So here’s the story. I needed to spay my cat but the vet said no (that’s another story in another thread) so my cat got ‘pregnant’ and I was going to plan another appointment for her to get spayed after she gave birth since I couldn’t find any vets to spay her within her first few weeks of pregnancy. She was acting normal for a pregnant cat and 3 weeks ago started being super aggressive to all my other cats and dogs. I just thought it was from pregnancy hormones so I ignored it for the first week but by the second week she was being so aggressive to my other cats that my youngest kitten was becoming really scared of her. I was luckily able to separate her and just kept her separate until I expected her to give birth. Well her due date came and instead of going into labor she went into heat. So turns out she either had a phantom pregnancy or a miscarriage. So I called the vet and scheduled a spay appointment for January 10th at the same time as my kittens spay surgery.
The problem is that I let her back out to the rest of my cats after her heat cycle was over but she was still being super aggressive. Picking fights for no reason, growling at the mere sight of my other cats, growing when I carry her around, hissing and swatting my cats when they got too close. It was way too aggressive. Her normal behavior is that she is super extroverted, friendly, playful, and loves all my other cats. So her entire aggressive mood has been totally unusual. So I locked her in a dog crate because I’m worried for my youngest kitten (she is literally terrified of this cat now and they used to be bffs up until this month). And yesterday I took her to vet to make sure there isn’t a hidden health issue causing her to be aggressive.
Well the vet looked at her and said she looks perfectly healthy and most likely it was just a false pregnancy causing her hormones to be all over the place. She said there’s a chance there is some type of infection or fluid buildup but most likely that’s not it, and she said that whatever the problem is, it should get cleared up after she gets spayed. If it’s an infection, it will be dealt with during surgery, if it’s a fetus that wasn’t absorbed it will be removed during surgery, or if it’s just her hormones she will return to normal after getting spayed. She gave me some gabapentin to give her once a day until the surgery so I’ve been giving it to my cat but it hasn’t made her any less aggressive to my other cats.
She is locked in a dog crate now but this is her reaction to seeing any of my cats:
Neutered adult male: tolerates him
Intact male kitten: growls at the sight of him
Spayed adult female: growls at the sight of her
Intact female kitten: growls at the sight of her (and now the kitten is terrified)
And for all these situations, she also hisses if they get closer but since she is in a crate they usually stay away from her except the two males because they just ignore her.
It’s still another 9 days until she gets spayed. So after that, how long will it take her hormones to calm down, assuming this is simply a hormone issue from her ‘pregnancy’? She used to be bffs with all my cats and absolutely loved playing with them and cuddling and sleeping with them and now she’s completely hostile and mean to them. I feel so bad watching this happen and I especially feel bad for the kitten and I’m worried that this has ruined their relationship forever. I’m wondering how long after her surgery I can expect it to take before she becomes her normal friendly self again, and if she doesn’t stop being aggressive, how long I should wait before considering going to another vet to look at her.
The problem is that I let her back out to the rest of my cats after her heat cycle was over but she was still being super aggressive. Picking fights for no reason, growling at the mere sight of my other cats, growing when I carry her around, hissing and swatting my cats when they got too close. It was way too aggressive. Her normal behavior is that she is super extroverted, friendly, playful, and loves all my other cats. So her entire aggressive mood has been totally unusual. So I locked her in a dog crate because I’m worried for my youngest kitten (she is literally terrified of this cat now and they used to be bffs up until this month). And yesterday I took her to vet to make sure there isn’t a hidden health issue causing her to be aggressive.
Well the vet looked at her and said she looks perfectly healthy and most likely it was just a false pregnancy causing her hormones to be all over the place. She said there’s a chance there is some type of infection or fluid buildup but most likely that’s not it, and she said that whatever the problem is, it should get cleared up after she gets spayed. If it’s an infection, it will be dealt with during surgery, if it’s a fetus that wasn’t absorbed it will be removed during surgery, or if it’s just her hormones she will return to normal after getting spayed. She gave me some gabapentin to give her once a day until the surgery so I’ve been giving it to my cat but it hasn’t made her any less aggressive to my other cats.
She is locked in a dog crate now but this is her reaction to seeing any of my cats:
Neutered adult male: tolerates him
Intact male kitten: growls at the sight of him
Spayed adult female: growls at the sight of her
Intact female kitten: growls at the sight of her (and now the kitten is terrified)
And for all these situations, she also hisses if they get closer but since she is in a crate they usually stay away from her except the two males because they just ignore her.
It’s still another 9 days until she gets spayed. So after that, how long will it take her hormones to calm down, assuming this is simply a hormone issue from her ‘pregnancy’? She used to be bffs with all my cats and absolutely loved playing with them and cuddling and sleeping with them and now she’s completely hostile and mean to them. I feel so bad watching this happen and I especially feel bad for the kitten and I’m worried that this has ruined their relationship forever. I’m wondering how long after her surgery I can expect it to take before she becomes her normal friendly self again, and if she doesn’t stop being aggressive, how long I should wait before considering going to another vet to look at her.
