On "My Cat From Hell," Jackson Galaxy diagnoses problems behind negative feline behaviors and works with owners to fix them.
Jackson Galaxy, whose Animal Planet show, My Cat From Hell, debuts May 7, helps owners figure out what’s wrong with some seriously crazy cats who are acting out in spectacularly gross ways.
Many of the show’s human guest stars are so frustrated that they’re considering giving up their problem cats. After reading about one particularly disgusting situation, I can understand why.
“One of my clients was a big guy who moved in with his girlfriend who already had the cat,” says Galaxy. “He was trying to be understanding of the cat — until it started peeing in his mouth while sleeping.”
“However, the hardest part was getting the guy to calm down,” he says. “I understood why he was upset, but, to me, the real issue was what was coming out of the guy’s mouth that made the cat want to urinate.”
After Galaxy encouraged the client to participate in a sleep study, he was diagnosed with sleep apnea, an airway blockage that causes the patient to stop breathing for periods while asleep.
Untreated sleep apnea can cause high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, headaches and a number of other unpleasant health conditions, including loud snoring.
Galaxy theorized that it was the owner’s snoring that alarmed the cat into peeing on his owner, which I have to assume is the equivalent of a dog barking to warn its owner of impending doom.
“The noise scared the cat, and he was trying to wake the guy up because he thought something was wrong,” Galaxy says.
Although I wouldn’t care to have my cat pee anywhere near me, let alone in my mouth, I’d be grateful of the heads-up that I have a serious health condition.
However, I do have one question … why on earth did the cat pick that particular kind of warning behavior? Wouldn’t a paw smack on the nose have done just as good a job?
Jackson Galaxy, driving a red convertible in “My Cat From Hell,” which is Animal Planet’s version of a cat whisperer.
