[Felvtalk] Wheezing

[Marsha]

Annie's behavior towards other cats sounds a little like my Angelina 
(FeLV negative, passed in 2009). I figured her motto was "the best 
defense is a good offense"!  I believe Angelina was motivated by fear, 
and she dealt with it by acting tough and chasing the other cats, and 
making them afraid of her so they would leave her alone.  Unfortunately, 
she did this one too many times, and the others began to stand up to 
her.  She ended up with her own room, much of the time with stacked baby 
gates in place of the door.  Later on, I was able to remove the baby 
gates because she stayed in the room, and the others wouldn't go in.  
Then one day I noticed a loud noise didn't startle her.  I tested with 
various noisemakers behind her, where she couldn't see them or feel 
puffs of air from them, and she showed no response at all.  She was 
totally deaf!!  I had her for several years and never knew!  She was a 
tuxedo, not an all-white cat with blue eyes, so the possibility never 
occurred to me.  And she compensated very well.

Marsha

On 1/20/2015 2:29 PM, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:
> SHE HAS A BAD HISTORY:  WAS ONLY CAT SO DOES NOT SHARE WELL.  IS PARANOID AND HIDES LOOKING AROUND TO SEE IF ANYONE IS COMING TO GET HER.  SHE CHARGE THE OTHERS, SLAPPING AND SCREAMING AND THEN RUNS.  SHE ALSO WON'T EAT UNTIL THEY ARE ALL AWAY FROM THE BOWLS.  NOT RELLY SURE IF IT IS JEALOUSY WANTING TO B ONLY ONE OR