Hi there all! Been a while since I have been on here. Last time I had been moved into a new house and both my kitties (Salem - boy & Spook - girl) were doing just fine. They are brother and sister and seemed to have a ball playing together. Things have been fine over the past year up until now. I recently had to move to my mom's for a short time because my lease was up and I didn't have another apt ready. My mom has two greyhounds in the house so there is dog smell all over including in the bedroom that I am staying in. So, the night I was going to stay here, I had both kitties in their cage together. After about an hour, I opened the door for them to come out and sniff around. I had the bedroom door shut so the dogs couldn't get in. Salem came out and looked around but Spook didnt. I got her out and held her thinking that would help her relax. After about 5 minutes she went balistic!! She started hissing, growling, yowling and scratching me. She jumped out of my arms and in the meantime, Salem climbed up my back and was hissing and growling. I think he was attacking me because he thought I was hurting his sister. I finally got a hold of Spook after she ripped through the bedroom and I put her in a carrier. Then I put Salem in the cage. They were so upset! So, I thought I would take them back to the old house for the night to let them relax. I had to carry them in separate carriers because Spook was growling and hissing at Salem now. Not sure why? We got to the old place, I let them out and she still was hissing and growling at Salem. After about 2 hours of this, I had them in my old bedroom with me thinking they would finally settle. Nope! Spook kept chasing after Salem yowling, hissing, etc. and Salem was acting scared. Needless to say I got 1 hour of sleep that night. I finally ended up putting them in separate rooms to keep them from fighting. In the morning, I took Spook up to the vet to make sure something wasn't wrong medically. They did a full checkup including blood work and said she was fine. In the meantime I had brought Salem down to my mom's where I will be staying. He was fine, he got out of the carrier, sniffed around and layed on the bed purring. When I got Spook home, she was still doing the same things. I feel so sad that she is so upset and that she is so mean to her brother after they used to get along! He doesn't know what to do. So, I now have to huge cages that they each stay separately in while I am at my mom's. I get one out at a time to let them walk around (I hate having them in a cage) and Salem is fine but Spook is just still so mad!! Salem tries to come by her cage to see her and she goes off. I am trying to find a place to live but it might take a couple more weeks.
Is there anything else I can do?
Should I not get them out at all?
Do you think they will eventually get along again?
Why did this happen where she is mad and he isn't?
I am so afraid that even when I get settled somewhere they might not get along and I don't want them to fight. I don't even know how I would break a fight up.
My vet said that if she doesn't settle down then I need to put her on prozac.
You all have had such amazing advice before and that's why I came here to ask my questions.
Thanks so much in advance for any advice.
Sincerely,
Aimee
Sorry for such a long post!!!
Is there anything else I can do?
Should I not get them out at all?
Do you think they will eventually get along again?
Why did this happen where she is mad and he isn't?
I am so afraid that even when I get settled somewhere they might not get along and I don't want them to fight. I don't even know how I would break a fight up.
My vet said that if she doesn't settle down then I need to put her on prozac.
You all have had such amazing advice before and that's why I came here to ask my questions.
Thanks so much in advance for any advice.
Sincerely,
Aimee
Sorry for such a long post!!!