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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2006Storms and cats
I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that storms make cats go "Insane"? It started yesterday when i got home from work - Ray the cat had a meowing fit, in which he proceeded to (I assume) call me every name in the cat language book for about 20 minutes. Then, he would not stop playing with EVERYTHING last night - I had very little sleep from a cat that decided that jumping at a wall for about an hour straight at midnight would be fun.... Anyone else seen this in their cats? It's the barometric pressure change that affects them. They will be back to normal when the front passes. > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? > It's the barometric pressure change that affects them. They will be > back to normal when the front passes. I don't know. My cats don't show any reaction at all, before, during, or after. I would expect them to at least react to the loud noise of thunder, but they don't. What makes you think the barometric pressure has anything to do with it? Is this based upon most animals (including us) being made up of a large percentage of water? > > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? Ray seems to be back to normal today - after 5 straight days of "Mega Ultra Feral" mode. Now I might be able to get some sleep without him deciding that I should play with him all night.... > Ray seems to be back to normal today - after 5 straight days of "Mega > Ultra Feral" mode. Now I might be able to get some sleep without him > deciding that I should play with him all night.... My cat acted really strange when we had hurricane wilma (I'm on the east coast of FL). There was constant meowing and running back and forth for the entire duration (from 5 or 6 am to 2 pm). She doesn't act any different when we get average storms, a friend of mine said there was an herbal remedy you can add to their water to calm them, I haven't tried it but my friend swears by it. Yeappie I live near Orlando, Florida the shelter was in Orlando the cats and dogs would go nuts during the storms something about the static electricity in the air makes them go nuts Mine hunker down with the family during the storms but before the arrival it was hell on wheels for them >I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? Luna is terrified of storms. When thunder starts rumbling, she gets all low to the ground and slinky and usually hides in a closet. She'll sometimes meow and cry and let me pick her up, too. There are very few other times where she will tolerate being held!! She is a real "scaredy cat"! :) Dudley cant hear it...i bet sometimes he can feel the rumble of the thunder, but he doesn't so much as bat a paw. ;) > Luna is terrified of storms. When thunder starts rumbling, she gets all > low to the ground and slinky and usually hides in a closet. She'll [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Dudley cant hear it...i bet sometimes he can feel the rumble of the > thunder, but he doesn't so much as bat a paw. ;) Neither of my girls seem bothered by storms, though they do hate loud noises, like most cats! (Hope the test went well ... ) >>Luna is terrified of storms. When thunder starts rumbling, she gets all >>low to the ground and slinky and usually hides in a closet. She'll [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > (Hope the test went well ... ) (tests are next week) >I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? My Tigger (RB) didn't go insane but was afraid of thunderstorms. Anytime the rumbling would start she'd have to sit with me until the storm passed. Wendy > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that > storms make cats go "Insane"?.... > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? Cleo Carrington Smith can sense the rain coming before I can. I have also watched the radar map and the rain came in a few minutes after she started acting skittish. Usually she runs to between Robert and I and slinking around. Then she slinks into the bedroom and crawls into the covers. If we get into bed with her, she will snuggle up but as soon as the rain stops, she comes out again. I am sure she is frightened of rain, because of her feral background. rachel > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > Anyone else seen this in their cats? not my two, especially the youngest one my house is old, it has a tin roof, we love it when it rains early in the mornings there's something very relaxing to hear rain on a tin roof, it makes it superhard to get out of bed, I just give in to the sound of it, I sink down into my sleep when it rains deep down, I know that outside... the rain is making everything shiny and new I personally don't care for lightening, I have too many electronics hummin around here. > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? When the barometric pressure drops, it can cause pain in a cat's ears. What you may have been seeing was a reaction to pain and not just the cat flipping out. Ask your vet for some tranquilizers for the cats for the next time you have a big storm come through. -L. The original question that I replied to was - regarding a tropical storm - not a typical everyday thunderstorm. Tropical storms, hurricanes, etc. have a huge change in the barometric pressure. We ARE NOT talking about a midwest thunderstorm here, people. And if your cat is old, it probably can't hear the thunder and rain anyway! > I live in Tampa, FL and you may have noticed we had a small tropical > storm pass by yesterday. My question is - has anyone else noticed that [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Anyone else seen this in their cats? |
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