If your friend moved to England/UK in the last 12 months, he was in-properly
informed. They did away with the 6 month quarrantine providing proof of
vaccinations and a "pet visa" we obtained for the animal, not to mention a
vet filling out mountains of forms stating that this is indeed a healthy
animal (these forms are required in order to obtain the 'pet visa')

Also, I agree with Gail - have the cat checked for any infection as well as
a Urinary Tract Infection.



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sjcoles purred:
So here's the story...my friend recently moved to England and didn't
want to take his cat because of the 6 month quarantine laws. He
thought it unfair for the cat. I offered to take her, and he was
grateful knowing she would be well cared for. She has always been a
nervous and scared cat, hiding whenever I would go over, and I don't
really know much of her history. The first day she spent mostly under
my bed, and the first few nights were a little sleepless what with
her pretty constant crying and all. She started to come around
through, and grew to accept me, and we became close, of course. Yet,
there are still some strange things she does that I don't quite
understand, and make me concerned.
When she first came I had to change both her food and her litter, as I
couldn't find the same kind of either!!! But I did both gradually,
and it seemed to go fine. I've had her for almost 2 months now. I
work fulltime and am out of the house from 6am until about 5-5:30pm.
I keep her fed and watered and scoop her box regularly and I try and
spend as much time with her when I get home as I can as she seems to
need the affection.

About 2 weeks ago I realized she has peed on my spare bed multiple
times. So I washed everything, fine. But just this past Friday, she
peed on my bed, the one she sleeps in with me! I really couldn't
understand it. I don't know when she would have done it either. She's
become used to my hours and I was a little late coming home from
work, but the spot was dry when I found it. Thursday or Friday
morning, she also pooped right beside her litter box, on the floor.
She's also recently become re-afraid of my mom, and even runs from me
sometimes. She has remained VERY vocal, using sounds that make me
think she needs/wants something, meowing throughout the night, and
generally in the morning when I'm getting ready for work. She
doesn't seem to want to play as much as before, although she never
really was a big "player". I find that she eats the majority of her
food at night, and if she goes to during the day, sometimes she
stares at it first, or stares and then walks away.

I took her to the vet a week or so ago, but not for these problems.
The skin inside her ears looks to be very dry, and it must bother her
because she scratches them a lot. It gets to the point where little
scabs form. The vet suggested it might be allergies, and so gave me
some pills. Well cats and pills don't go well together, and I've
tried EVERYTHING that I could think of, but I don't want to stress
her out too much because she apparently has a heart murmur.

She doesn't like being picked up, having her ears or back paws
touched but she does love having her gums rubbed and her bum and
belly scratched.

I know this is a long, LONG message, but I wanted to put out as much
background information as I could, so I could get the best advise
possible. She has very quickly stolen my heart and I hate to think
that I'm doing something to cause this behaviour or that I'm not
doing something to make it better.

Please give me any help you can.

Thank you in advance,
Sarah