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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2007Cat hissing at her brother
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? 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 > 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 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Has anyone else had to deal with a problem like this? 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. > 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. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Has anyone else had to deal with a problem like this? > 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.  SignatureCheryl > My cat hisses at her brother when she comes home from the vet. If you have two carriers, take both to the vet at the same time. Even if only one is being "worked on". They will both come back smelling the same. I do this with all three of mine at times; depending who is pissed off at whom this month, some times I take just the two offenders. >> My cat hisses at her brother when she comes home from the vet. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I do this with all three of mine at times; depending who is pissed off at >whom this month, some times I take just the two offenders. She hisses at her brother even when they've both been to the vet! I was able to talk to my vet today and she agreed that my cat's stress from the visit is being transferred as aggression towards her brother. She suggested I try something called Composure, which I'm going to pick up from them tomorrow. Has anyone used this? > 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 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Has anyone else had to deal with a problem like this? My cats are not littermates, but yes, I have this same problem. One of my cats freaks out when he smells the vet--on him or the other cat. I now separate them after any vet trip. I bring the one who's been to the vet in a spare room and feed him. While he's eating, I shut the door. After a while, I will feed the cats treats on either side of the the door, then open the door and let them see each other's noses and smell, etc. I take it slowly. I've had to separate anywhere from 2-12 hours. I had an incident last year where I had to basically reintroduce them, and it tooks months to get things calmed down, so a few hours is nothing! |
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