Hi all,
I’ve recently adopted an 8 year old ginger tom from the rescue centre. We don’t know much of his history except for that his old owner passed away and no one else in the family was willing to take him.
We’ve have had him about 8 weeks and he does have some strange behaviour issues like being a little bit scratchy and bitey, but this mostly seems to be misdirected play and he has been improving whilst we try to be understanding and accommodating. Apart from that he’s a lovely cat. He’s quite clingy and always wants to know what you’re up to!
Anyways, on to the question. Every know and then, when he is relaxing, not even asleep sometimes. He will launch him self out of his skin! It’s obviously a fear reaction but I have no idea what sets him off. He recovers from this almost immediately and usually just starts relaxing again.
I wondered if anyone had any experience or advice of a cat that does this? I’ve had cats my whole life but I have never seen one do this before.
Man, that sounds like a pain. What do you do with all the skins?
He is cat. Cat do cat things. Hope this helps.
That poor baby. I wouldn’t worry too much about it just yet. There’s a good chance he’s still getting used to all the changes and just needs a bit of time to figure out how everything works in his new home.
I’ve seen one of my cats do this too. My theory is that he was juuuuust dropping off and dreamed that he was falling.
ive had dozens of cats, to me this is ‘standard issue cat’. most cats exhibit those behaviors to some degree.
