Reply #36: I had a cat just like that. Her name was Spooky, too. [View All]

I bottle-raised her after rescuing her from the mouth of a dog and being unable to find the mother. I think she was suffering from something like feline PTSD from being stolen from her mother by a dog. And then being raised by a human didn't help matters. I did my best, but I was no substitute for a mama cat.

One of the cats I have now seems to have something like PTSD, too. Her personality changed after she was spayed. She used to be very friendly and would jump in the laps of strangers who came to visit. After she was spayed, she became shy, anxious, and scared of strangers, especially men. The change in personality was immediate and permanent. She's still a sweet cat and very affectionate with me and can be with other people once she gets to know them reeeallly well, but she's not the gregarious kitty she once was. I don't know what that vet did to her, but I suspect he didn't properly anesthetize her.

So maybe something horrible happened to your kitty. They're emotionally sensitive creatures.