Yesterday was a nice calm day till late afternoon.
My momma kitty, Slick and her two kids, Beeshee Marie and Fetch were in their windows, (windows open with clawproof screening), watching the birds and chipmunks. About 30 feet away my DH was cleaning the air compressor. They are used to the regular noises, but the compressor let go a 100 lb blast of air. I was upstairs and I jumped and hollered out the window what was that?
In about 10 minutes I came down and heard a strange humming sound. Looked back at the cats and all you know what was about to break loose. Tails were huge, they were stalking eachother as if to say "ok, who make that horrible noise". The two females had a real prob with eachother, while Fetch was just comfused and following them around. I knew he could get swept up in the rukus if a fight broke out! Then it would spread to the seniors in the other room. UGH!
I kept the two females apart by putting a large box between them as much as I could. DH came in and prepared their dinner. Not interested. Just wanted to beat eachother up.
Thank goodness, it never came to blows, although it was so close! Finally got them to get interested in their food while talking to them in the usual tone I use. Grabbed my spray bottle of Feliway that I only use for vet visits and liberally used that.
By the end of the night, they were all sleeping and washing eachother. UGH, I was a mess..all I could see was dollar signs when I kept thinking about bite wounds and vet visits.
I love them dearly, why are they so nutso sometimes!!
My momma kitty, Slick and her two kids, Beeshee Marie and Fetch were in their windows, (windows open with clawproof screening), watching the birds and chipmunks. About 30 feet away my DH was cleaning the air compressor. They are used to the regular noises, but the compressor let go a 100 lb blast of air. I was upstairs and I jumped and hollered out the window what was that?
In about 10 minutes I came down and heard a strange humming sound. Looked back at the cats and all you know what was about to break loose. Tails were huge, they were stalking eachother as if to say "ok, who make that horrible noise". The two females had a real prob with eachother, while Fetch was just comfused and following them around. I knew he could get swept up in the rukus if a fight broke out! Then it would spread to the seniors in the other room. UGH!
I kept the two females apart by putting a large box between them as much as I could. DH came in and prepared their dinner. Not interested. Just wanted to beat eachother up.
Thank goodness, it never came to blows, although it was so close! Finally got them to get interested in their food while talking to them in the usual tone I use. Grabbed my spray bottle of Feliway that I only use for vet visits and liberally used that.
By the end of the night, they were all sleeping and washing eachother. UGH, I was a mess..all I could see was dollar signs when I kept thinking about bite wounds and vet visits.
I love them dearly, why are they so nutso sometimes!!
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