calls for understanding and patience. The newcomer needs to allow the cat to come around at its own pace and to avoid trying to rush the relationship.

Cats are sensitive to change, and it can stress them out. Moving calls for care in seeing that your cat's life is disrupted as little as possible. Otherwise, your cat can become anxious and stressed by the big change in its surroundings.

Cats are sensitive to change, and it can stress them out. A new job or other change in the daily routine should be handled by planning. A week before starting work, start leaving for the day for gradually increasing periods of time. Upon your return, make time to play with your cat using some of their favorite toys.

Too much competition for resources can stress out cats. This most often occurs in multi-cat households when cats feel like they must compete for food, water, clean litter box space, scratching post real estate, or time with their humans. If a cat doesn't feel like the master of a piece of territory, he might become stressed.

Most cats are not fond of loud noises, so remodeling projects, loud parties, and other noise can cause them stress. Holidays are particularly stressful for cats, especially those which focus on fireworks, such as the Fourth of July.

Fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornados are classic examples of fear-resulting stressors. Although many of these environmental stressors cannot be predicted, it is still essential to have a plan for dealing with an emergency before it happens by preparing your cats for disaster.