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Elaine, I am sorry to hear you having a few problems with Winston ![]() ![]() |
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Cassie often claws at the bed covers in the middle of the night Elaine.....I just say a firm 'Lie down' to her and she stops straight away. I'm sure she understands that command! When she does it, it is like paddling with her paws.... |
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His last thyroid test was at the begining of November, which was fine. He is due blood tests again at the end of this month for his kidney values etc. He doesnt cry as much as he used to. I recently changed vets because they always talked so negatively about his condition, and I personally dont think he was getting the best treatment, but thats another issue. Old vet always said he had an overactive thyroid and couldnt understand why he always managed to maintain his weight, they did do the blood test initially at the same time as he was diagnosed with CRF, almost 2 years ago. New vet tested and it was negative for an over active thyroid and they couldnt find anything in his notes from the old vet to indicate that they had tested for it in the first instance. He was never given any treatment for it as the old vet said it was doing him a favour by giving him an appetite. I feel exhausted coz i am not getting a good nights sleep but I really dont want to be grumpy with my old boy because, whatever the reason and I am sure there must be one, he doesnt deserve it. My O/H reckons i have a built in cuddle device for him when I am sleeping LOL, he says he has come to bed several times when I have been sleeping and as soon as Winston jumps up beside me, my arms imediately wrap around him and he settles there being cuddled. |
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Hi Elaine I don't suppose he is "kneading" I will copy from a book, here "The kneading movement is associated deep in an adult cats mind with a pleasurable and satisfying experience, and in adult life when happy it will repeat these kneading movements with its paws to express happiness. There is nothing much you can do about a kneading cat, kneading is too deeply ingrained as an instinct for remonstration to be effective." I just wondered if this was a misplaced "kneading response" he is happy warm secure and above all close by to you therefore extremly happy. I ask because Oz used to do something very similar and evetually after 7- 8 years ![]() Just a suggestion, an idea. Hope you get some sleep soon. |
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Thats interesting, I wonder if it is indeed what he is doing. He has never done it before now, or atleast not on me directly but he does do this in his many beds before settling down. Poor old sod, I am always looking for something to be wrong with him, maybe i have munchausen by proxy as my O/H always likes to tell me LOL. That makes me feel a bit better, and hopefully more able to cope with the harrasment during the night ![]() |
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Was gonna say mine do the kneading thingy, but only on my faux fur things!!! Think they think it is their mummy!!!! Read in the book that they do the kneading on their mother when they are feeding to stimulate the milk flow and they never forget it and when they do it in later life it is a happy thing for them. |
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