Hey everyone. Longtime visitor, first time poster to this site. I actually just registered on the forums to post this!
First, a little background in case that helps.
I have two cats, an 8 year old, and a 6 year old, both females. We got each of them when they were kittens.
Zoe is our 8 year old. We adopted her after she was abandoned and ended up under our stairs! Jasmine we got from a shelter about 2 years later.
We think Jasmine is dominant, though Zoe has no problem taking her down if she's annoyed enough. They are both inside cats, they always have been. This evening when we got home, Zoe must have slipped out behind one of us. When we got ready to leave, I heard a cat meowing outside the door and opened it up to find her. So she was outside for about an hour and a half.
Since then, she's just been randomly laying down in strange spots. She let me pick her up and hold her. She doesn't appear to be injured at all, though now and then I think I smell something strange. My guess was just that she was really scared and is trying to calm down. Within the past 15 minutes or so she is back to walking around in whichever room we are in and meowing at us, which is pretty normal for her.
Jasmine, however, is not taking it well. She's following Zoe around, hissing at her (and us), and generally just 'stalking' Zoe. We're trying to calm her as well, but she's not responding well. I'm just sure if Zoe encountered another cat while out there.
So, sorry for the long post, but we're a little concerned. We've decided to stay home for the evening just to monitor things. Still, we were wondering if anyone has any ideas. I suppose this could be good practice for us. We have a baby arriving in a month, and Jasmine is the one we've been most concerned about.
Thanks, everyone!
First, a little background in case that helps.
I have two cats, an 8 year old, and a 6 year old, both females. We got each of them when they were kittens.
Zoe is our 8 year old. We adopted her after she was abandoned and ended up under our stairs! Jasmine we got from a shelter about 2 years later.
We think Jasmine is dominant, though Zoe has no problem taking her down if she's annoyed enough. They are both inside cats, they always have been. This evening when we got home, Zoe must have slipped out behind one of us. When we got ready to leave, I heard a cat meowing outside the door and opened it up to find her. So she was outside for about an hour and a half.
Since then, she's just been randomly laying down in strange spots. She let me pick her up and hold her. She doesn't appear to be injured at all, though now and then I think I smell something strange. My guess was just that she was really scared and is trying to calm down. Within the past 15 minutes or so she is back to walking around in whichever room we are in and meowing at us, which is pretty normal for her.
Jasmine, however, is not taking it well. She's following Zoe around, hissing at her (and us), and generally just 'stalking' Zoe. We're trying to calm her as well, but she's not responding well. I'm just sure if Zoe encountered another cat while out there.
So, sorry for the long post, but we're a little concerned. We've decided to stay home for the evening just to monitor things. Still, we were wondering if anyone has any ideas. I suppose this could be good practice for us. We have a baby arriving in a month, and Jasmine is the one we've been most concerned about.
Thanks, everyone!
