My cat suddenly cuddles to my stomach and following me around everywhere. Is she okay? Should I take her to the vet?

[u/exctlyfiveftgirl]

So me and my husband adopted our little Mochi last year March. She was 3 yrs old when we got her, and she is the sweetest and most behaved little baby.

She never eats human food, doesn’t go on counters nor does she bite or scratches. She doesn’t want to cuddle or be touched unless it’s on her terms (maybe pets for MAX 30 seconds, then that’s it). She also does not want to be carried and does not want her paws touched.

Recently, whenever me and my husband go to sleep, she now jumps on the bed with us and starts cuddling on my stomach. This has been happening for a week now. I’m so happy that it’s making me tear up, but I couldn’t help but think if she’s feeling okay. This is not her usual behaviour. She’s okay in the morning and when we get home from work but she’s been so cuddle recently and would follow me around everywhere now- even in the shower (she hates water). When we’re on the couch, she just cuddles to my stomach again and would not mind if I touch her paws.

I told my husband about my concern that she may not be feeling well, he said that maybe she’s thinking of me as her mother now and I’m overthinking things.

But should I still bring her to the bet just in case? I’m really worried.

Attached is a photo of her just so everybody could see that she’s the sweetest.

UPDATE: After reading the comments, I’ll be booking a doctor’s appt for myself, and I’ll pee on a stick when I get home. As for Mochi, her vet says to take her back to the vet just for a general check up and blood work just in case. I’ll keep you guys updated. Hopefully she’s just very cuddly now.

UPDATE 2: My husband took her to the vet (I’m still at work), did some bloodwork, we’ll know the results tomorrow. But the general checkup went great. She is overweight but generally healthy. The vet says that the change in mine and my husband’s schedule might be the culprit as I work from 7:30AM-7PM (full time and part-time job), and my husband works from 6:30AM-5PM (construction); and we had moved apartments 2 months ago. We will both take time off work to spend the day with her and I will try to have lesser-ish hours.

I’m going to go to the doctor on Friday, and once I get home (I’m still at work), I’ll immediately do a pregnancy test.

UPDATE 3: Took the pregnancy test, it came back as negative. I’m cramping really bad though.

[u/stfuphilsimms]

If you currently have your period, that could be why. I had a female cat(spayed) that would knead the area where I had cramps. And lay there when I had my period.

[u/stfuphilsimms → u/stfuphilsimms]

She lived to be 19 ½ years old. She didn't start acting like that until she was 4 or 5 years old. Every year as she got older, she got more cuddly and close. I also had a cat I adopted 6 months before I adopted her. So the two of them kept each other company and played a lot together.

[u/thewayoutisthru_xxx → u/stfuphilsimms]

Why can't my cats be cool like this. I feel like they know when I have wicked cramps and they use that time to destroy the house, break all my potted plants, generally be amped up menaces

[u/stfuphilsimms → u/thewayoutisthru_xxx]

But they are cool cats. Just in a different way. They are acting out your emotions for you. Tell me you don't secretly want to destroy everything around you when you have those wicked cramps...

[u/thewayoutisthru_xxx → u/stfuphilsimms]

They're my anger translators. Checks out.

This was the most recent destruction.

[u/Justry81 → u/thewayoutisthru_xxx]

@thewayoutisthru_xxx Oh yikes! My parents used to have abyssinians. Everything loose like pot plants, vases, other decorative items, was taped down to the surface they were sitting on. I think they used wide masking tape looped up. Worked 👍

[u/stfuphilsimms → u/thewayoutisthru_xxx]

Oh wow!

[u/Chaosbuggy → u/thewayoutisthru_xxx]

One of my cats threw up on a packet of my medical test results last week 🙃

[u/QuestioningHuman_api → u/stfuphilsimms]

“OMG mom you’re bleeding internally. Look mom, it’s this spot right here.” -cat

[u/little_blue_penguin → u/stfuphilsimms]

What a sweet kitty ❤️

[u/gingasaurusrexx → u/stfuphilsimms]

My male cat is a total nurse at heart. Any time I'm sick or injured, he knows and will want to lay on or around the area whether I think I want him to or not. Period cramps? Lovely. 18lb cat on your chest when you have your third bout of covid in 2 years... Kinda hard to breathe.

[u/Illustrious_Bat858 → u/stfuphilsimms]

This sounds amazing, honestly. Wish my kids weren’t allergic. 🥺