I took my male and female inside rescue kitties to have their teeth cleaned the same day. They are about 6 years old, and I've had them both about 5 years. Both are fixed.
After we got them home from the cleaning, I let them in the same area and there was lots of hissing. I separated them 24 hours. I realize now, that was way too soon. I rubbed some pure vanilla on both, took a sock and petted them both several times. 48+ hours later, and I tried letting them in the same room together again. They seem to be ok unless one approaches the other, and one will hiss. I put a towel in-between them at that point to prevent any potential fight.
I’m pretty sure they are still sore, and still sleeping a lot. I’m trying to take it slow to prevent full on fight, but my spouse is more impatient. We both work full time, so the rest of the week we will have limited time to work with them.
It’s been tiring, we’ve had little sleep, and I’m exhausted emotionally. I almost regret taking them for cleaning. I keep telling myself that, so far, just hissing isn’t terrible, considering the traumatic experience of anesthesia and a vet visit. Nonrecognition aggression is the pits.
After we got them home from the cleaning, I let them in the same area and there was lots of hissing. I separated them 24 hours. I realize now, that was way too soon. I rubbed some pure vanilla on both, took a sock and petted them both several times. 48+ hours later, and I tried letting them in the same room together again. They seem to be ok unless one approaches the other, and one will hiss. I put a towel in-between them at that point to prevent any potential fight.
I’m pretty sure they are still sore, and still sleeping a lot. I’m trying to take it slow to prevent full on fight, but my spouse is more impatient. We both work full time, so the rest of the week we will have limited time to work with them.
It’s been tiring, we’ve had little sleep, and I’m exhausted emotionally. I almost regret taking them for cleaning. I keep telling myself that, so far, just hissing isn’t terrible, considering the traumatic experience of anesthesia and a vet visit. Nonrecognition aggression is the pits.