Dennis Seems Normal

Dennis does seem normal much of the time. Dennis naps a lot, hides when new people come into the house, looks out the window, and hurries to greet his people at the door when they come home. Dennis also looks normal and snuggles on laps like other cats. But that is where normal behavior ends. Dennis feels so entitled when it comes to feeding times, (every half hour would probably make him happy) brushing, petting and affection. Dennis sees another cat getting brushed and becomes enraged. He will rush over and push the other cat away from the human and the brush. 

Dennis loves to be hugged and kissed, but if another cat walks into the room he will begin to hiss and growl and possibly throw a complete tantrum, jumping to the floor and running around, then knocking things off countertops, and finally knocking over the recycling bin or getting into the trash. 

Dennis growls and shrieks during his tantrums. Dennis has a tantrum almost every other day. If another cat is snuggling with a human, Dennis will insert himself , wedge himself between the human and the other cat, almost always sitting on the other cat's head in the process. Dennis sits down hard and it appears to be deliberate. 

Dennis screams when getting his nails clipped, howling as if he is dying. (The other cats just act like ladies getting a mani-pedi at the salon.) The Vet can't find anything physically wrong with Dennis. 

Dennis seems normal. 

Finally, Dennis is meeker than any cat on earth when he goes to the vet--he never struggles, in fact he goes completely limp and allows the Vet to handle him without making a sound.