by Julie
(Daytona Beach, FL)
I have a 5 month old, female cat named Elli who is acting completely out of the norm. I adpoted her from a shelter in February and she's been spayed. She's a wonderful kitten, has never given me any trouble, and I absolutely adore her! Elli and I moved about two weeks ago (from Oklahoma City to Florida) and are staying with family temporarily. There are other cats living here, which may be part of the problem, but she stays in our room most of the time (other cats are not allowed in our room) and has been out to play with the other cats a few times as well. Most of the other cats are happy to play with her, but a few will hiss at her and just walk away. She was fine the first few days we were here, but starting about 3 days ago, she's been twitching and frantically licking herself, running, and licking herself some more like something is crawling on her. I combed her and searched her for fleas or bugs and found nothing. The other cats have all been treated for fleas, so I'm sure they don't have them either. She also started laying and sleeping in her litter box, which I read may be a sign that she feels threatened or that she's protecting her space from the other cats. Since the other cats have never been in our room, I'm not entirely sure why she would feel the need to protect her litter box. She used to sleep with me or curl up in bed with me while I was reading, and she still occasionally does, but she's spending more time just sitting in the litter box now. She also does the twitching/licking thing and immediately runs and jumps into her litter box and continues licking. She seems perfecty happy and healthy otherwise - still eating, drinking, grooming, playing, and using her litter box as normal. I'm just concerned about the twitching/licking and
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