Angry Kitties

My Kittens have just been spayed and are now very angry and hissing at each other.... they won't go near each other at all.... they are sisters and are normally quite affectionate to each other.... should I be concerned?.... Could it just be that they don't like their cone heads?????

The cone heads may not be helping, but it's probably the different smells on each other from being at the vets. My boys hissed at each other initially aslso, but got over it very quickly.

I think you can use vanilla or something to neutralise their scent? I hope someone can clarify this, but I know i've read it on here at some stage.

You need to neutralize their scent. You can do that by dusting them down with brewers yeast and combing them out, or putting a small amount of vanilla extract under their noses, chin and at the base of the tail. They pick up all the scents at the vet's office, plus they are stressed as well and they don't smell familiar to each other, therefore they don't recognize each other. You will have to do this several times a day till they calm down.

Let me set a quick scene for you ...

You're wandering around your house, minding your own business when all of a sudden, you are scooped up and shoved into a carrier with your sister. You get into a strange smelling contraption that makes odd noises and even worse, MOVES without you making it do so. Then, you are carried into a strange place with even more odd smells and sounds and left there, away from the place and people you trust to care for you. Someone comes in and shaves your belly and then sticks an ouchy needle in your arm. Before long, you feel groggy and things go all hazy. You are frightened but instinct tells you to be quiet and draw as little attention to yourself as possible. Then you are placed on a cold, metal table with VERY bright lights and all of a sudden, you know nothing more until you wake up confined in a cage with no familiar items or companions, and your belly hurts but you don't know why. You stay this way overnight in the strange place. Then you go back home to the people and things you know, but this experience has confused and frightened you. You lash out at anything and everything especially your sister because she smells like the place where they made your belly hurt.

Make sense?

~gf~

I'm failing to see how this kind of response helps the original poster. I see what you're saying, but that does nothing to help Black kitties' situation.

Originally Posted by buckeye23

I'm failing to see how this kind of response helps the original poster. I see what you're saying, but that does nothing to help Black kitties' situation.

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Actually, I think it does help. It explains the 'why' of the situation from the cats' point of view. Sometimes knowing why something has happened gives you the tools you need to address the situation.

Now Black Kitties can work on helping her little girls let go of their stress by getting rid of the 'bad place' smell, and offering them reassurance and comfort so that they will realize that their world is still safe and home is the same as before. Knowing how cats think about something goes a long way to knowing how to address it.

Kathryn

Originally Posted by buckeye23

I'm failing to see how this kind of response helps the original poster. I see what you're saying, but that does nothing to help Black kitties' situation.

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As Kathryn pointed out, knowing why a certain behavior is occuring can and oftentimes does help one to correct it.

I am sorry if I came across in any other way than what my heart intended - which was to be helpful.

~gf~