Uh oh. Now they are going to be best friends and be in cahoots driving you nuts. Lol. They are crazy, adorable.
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Reintroducing Littermates
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I fear you are right on the being in cahoots.
That picture of Misty helping with the dishes is brilliant, it's a shame she wasn't caught in the act before @Anne put together her recent photo compilations of cats helping out around the home. Misty would have fitted right in with that crowd of hard working kitties.
Love the pictures. How are they doing today?
Just a heads up. When you bring Mysti home after getting spayed there might be a problem between the two of them again. Mysti will smell different for a while. You might want to keep them seperate for a little bit and do sent swapping right away.
Good point. My cats always have to give each other a good sniffing once they come home from the vet. Usually some hissing and growling for a while also. Thankfully it only lasts for a few moments .
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I figure I'll keep her secluded for a week or so after surgery because they play so rough.
Here is them tucked in today. My four year old tucked them in.
Here is them tucked in today. My four year old tucked them in.
Awwwwwww. How adorable. They are so sweet.
Speechless, look at the little paw touching head too!
You might want to be careful keeping them seperated too much as you could end up going through the re-introductions thing again. It is difficult when they haven't had their surgery at the same time but you might find that they manage to work out between them what is and isn't OK post surgery. Once anastheia is all worn off, maybe supervise closely and try to keep together when you can see them and intervene if things do get too rough?
You might want to be careful keeping them seperated too much as you could end up going through the re-introductions thing again. It is difficult when they haven't had their surgery at the same time but you might find that they manage to work out between them what is and isn't OK post surgery. Once anastheia is all worn off, maybe supervise closely and try to keep together when you can see them and intervene if things do get too rough?
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Okay. I'm just super nervous because when Gypsy had her surgery (we didn't have Mysti yet) she had to wear the cone because she wouldn't stop biting at her incision. It was terrifying lol.
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I'd say we are 100% there
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Oh yeah! Love it.
It looks like they are getting along pretty nicely now, though I am sure there are still squeels, hisses and fur flying when they are awake and at play.
Take it as it comes @seasaltysiren , they are all different with the surgery. My two girls didn't bother their stitches at all but I know others have. Hopefully they will be fine with each other and a couple of quiet days without too much leaping and bounding will see them through the most worrying time for you.
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Gotta agree with @MServant there. They are all different in how they act after surgery.
If you find you have to put a cone on Mysti, ...then I'd probably put a "paper plate cone" on Gypsy, too.
Just so Mysti feels better about it.
(I think I saw a few threads or posts, where people actually made their own 'paper plate cone guards' for kittens.) It sounded rather practical.
If Gypsy is still too rough, then yes, close supervision and short separation, until Mysti heals.
Maybe even try teaching Gypsy to wear a small harness, if you can,...and that way you'd have more control of her, if she got rambunctious.
(though the kittens might be too small for a harness, yet.)
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UPDATE:
Mysti is still awaiting her desexing appointment. I plan to get her in this month.
They get along great, they still wrestle around and pounce each other but I can't remember the last time I heard them hiss or growl.
Here are some updated pictures. They're a little over 4 months old now.
Mysti is still awaiting her desexing appointment. I plan to get her in this month.
They get along great, they still wrestle around and pounce each other but I can't remember the last time I heard them hiss or growl.
Here are some updated pictures. They're a little over 4 months old now.
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Awwww they're so cute! Glad they're getting along now!
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I know she's gotten so much more cream on her than when we got her! It's really shining through! She's taken a liking to me, and Gyspy prefers my husband... when we first got them Gyspy was "mine" and Mysti "his" haha.
They are super cute.How gorgeous is Mytsi! I hope you manage to get that appointment booked in for her and all goes well.
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We finally got Mysti fixed last week, and they are back to hating each other! *face palm*
Just lots of hissing and growling, no swatting or anything serious. My mom is due to come over tomorrow with her bird, so we will have to keep the cats put away separate from each other when no one is in the living room...
It's a mess.
Just lots of hissing and growling, no swatting or anything serious. My mom is due to come over tomorrow with her bird, so we will have to keep the cats put away separate from each other when no one is in the living room...
It's a mess.
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She smells different from being at the vet. Rub a bit of vanilla (the real kind) under each of their chins. They should get over it quickly!
When I had 2 cats, despite being fine with each other the rest of the time they always had spats when someone had been to the vet.... it took a day or two to settle even though they were fine normally. Fingers crossed a couple of days with basic introduction tricks like the scent swapping and masking work and you get back to them being settled again.
