Ok, a little bit of backstory, my cat is 5yrs old, unsterilised, I have her since she was 1-2 months old and only time she went outside was because she needed surgery due to an accident 3yrs ago.
She eats one very specific type of wet food and normal food. There were two pet shops that sold it and unluckily for us they both shut down and we couldn't find a place that sold both until today. Ok, we decided to get two different types of food for her to try out untill we found another place that sold it. That was 2 days ago.
A month ago, my cat went missing. Not anywhere outside she was just hiding somewhere in the house. We were scared that since she doesn't wear a collar someone found her outside and took her so obv we bought her one with a bell so we know she is in the house from now on so it doesn't happen again. At first I gave it to her for 30min to wear and then took it off. She wasn't that affected by it and I was glad.
Two days later, I give it to her again, very nonchalant about it so I left it on her since she didn't seem to mind at all.
My uncle left his baby and 11yr old at our place since he had somewhere to go. Once more, my cat didn't give it a second thought and minded her own buisness. This was yesterday if I didn't mention it so she didn't have her usual food yet.
My uncle came back earlier to check how the baby is and put a quite a bit of perfume but once more the cat didn't give a f.
That night, she was sleeping and meowing in her sleep. Thought it was a nightmare. Not the first time, and I usually woke her up and helped her calm down after, but this time my mom didn't let me wake her up. She startled awake on her own, puffed up, eyes dialated, ears back, meowing and hissing at me.
I backed away and sat down on a chair to let her calm down. I was scared, obviously, but I didn't let it show in case it stressed her out more.
She was still meowing and very stressed.
She gets down and starts smelling the house.
She comes to me and meows.
Mom tells me to leave her alone, so I do.
She is still scared btw, and starts patrolling the house wearily. She comes back to me and bumps her head on my leg. I look at her and i take her collar off, pet her a bit and she goes back to smelling the house.
She comes to me again, bumps her head on my leg AGAIN and so I put my hand down for her to smell and she claws me. Not like she usually does when we play but to hurt me. Now blood is dripping on the floor since her claw pierced my vein and it stains the carpet.
Everything is good btw mom put disinfectant and ointment on the wound. It's nothing big just as if I was punctured.
She is now stressed again and dad came out of the bedroom with the baby in his arms.
The whole family is startled, and mom is scared to move. I was about to burst out crying but again it wouldn't have helped anybody if I did.
Everybody is still, trying not to make eye contact at all.
Regardless of what happened though she seemed to be most fixated on me. If i moved she puffed back up and got to meowing.
My cat is very scared of strangers though lately she has started being more open, since that was the case, once she went into the bedroom we closed the door to let her calm down then. My uncle comes back 10min later and so we leave the cat inside.
Uncle gets everything, packs all his stuff and leaves with the baby and kid.
Ok, people that aren't usually in the house are gone. We let the cat come out.
I make sure to not make any instant movements while she comes back into the living room to smell everything.
She comes on the couch, smells me and leaves
She smells the place my blood stained the rug and smells a bit of the rest of the house untill she looks at me again, this time, she comes ontop of the arm of the couch and is very fixated on my face while having her claws out. I get off the couch so she doesn't take my eyes out
Out of everyone in the house, I'm the one she trusts and loves most. I've spent most time with her and I take care of her food, water, litter box and toys.
My legs are shaking but, yet again, I don't want to stress my cat out more by showing how stressed I am
We close her in the bedroom for the night and me and my parents slept in the living room since everyone was scared she would clae our faces out. She meowed the whole night.
Today, this morning, we open the door to the bedroom
She seemed fine now
I sit on the chair and she comes up to me first to ask for affection
I give it to her, and she really apreciates it
When I got off the chair though, she starts meowing angrilly at me again. She is fine with everyone in the house
We let her calm down in the balcony this time, closing the door. The balcony is the place where we put all her stuff since its connected to our bedroom and the door is almost always open. Downside is that the door to the balcony is a sliding one so it was just a matter of time untill she opened it herself. During the time she was closed there though i went down to look to find the type of wet food she likes. Luckily i found it in the most unexpected place and i got it for her.
I put the food in her bowl and let her eat
I stay on the bed and now she seems to be calm
She stays near my feet, she starts grooming herself, and then she falls asleep. My parents come, i make room for them so we can all fit on the same bed and I make eye contact with my cat and she starts getting scared of me again, ready to come straight to my face and attack
My dad shooed her out and closed her in the balcony again, this time putting items so she can't open the door, she was there for 3-4 hours
She is obviously calmer
The slide door is made out of glass so she could see me through the door. She wasn't upset anymore and I could make eye contact with her easily and make sudden movements without her getting startled, i even put my hand on the glass as if to make contact and she didn't mind at all but we still kept her locked in there.
Again I talked, looked her in the eyes and she didn't mind
I had to leave for a friends birthday so I decided if im out imma go look for her food
Luckily, I did but i had to buy the big bag, 1,5kg
I came back home and aparentlly the cat had another mood swing and she was closed in the bedroom again bc we have people over once more
I went to put her food but I wasn't able to realise if her meowing at me while i was bringing her food was how she usually does when i give her food or if she was still mad at me
She might also be in heat though I can't be sure, I'm taking her this monday to get spayed but I really need this for my own peace of mind
Excuse the spelling mistakes, Im not the brightest tool in the shed
I love her a lot, she's been there for me and I've been there for her and I'm really scared and stressed over the whole situation
Idk what is going on and how to fix it
I don't want my parents to get rid of her so I really hope she gets better again
Please help me...