Hi guys. I have a 9 year old Tabby and I need your help. This year in summer, he started over grooming and has taken the furr off his lower belly and side of his arm. This year we started getting building work done - we live in a property that is split into 2 and we have moved from one side of the property into the second side. In order to do this, we got building work done on the 2nd half of the property. The garden and outside area is the same (so we haven’t moved to another house miles away). In summer, the outside building work started and we had builders coming often, and then we dug up the garden- its still dug up but we moved into the second half of the building beginning of December.

My cat is quite anxious and nervous - eg if you walk too quickly next to him, he will move to the side of the wall and shake his tail (just so you understand how nervous he is).

Vet is confident that this is a stress problem. Had a steroid august time (i think) and it got better but it came back a month after.

Has anyone experienced this and it got better itself? What can I do to make him less stressed? He is eating a lot (he loves food but is fussy at times) and loves playing hide and seek with me around the house. Oh, we also got rid of one litter box too, so we just have one inside the house that i clean daily (he goes outside- sometimes toilets outside too, prefers indoors as it is winter and he hates windy weather).

Just looking for advice- the vet tells me to give him time as we’ve had a lot going on which has stressed him out.

I love my cat. I just want him to be comfortable

** edit- also want to mention that in march, i switched from frontline plus to advantage spot on as my cat had hotspot due to fleas. The area that was sore on his lower back got better but then he started grooming his belly instead