Hi everyone!
I am new to the forum and am posting this out of desperation. I have two cats - Roscoe (male, 1.5 years old, VERY intelligent, and an aggressive lover & player) and Bailey (female, same age, very shy, skittish and loving).
My cats have always been the best of friends. Of course they have had their moments with each other which is normal, but for the most part they've never had much of a problem with each other. They love to cuddle and get into mischief together.
As of right now, my female Bailey is not a very happy kitty. She will not let Roscoe come within 10 feet of her without hissing, growling, spitting and literally screaming at him. We have NEVER seen her like this and I don't know what to do. It's like she turned into a different cat completely over night. Roscoe has not been instigating her, but instead is very curious and confused as to why she is so upset at him. He's been moping around the house because I think he feels like he lost his best friend.
The only thing that I think set this off was this: two nights ago, Roscoe somehow weasled himself into a fabric bag that had paperwork and files inside of it. He ended up getting the handle caught around his waist and FREAKED OUT. My husband said the cat literally turned into the tazmanian devil. It took Nik a good half hour to calm the cat down enough to be able to get him uncaught. Bailey witnessed the whole thing.
As of right now, Roscoe is himself. I don't even think he remembers what happened two days ago. But I think this is what set Bailey off. She is very on edge and is constantly hissing, spitting, growling and screaming whenever he so much as glances at her.
Nik and I have separated the cats, Bailey is in our room - hoping to give her some security away from him. But I don't know what to do from there. She's always seemed to have an anxiety problem and I think just witnessing that has freaked her out or traumatized her.
What should I do now? I'm worried that she will never go back to her sweet old self. We feel like our family is broken. Please help!
I am new to the forum and am posting this out of desperation. I have two cats - Roscoe (male, 1.5 years old, VERY intelligent, and an aggressive lover & player) and Bailey (female, same age, very shy, skittish and loving).
My cats have always been the best of friends. Of course they have had their moments with each other which is normal, but for the most part they've never had much of a problem with each other. They love to cuddle and get into mischief together.
As of right now, my female Bailey is not a very happy kitty. She will not let Roscoe come within 10 feet of her without hissing, growling, spitting and literally screaming at him. We have NEVER seen her like this and I don't know what to do. It's like she turned into a different cat completely over night. Roscoe has not been instigating her, but instead is very curious and confused as to why she is so upset at him. He's been moping around the house because I think he feels like he lost his best friend.
The only thing that I think set this off was this: two nights ago, Roscoe somehow weasled himself into a fabric bag that had paperwork and files inside of it. He ended up getting the handle caught around his waist and FREAKED OUT. My husband said the cat literally turned into the tazmanian devil. It took Nik a good half hour to calm the cat down enough to be able to get him uncaught. Bailey witnessed the whole thing.
As of right now, Roscoe is himself. I don't even think he remembers what happened two days ago. But I think this is what set Bailey off. She is very on edge and is constantly hissing, spitting, growling and screaming whenever he so much as glances at her.
Nik and I have separated the cats, Bailey is in our room - hoping to give her some security away from him. But I don't know what to do from there. She's always seemed to have an anxiety problem and I think just witnessing that has freaked her out or traumatized her.
What should I do now? I'm worried that she will never go back to her sweet old self. We feel like our family is broken. Please help!