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Hi there,
I currently own a 7 month old Grey Tabby named Herbert and a 3 pound, one year old chihuahua named Pixie. I owned Pixie almost 5 months before adopting Herbert who was a very small kitten at the time. Socializing them was easy and they soon began to play together, cuddle, and sleep next to each other. It became apparent we had no need to worry about them being aggressive towards each other so we started to let them have free rein of the house. In October, as Pixie and Herbert were playing, Pixie took a nasty fall and hit her head on the coffee table leading to severe head trauma. Thankfully, she snapped back and rehabilitated well after a few days spent in the hospital. But, after her accident, our cat didn't seem to like her anymore. He begin to start pouncing on her, biting her, which has lead to Pixie not liking him in return. We have tried to have them around each other, but Pixie becomes frightened and only wants held while our cat stares at her and charges her causing an uproar. When we don't have them together, Herbert is loving, a little wild, but behaves well. He uses the litter box perfectly, eats normally, drinks normally. He bites occasionally while playing, but other than that, has showed no other signs of aggression. He's a good boy!!
I'm at my wits end. It has become more frustrating as time goes on that I can not have my animals in the same room together which has lead to us separating them. I would like to know if there are any kinds of techniques I can use that can resocialize my animals so we can have a stress free household again. Please help me.
I currently own a 7 month old Grey Tabby named Herbert and a 3 pound, one year old chihuahua named Pixie. I owned Pixie almost 5 months before adopting Herbert who was a very small kitten at the time. Socializing them was easy and they soon began to play together, cuddle, and sleep next to each other. It became apparent we had no need to worry about them being aggressive towards each other so we started to let them have free rein of the house. In October, as Pixie and Herbert were playing, Pixie took a nasty fall and hit her head on the coffee table leading to severe head trauma. Thankfully, she snapped back and rehabilitated well after a few days spent in the hospital. But, after her accident, our cat didn't seem to like her anymore. He begin to start pouncing on her, biting her, which has lead to Pixie not liking him in return. We have tried to have them around each other, but Pixie becomes frightened and only wants held while our cat stares at her and charges her causing an uproar. When we don't have them together, Herbert is loving, a little wild, but behaves well. He uses the litter box perfectly, eats normally, drinks normally. He bites occasionally while playing, but other than that, has showed no other signs of aggression. He's a good boy!!
I'm at my wits end. It has become more frustrating as time goes on that I can not have my animals in the same room together which has lead to us separating them. I would like to know if there are any kinds of techniques I can use that can resocialize my animals so we can have a stress free household again. Please help me.