I have a cat (actually seven) four are brothers & sisters we've raised since
birth One, Bandit, a neutered male, has always been the most docile &
lovable of all our cats. He's the only one that lets us pick him up & hold
him a long time & actually climbs on our laps. Yesterday I noticed him
acting very jumpy & wary of going under my desk. Then today he was walking
around my feet while I was on the couch like he does when he wants me to
pick him up. I did & before I got him on my lap, he spit/hissed & went nuts
and scratched the *ell out of my arm. Later today he climbed up on the back
of my office chair like he does & started to climb down the arm to sit in my
lap, like he does, but before he got there is stopped, sniffed under my desk
again and flew off the arm like he was freaked. He lets me pet him, he is
eating, grooming and hasn't gone outside the litter box. I combed him all
over his head & back and it didn't hurt. I squeezed his paws & it didn't
hurt. He is playing like his old self with the other cats. But won't come to
me when I call him like he usually does. Any ideas except a vet visit? Oh,
he has never been outside. Thanks!