I have Googled my problem and the only things I can find relate to when one cat comes back from the vet and isn't recognised due to the smells on it. I have what seems to be the same problem except neither of my cats have been to the vet.
I have two cats, Mini (female, 10 lbs) and Aslan (male, 15 lbs). We have had them for 3 years+ since they were kittens, they didn't go outside for a long time and only go out the back yard briefly before coming back in. They have always been best friends, sleeping next to each other, always friendly with each other with the odd playfight and chasing each other around. I'd rate these fights at a 3. The occasional 4 or 5, very brief, then everything back to normal.
My friend came to our house with his young daughter on Saturday as she loves cats. She was playing with both of them separately and fed them some treats. They were here about an hour in total. After around 40 minutes, Mini went straight at Aslan and it was like nothing I've ever seen before, it was like she was trying to kill him. I didn't know she was even capable of this, it was crazy. I ran and eventually separated them and put her outside. She was crying at the window so we eventually let her back in. They locked eyes after a minute or so, Aslan hissed in defence and she attacked again. He ran under the bed, trapped and she got to him. Although he's big, he's a big softy and from what I saw he didn't really fight back, even though it's usually him being the "aggressor" if you can call it that in their play fights.
I separated them and he was very shaken up and had a cut or two on him. Since then I've kept them in separate rooms, most of the time with two doors between them, gave them both access to separate litter trays and bowls. I've read a lot of things which mostly say the same kind of things but all of them say this usually happens after being at the vets.
Does anyone have any advice? Could anyone give any insight on what the cause of this was? The only things I can think of are that my friend's daughter had the smell of their next door neighbour's cat on her or... while they were here, a rug from the hallway was in the washing machine and it was the first time it had been washed since we moved into this house. One of them had urinated on it when a litter tray was full. Or it could have had a smell on it from a previous tenant? I don't know. It was left outside after we found wee on it, which I assume was a big mistake and maybe attracted another cat. It was put in the washing machine which I assume could have disturbed any number of smells.
Really stressed out with this so any advice is appreciated.
I have two cats, Mini (female, 10 lbs) and Aslan (male, 15 lbs). We have had them for 3 years+ since they were kittens, they didn't go outside for a long time and only go out the back yard briefly before coming back in. They have always been best friends, sleeping next to each other, always friendly with each other with the odd playfight and chasing each other around. I'd rate these fights at a 3. The occasional 4 or 5, very brief, then everything back to normal.
My friend came to our house with his young daughter on Saturday as she loves cats. She was playing with both of them separately and fed them some treats. They were here about an hour in total. After around 40 minutes, Mini went straight at Aslan and it was like nothing I've ever seen before, it was like she was trying to kill him. I didn't know she was even capable of this, it was crazy. I ran and eventually separated them and put her outside. She was crying at the window so we eventually let her back in. They locked eyes after a minute or so, Aslan hissed in defence and she attacked again. He ran under the bed, trapped and she got to him. Although he's big, he's a big softy and from what I saw he didn't really fight back, even though it's usually him being the "aggressor" if you can call it that in their play fights.
I separated them and he was very shaken up and had a cut or two on him. Since then I've kept them in separate rooms, most of the time with two doors between them, gave them both access to separate litter trays and bowls. I've read a lot of things which mostly say the same kind of things but all of them say this usually happens after being at the vets.
Does anyone have any advice? Could anyone give any insight on what the cause of this was? The only things I can think of are that my friend's daughter had the smell of their next door neighbour's cat on her or... while they were here, a rug from the hallway was in the washing machine and it was the first time it had been washed since we moved into this house. One of them had urinated on it when a litter tray was full. Or it could have had a smell on it from a previous tenant? I don't know. It was left outside after we found wee on it, which I assume was a big mistake and maybe attracted another cat. It was put in the washing machine which I assume could have disturbed any number of smells.
Really stressed out with this so any advice is appreciated.
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