Expert: Becky - 9/7/2006

Question
My female 14 month old cat Sheeba is suddenly looking at the ceiling all the time, apparently for bugs. When I am around she is constantly going from room to room meowing and looking at the ceiling.  ITs driving me nuts. This is a new behavior. I have had Sheeba and Frankie for a year and recently I adopted Frankie's 2 siblings, another male and female. That was about 6 weeks ago. They all seem to get along fine, maybe this is part of the problem. I am afraid she is having a mental problem.

Answer
HI Debby!

Oh Debby, that makes me laugh.  I can just see your cat staring at the ceiling meowing.  The reason I think it's so funny is because I had a cat that meowed at the wall for 6 months because one Christmas I hung cat stockings up that had little furry fake mice in them!  So, Sheeba may do this for some time.  I don't know what to tell you , to be honest.  I don't think it's mental, I think it's typical cat behaviour.  She saw some flies or something and now she is trying to find more.

God Bless,
Becky