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This is my first post, and I'm looking for some help concerning my two cats, Tuesday and Oscar.
Tuesday is a female, 11 years old, spayed. Oscar is a male, 2.5 years old, neutered. Both are indoor cats, and current on shots.
Friday, I came home from work for lunch, and the cats were behaving normally.
When I came home from work a few hours later, Oscar and Tuesday were screaming bloody murder. They weren't playing, or even having a minor spat. Oscar chased Tuesday into the basement, where they fought so hard it disconnected the hose on the back of my dryer.
I've never seen them behave this way. They've co-existed peacefully for two years. I was terrified, and I seperated the two cats, keeping Tuesday in the basement and Oscar upstairs. I checked both for wounds, but could find none.
A few hours later, after Tuesday had calmed down, I let her back upstairs, when she and Oscar almost immediately went at it again.
When my fiance got home, we gave them baths, hoping that maybe if one had an odd scent, that could help normalize it. Of course, that didn't help.
Speaking with some people, one thought is that Tuesday, who is aging, is experience a sickness or kidney failure, and Oscar is sensing the weakness, and trying to establish dominance. I'm taking Tuesday to the vet on Monday (today being saturday) to have her checked out.
I have two questions, and will accept any advice offered.
1. Assuming Tuesday is healthy, how should I go about re-acclimating the two? Is that even possible? I've seen indor cats swipe, fight, but never like this. I really think they're trying to kill each other.
2. Any ideas on what could onset the suddeness of this behavior, aside from sickness? It really strikes me as bizarre, and frankly, its keeping me quite worried.
Thanks in advance for any advice and help.
Tuesday is a female, 11 years old, spayed. Oscar is a male, 2.5 years old, neutered. Both are indoor cats, and current on shots.
Friday, I came home from work for lunch, and the cats were behaving normally.
When I came home from work a few hours later, Oscar and Tuesday were screaming bloody murder. They weren't playing, or even having a minor spat. Oscar chased Tuesday into the basement, where they fought so hard it disconnected the hose on the back of my dryer.
I've never seen them behave this way. They've co-existed peacefully for two years. I was terrified, and I seperated the two cats, keeping Tuesday in the basement and Oscar upstairs. I checked both for wounds, but could find none.
A few hours later, after Tuesday had calmed down, I let her back upstairs, when she and Oscar almost immediately went at it again.
When my fiance got home, we gave them baths, hoping that maybe if one had an odd scent, that could help normalize it. Of course, that didn't help.
Speaking with some people, one thought is that Tuesday, who is aging, is experience a sickness or kidney failure, and Oscar is sensing the weakness, and trying to establish dominance. I'm taking Tuesday to the vet on Monday (today being saturday) to have her checked out.
I have two questions, and will accept any advice offered.
1. Assuming Tuesday is healthy, how should I go about re-acclimating the two? Is that even possible? I've seen indor cats swipe, fight, but never like this. I really think they're trying to kill each other.
2. Any ideas on what could onset the suddeness of this behavior, aside from sickness? It really strikes me as bizarre, and frankly, its keeping me quite worried.
Thanks in advance for any advice and help.