Beckie,
I'm glad you've discovered the culprit for the kitchen messes! I completely agree that he needs to go to the vet to rule out a UTI. His actions remind me in many ways of our same problems earlier. The howling can be from pain (it constantly feels like he has to pee from the burning) or it could be from anxiety at not getting enough attention. Or it could be both. In our case, it was both anxiety and pee problems. I think Bandit's difficulties in peeing only added to his stress levels/anxiety and compounded the issues he was already stressed about. I hope you find lots of useful information for your kitties, especially the FeLV+ ones, on this site! Good luck! Melissa _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beckie McRae Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: My little Moe man. Hi everyone. Thanks for the responses. I had them do blood work on him, and its fine, he's eating like a cow, and drinking like a camel. Something that I discovered today is that it's NOT him going to the bathroom in the kitchen; it's our OTHER FLV+ cat, Miles. Now Miles is about 4 years old, seems perfectly healthy, eats and drinks, plays, etc. I HAVE noticed that last couple of weeks though he's been being REALLY affectionate, and I haven't been able to spend as much time with him and Holly (our 5 year old cat who does NOT have felv) as I usually do because I've been so busy with Moe. Is it possible that Miles has started to use the kitchen as his own personal bathroom because he's jealous of the attention that Moe is getting and trying to get our attention? I KNOW it's Miles, because he didn't hear me get up this morning, and Moe was lying on my pillow next to my head (like he normally does), and I got up went out to the kitchen, and he must not have heard me, because I caught him red handed doing his business. I made loud noises, and stuff, but I don't know why he's doing this. He has been acting kind of weird. Like if we're in the bathroom taking a shower or using the toilet and the door is closed, he'll sit outside it and just HOWL. Never did this until a few weeks ago. I figured it was because he was worried about Moe, but now not so sure. Also, how much does heat effect felv? We LOVE the heat, and try not to use the air conditioner, but it's going to get pretty warm here in the next week or so, and I was just wondering if I should turn the air on for the cats? Thanks again everyone. I'm so glad I found you all! Beckie
