With the increasing pressure of life in modern society, depression has become a more and more concerned mental illness. In fact, not only humans, cats can suffer from depression. If your cat behaves in the following ways, it needs to be warned that he may be depressed!
- Cats lose interest and pleasure in playing;
- Sudden disinterest in food, or sudden overeating;
- The usually docile cat suddenly becomes full of aggression and scratches and bites its owner, tearing down the house and causing damage;
- Significantly reduced water intake, much lower than before;
- Cats have sleep disorders, often insomnia, can’t sleep, wake up early and so on;
- Overly picky about their own hair, keep licking somewhere on the body, and even chew their own fur to appear dermatitis, skin ulceration;
- Avoidance, not responding to your touch, or even avoiding you;
- Slow to do everything always seem slow and weak;
If you find that your cat has depression, you first need to soothe their emotions, pet the cat’s head, chin, especially on both sides of the cheek, comfortable and pleasant feeling will let cats secrete dopamine, can resist depression; Cats are also like children, staying with their owners for a long time will produce feelings and a sense of dependence, so the officials should also give them more attention, give them love and care.
Although the cat is a quiet animal, but can not let it stay at home alone for a long time, the shovel officials should spend a little more time to interact with them, in order to let the cat feel the happiness of life.
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