hi! this is my first time posting and i hope and i can get some help here since it is a holiday weekend and i'm not sure if the vet is in tomorrow.
i share my house with 4 cats: male siamese (about 13yrs old), female one-eyed black cat (soon to be 11yrs old), male tabby (just turned 2), and a little black female kitten (about 4 and a half months). all are fixed, except the kitten but i plan on having her spayed as soon as she's old enough.
yesterday morning the little kitten had a sudden diarrhea attack in the kitchen before i came home from work. by the time i got that all cleaned up, she got a hold of a plastic bag and i guess she got caught in the handle, started tearing thru the house, scaring all the other kitties. it sounded like a big fight broke out, with all the hissing, growling, and meowing. i ran from my computer to find them upstairs, with the culprits being the tabby and the kitten (who are usually inseparable). the kitten was also pooping diarrhea again. i ran them all into separate rooms until the kitten was isolated in our back sun room. i've kept her isolated for 24hrs with no more diarrhea attacks.
this morning when i reintroduced the kitten to the general population, everything was fine until she met up with the tabby. it sounded like another fight of the century. once again, i isolated the kitten. luckily, no one has been harmed in any of this, just a whole lot of horrible noise. originally i assumed it was the excitement of the noisy plastic bag that set everything off, but today the 2 cats can't even face each other without puffing up and hissing. why would they suddenly turn on each other? i've had the kitten since she was about 6wks (she's a rescue, so i'm unsure of exact age) and they have always been great with each other. the older cats really couldn't care less about anything that's been going on, and the tabby is acting normal with them, as is the kitten.
what could cause this sudden behavior change? should i be concerned about a medical condition in the kitten? i really don't know what to make of this whole situation, as this is the first time any disagreement has been seen between any of our cats.
thank you in advance for any insight!
i share my house with 4 cats: male siamese (about 13yrs old), female one-eyed black cat (soon to be 11yrs old), male tabby (just turned 2), and a little black female kitten (about 4 and a half months). all are fixed, except the kitten but i plan on having her spayed as soon as she's old enough.
yesterday morning the little kitten had a sudden diarrhea attack in the kitchen before i came home from work. by the time i got that all cleaned up, she got a hold of a plastic bag and i guess she got caught in the handle, started tearing thru the house, scaring all the other kitties. it sounded like a big fight broke out, with all the hissing, growling, and meowing. i ran from my computer to find them upstairs, with the culprits being the tabby and the kitten (who are usually inseparable). the kitten was also pooping diarrhea again. i ran them all into separate rooms until the kitten was isolated in our back sun room. i've kept her isolated for 24hrs with no more diarrhea attacks.
this morning when i reintroduced the kitten to the general population, everything was fine until she met up with the tabby. it sounded like another fight of the century. once again, i isolated the kitten. luckily, no one has been harmed in any of this, just a whole lot of horrible noise. originally i assumed it was the excitement of the noisy plastic bag that set everything off, but today the 2 cats can't even face each other without puffing up and hissing. why would they suddenly turn on each other? i've had the kitten since she was about 6wks (she's a rescue, so i'm unsure of exact age) and they have always been great with each other. the older cats really couldn't care less about anything that's been going on, and the tabby is acting normal with them, as is the kitten.
what could cause this sudden behavior change? should i be concerned about a medical condition in the kitten? i really don't know what to make of this whole situation, as this is the first time any disagreement has been seen between any of our cats.
thank you in advance for any insight!
