We have two one-year-old cats, a female and a male from different litters. Heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s sweet-natured and outgoing; sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s more nervous by nature but very affectionate when sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s comfortable. When we first introduced them as 10 week-old kittens, she hissed at him for a few days but then accepted him—and theyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ve been friends. For almost a year there hasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t been any major misbehavior. Then, recently, sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s picked up a VERY frustrating behavior. It began after their one-year vet checkup, which was quite traumatic for her (as is any forced contact with strangers). When we got her home, she acted “normal†to us, but hissed at our other cat whenever he got close, sometimes even raising a paw defensively. The bad behavior lasted only about 24 hours that time. Unfortunately, itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s starting to become a habit of hers. Whenever thereâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s a stranger around, or sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s disturbed, she hisses at him. Whether his intentions are playful or just curious or indifferent, sheâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll hiss when heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s close. What can we do? We feel bad for our male kitty and want to teach her not to take out her bad moods on him. We also donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t want to feel like we canâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have people over without disturbing the peace at our home. Any thoughts?
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Cat starting to hiss at other cat
- Thread starter bearfish
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I'm assuming they are both fixed at this point. It isn't unusual for cats to come back from a vet visit and growl or hiss at each other. That happens every time I take one or both of my cats to the vet..and they are now 9 years of age. They are usually very loving to each other...but after a vet visit..they chase each other and growl. This usually lasts 2 to 3 days. Cats are very scent oriented...which is why you may want to get Feliway:
http://www.catfaeries.com/feliway.html
Feliway helps to calm cats.
Katie
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TNR1-Thanks for the quick reply and suggestion. Yes, they are both fixed. Our concern is that now it's other, smaller stresses and not just vet visits that are triggering her bad behavior (directed at just at the other cat and not at us humans). She's always been a little skittish but this seemed like a step in the wrong direction.
It might very well be. You seem like a fantastic mom to them. I'll bet her anxiety is mis-directed aggression is all. When faced with stess that isn't even related to you or the other cat, she'll take it out on him. This actually is fairly common with the females.
Do you have any Feliway? Maybe put one or two around your house - that might help. Also, we would cuddle and pet/soothe our little one, Saba, when anything was potentially stressful - hoping to catch it before "it" made its way to Sasha
or now Sammy. That helped in our case a LOT.
or now Sammy. That helped in our case a LOT.
