My 17 yr old girl has been acting odd the last couple of days, she is trying and crying to get into stupid places like the kitchen cupboards, or outside when she knows for yrs she cant go that door just the enclosure etc, and when I talk to her she looks at me like she has no idea whats happening, is it normal for old cats (she's my first granny) to get like almost dementia like ? She is eating normal and drinking toilet etc, just her behaviour is erratic and stressy.

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My OH Mums cat Dora acted really odd when she got to about 15/16, her behaviour changed and she would start sleeping in the greenhouse and hiding in strange places, the vet reckoned it was a form of dementia, but that as long as she was eating and drinking to leave her to it.

She died when she was 18 when she got cancer.

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aw thanks, Im glad someone elxe has had it then, she hasnt been to the vet for it yet, we are in a heat wave and Ive been just keeping her cool, I'm gonna die inside when this one goes

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My friend has a rescue cat called Ollie who is like that too, probably dementia. He's around 17, and spends time staring into space and sleeping in the bath!

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Waterlily - I'd still like to rule out a medical problem as well given her age-some conditions can mimic dementia, l so I'd pop her along to the vets for a full bloodtest, even if symptoms subside. I'd also have her blood pressure checked as a priority.

she had her bloods done last year and had the body of a young cat they said, but I guess at this age it can change quick, I will be taking her for a check up, she is working herself up into stress over nothing so I had thought it could be more then just dementia type. Is blood pressure a symptom of this ?

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Simba has been doing alot of howling to himself for about 6 months now he's just turned 18 & fighting fit according to the vet he also repeats things he has just done - he will jump on our bed bat me to lift the quilt up, then walk round the whole bed including head's bat me to lift the quilt up then another repeat & he will get under the wuilt & snooze I just hope he does't need to repeat more than 3 times or I'l still be awake at daft o'clock

Hope your paws is just being a Simba WL

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Socks became disorientated in her final years - I restricted her access to rooms - as she would forget where the toilet was- In her latter 12mths she was confined to just one room at night and living room in the day and 1 room rest of the time - she managed fine but spent most of her time asleep anyway

Ours were OK through old age but a family friend's cat used to forget how to the cat flap when she reached old age.

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How sudden is this change in behaviour?
If it is dementia, it would happen very occasionally at first, but get worse with time. Also, the weirdness of the behaviour would probably increase....

If she is suddenly wanting to hide, I'd say she feels ill.
A cat who feels really poorly tends to sneak away into some hidey hole till he is better....... or dead.
Better have the vet have a look at the old lady, I think.

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