This can also happen if their resources are moved, for example if a litter tray is moved from a nice, quiet part of the house to a busy laundry room. They don’t have their own access to things they find important, like having to wait be let outside, or if their access to parts of the house is suddenly restricted, for example if a spare room suddenly becomes a room for a new baby and they’re no longer allowed in.They feel like they can’t get away from sounds, sights, or smells they don’t like (e.g., people chatting loudly or playing music, people rushing around or moving furniture about, even strong-smelling plug-in scent diffusers.).Your frustrated cat may growl, hiss, bite or swipe at you.Your cat may approach you, interact, and then quickly walk away, potentially repeating this cycle multiple times.Your cat may sharply or quickly turn their head towards your face or hands (usually as a reaction to you touching them somewhere they’re not keen on).Your cat may move their head or body away from you.when your cat looks through a window and sees an intruder cat in the garden, but can’t reach the intruder so instead swipes at a person who happens to be nearby). when a person strokes them too much, they might swipe or bite) or redirected to something else because the actual trigger for the frustration is out of reach (e.g. Your cat may also behave aggressively, either directed towards the thing causing the frustration (e.g.scratching furniture, biting objects or knocking things over or off tables and shelves. Your cat may be very vocal, persistent, active and appear quite ‘frantic’.Their energy levels are likely to be high which is the body’s way of helping them to acquire the thing they need or prepare them to fight in order to stop something unpleasant from happening. Your cat may seem very alert, on-edge or jumpy.For example, if your cat wants to go outside but is frustrated because the cat flap is locked, they might constantly stare at the door, meowing loudly and scratching at it and won’t be easily distracted. Your cat may seem very focused or fixated and determined to get to something.Take a look at our video on understanding cat body language: Your cat’s frustrated body language signs will vary depending on the situation they’re in, but there are some things you can look out for to help you better understand how your cat is feeling. What you may think of as a stress-free situation could still frustrate your cat. You may find your new cat is perfectly fine, or equally he or she may struggle. It is difficult to predict exactly how a cat will behave in a new home. Some cats may be more prone to experiencing frustration than others. Frustration can affect your cat physically and emotionally and can result in undesirable behaviours, for example, aggression (directed to either people or other pets in the house), demanding or destructive behaviour, ‘ spraying’ or going to the toilet outside of the litter tray. Whilst it is normal for cats to experience some frustration from time to time, if this happens too often, and is experienced too intensely, the cat may be in danger of developing chronic stress. This could be access to food, play, attention, the outdoors, or if they cannot escape to safety when they find themselves in a challenging or threatening situation. They are being denied access to something they want.For example, the cat expects to be fed at a certain time or be given attention first thing in the morning, but this doesn’t happen. They feel their expectations aren’t being met.This could be either their physical surroundings or during interactions with humans or other animals. They don’t feel in control of their environment.Like humans, cats can feel frustrated for a few different reasons:
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