Cats:
What cats do when they are scared:
Pay attention to how much your cat sleeps. Sick cats will sleep more. If your cat doesn't have other signs of illness, such as vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, or obvious swellings, then keep him/her under observation. If symptoms develop, get him/her checked by a vet. If your cat isn't showing other symptoms, monitor him/her for 24 hours (of course, it's fine to get her checked by a vet before this if you are worried). If he/she enters a second day of excessive tiredness then it's time to take him/her to the vet clinic.
Check your cat's temperature for fever. Use a rectal thermometer to check your cat's temperature. However, if she gets distressed it is best to stop and leave this to your veterinarian. 99.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit is a normal temperature range, while anything over 102.5 is regarded as raised, and over 103 is feverish.Take your cat to the vet if it has a fever. A feverish cat usually sleeps heavily, may refuse food, and often has a dull coat that sticks out at odd angles. Its nose and ears may be dry and warm when you touch them with fingers at normal body temperature. While touching the ears is an inaccurate way of checking temperature, if the cat's ears feel cool then it is unlikely he/she has a fever.
Monitor any change in your cat's litter box habits. Pay attention to: how often your cat uses the tray, if it has difficulty, if blood or mucus is in the urine, or if the feces are hard and nugget-like. If the cat has had diarrhea, but continues to strain or has constipation (signaled by the hard dry feces) take it to the the vet. Repeated straining and not passing urine, or the presence of blood, should trigger an urgent call to the vet.
What cats do when they are scared:
- Run away
- Hide under beds and places like that.
- They might be angry which includes spitting, hissing, growling, swatting, biting, scratching, puffing it's fur and tail, arching back, swishing tail and flattening ears.
- Freezing in place often
- Refusing to use the litter box
- Sit calmly
- Lye down
- Eyes half-closed
- Pupils narrowed
- Tail mostly still
- Ears forward and purring
- Ears forward
- Tail up
- Whiskers forward and pupils somewhat large
- Playing is a hunting behavior for your cat; your cat may stalk it's prey like a toy, house mate or you. Then crouch down with it's rear end slightly raised. A little wiggle of the butt, then…pounce! Your cat will grab it's prey, bite it, wrestle it the floor and kick it with it's hind feet: Her toy would now be dead.
- Pupils may become large
- Ears turned back and tail twitching or waving
- Your cat may growl or put it's teeth on you as a warning to stop. Intense play can quickly turn into over stimulation in some cats, resulting in biting and scratching you.
- Ears sideways or back
- Pupils large
- Tail low or tucked between legs
- Your cat may act like doing the army crawl through the house close to the floor, looking for somewhere to hide.
- Think of a Halloween cat, ears back and flat against it's head, whiskers back, back arched, fur standing on end and tail low. It may yowl, growl, hiss and spit.
- Crouching
- Ears flattened
- Whiskers back
- Tail between it's legs or wrapped around it's body
- Pupils large
- Your cat may meow loudly, growl, hiss and spit.
- Ears back
- Pupils very constricted and the cat's tail may be up or down with the fur standing on the end
- An aggressive cat will stare down another cat and growl or yowl until the other cat goes away or gives up.
Pay attention to how much your cat sleeps. Sick cats will sleep more. If your cat doesn't have other signs of illness, such as vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, or obvious swellings, then keep him/her under observation. If symptoms develop, get him/her checked by a vet. If your cat isn't showing other symptoms, monitor him/her for 24 hours (of course, it's fine to get her checked by a vet before this if you are worried). If he/she enters a second day of excessive tiredness then it's time to take him/her to the vet clinic.
Check your cat's temperature for fever. Use a rectal thermometer to check your cat's temperature. However, if she gets distressed it is best to stop and leave this to your veterinarian. 99.5 to 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit is a normal temperature range, while anything over 102.5 is regarded as raised, and over 103 is feverish.Take your cat to the vet if it has a fever. A feverish cat usually sleeps heavily, may refuse food, and often has a dull coat that sticks out at odd angles. Its nose and ears may be dry and warm when you touch them with fingers at normal body temperature. While touching the ears is an inaccurate way of checking temperature, if the cat's ears feel cool then it is unlikely he/she has a fever.
Monitor any change in your cat's litter box habits. Pay attention to: how often your cat uses the tray, if it has difficulty, if blood or mucus is in the urine, or if the feces are hard and nugget-like. If the cat has had diarrhea, but continues to strain or has constipation (signaled by the hard dry feces) take it to the the vet. Repeated straining and not passing urine, or the presence of blood, should trigger an urgent call to the vet.