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Cat hissing at her brother
He has "smells" from the vet's office on him. It happens all the time. Try
using vanilla extract behind the neck and on the rumps of both cats. Gail "~ narnia ~" wrote in message ... My cat hisses at her brother when she comes home from the vet. This is really odd, because she's the one who smells from the vet, not him! I even rubbed the two of them with catnip to see if that would help, but it didn't work. These two are littermates and usually get along fine, but when he sees her hostile reaction to him he gets defensive and hisses back, and I have to separate them. Last time this happened it took me weeks to get things back to normal. Has anyone else had to deal with a problem like this? |
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Cat hissing at her brother
The one who went to the vet is probably stressed and is taking out her
"feelings" and frustrations on the one who did not. Try getting Feliway spray or plug in to help calm her. You can buy this on line. Gail "Gail" wrote in message hlink.net... He has "smells" from the vet's office on him. It happens all the time. Try using vanilla extract behind the neck and on the rumps of both cats. Gail "~ narnia ~" wrote in message ... My cat hisses at her brother when she comes home from the vet. This is really odd, because she's the one who smells from the vet, not him! I even rubbed the two of them with catnip to see if that would help, but it didn't work. These two are littermates and usually get along fine, but when he sees her hostile reaction to him he gets defensive and hisses back, and I have to separate them. Last time this happened it took me weeks to get things back to normal. Has anyone else had to deal with a problem like this? |
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Cat hissing at her brother
On Wed 07 Feb 2007 09:12:12p, Gail wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav link.net: The one who went to the vet is probably stressed and is taking out her "feelings" and frustrations on the one who did not. Try getting Feliway spray or plug in to help calm her. You can buy this on line. Narnia, I agree with Gail. Kitty came home from vet and is stressed. All cats react differently from this kind of stress. Some will hide, some will just act out toward familiar faces. If this is something that happens every time, I'd bring kitty home from vet every time, and release from carrier in my bedroom. A room with familiar scents, some quiet, maybe a couple of treats if she feels like eating something. Maybe even some quiet music playing. Obviously keep a litterbox and some water in there. I know most people don't like to have a litterbox in their bedroom, but I adopted this strategy when I had a cat with chronic diarrhea, and even though he is gone, the litterbox stayed. Everyone got used to it being there. It's not intrusive as long as it stays clean. -- Cheryl |
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