My spoiled baby Hercules has the worst case of separation
anxiety I have ever seen.  He is not distructive in an way, but he
cries and yowls from the depths of his soul when he does not have
total access to me.  He does not need to be in my lap, he just needs
to know I am near.

       My mother and I (she's 83) recently had to move into a
townhouse together. I have converted the lower part into a nice, small
1 bedroom apt for mom and I have done the same on the upper floor for
me.  I decided that the cats could poss a threat of falling to mom if
they were under foot, so I  put up a small barrier that they could
easily jump over or knock down----they don't  This barrier has
multiple holes in it, simular to a wrought iron type gate.They can see
me and have even learned that "go up" means to go back up stairs.  But
Hercules is a different story.  When I am downstairs he proceeds to
enter into this fit of extreme panic/anxiety because he can't be with
me.  He can see me and has learned that I do return.  Nothing will
ease his anxiety untill I return to the top floor.  Once I am back up
stairs he is fine. In fact, most of the time he will go off to his
spot and go down for another nap.  But let me go down stairs and he is
awake and yowling for me at the foot of the stairs.

       This also happens anytime I leave the house.  He cries and
yowls till he simply has no voice left.  Has any one out there ever
heard of a cat with extreme separation anxiety and if so what can be
done-----AND I DO NOT want to medicate him !!

        So help if you can guys! Hercules would appreciate it, I
would appreciate it and I know my mother would appreciate it.

                  Thanx   Hercules' s Mom