Mr. Thia inadvertently got outside yesterday. Scampered across the room and when he slid on the rug in front of the screen door it pushed the door open and out he went. When I discovered the front door pushed open and no cat around I went looking for him.
He is 20 months old and never been out.
When I found him hiding in some bushes and tried to approach he went in to full attack and defensive mode. Snarling, growling, hissing and looking ready to attack if I got too close. I assumed he was terrified of being outside. I went and got his food dish and brought that to him. Same reaction, would not allow me any closer the a couple of feet. I put the food dish down and walked away, he didn't move. I sat down and tried to talk soothingly for quite awhile but his behavior would not change.
I went and got some heavy oven mitts and a cinch leach. After a couple attempts I managed to get the leach around his neck and he truly went absolutely wild, rolling, hissing, growling. I did manage to pick him up and with much struggling got him in the house. Then he would not let me near him to get the leach off, although he managed to get out of it on his own. For the rest of the day, any time I approached the growling wold start. Even when he got his afternoon food he would not let me near. I figured I had made an enemy for life. This morning he was back to normal, waking me up for breakfast and walking back and forth on the bed's head board. I was honestly concerned that he might attack me in my sleep.
Anyone had any experience with this kind of behavior.
He is an F5
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