Male cat, 6 years old, neutered, slightly overweight (but we’re trying)
Backstory: last night my neighbor’s cat came to our window and was basically harassing him from outside— banging at our back door, growling by the windows, etc. Our cat is normally a little skittish so I shut the windows and curtains to get rid of the other cat.
Cut to about an hour and a half later, our cat is lying in our bed, WILL NOT move or respond to food, just staring at us. I open a can of food, nothing. We try to scoot him over, he starts growling and hissing. We left him alone and figured if he didn’t go back to normal we’d call the vet.
Middle of the night he gets up to pee, so that’s a relief because I’m always worried about a urinary blockage, but he still won’t eat. We get up, he’s rubbing up on us so he’s being a little friendlier, but still not eating.
I get home from work fully planning to take him to urgent care but when I get home, he eats a full Churu, walks into the kitchen to eat food, goes to the litter box and pees (he hasn’t pooped because he didn’t eat for a while), and then plops down at the window to watch the birds.
Should I still take him in just in case? Or is it likely that he was just really spooked and upset by the other cat? I don’t know if that’s normal cat behavior.
Thank you in advance