My cat was supposed to get spayed last year but there were some problems. The person on the phone wouldn’t let me schedule an appointment (story on another thread) so my cat ended up getting ‘pregnant’ and halfway through become extremely aggressive towards all my other cats and dogs too. Some backstory, this cat is currently 1 year and 3 months old and normally SUPER friendly. She used to absolutely adore all my other cats and play with them and cuddle daily. She loved playing with my dogs too (their tails, specifically lol). So her becoming extremely aggressive to them suddenly was very concerning to me.
Well I took her to the vet because I was concerned about it and it turned out wasn’t actually pregnant. It was probably a false pregnancy and the vet said she would most likely become normal again after getting spayed. The vet did a physical exam and said she looked completely healthy otherwise. So I was finally able to get her spayed. The vet also gave me gabapentin to help calm her down.
It’s been 6 weeks since she got spayed and she is still being super aggressive. She is now starting to rip out my others cats fur on their faces with her claws. The gabapentin wasn’t helping. I also tried reintroducing her to my other cats and that didn’t help either (except the only difference is that now she doesn’t attack them for being in her sight, only if they are within like 5 feet of her). So today I went back to the vet and I asked them to do some kind of tests to see if maybe there is a hidden problem we can’t see that is causing her to be aggressive but the vet said that my cat is completely healthy and that there is no point to do any tests. Instead she gave me some sources on dealing with behavioral problems and also gave me two vet clinics that special more in behavioral cases that might be able to help (but they are far away and expensive). The vet ended up not charging me for the visit at all and just said that my cat is probably just being territorial and to maybe try some of those diffusers that spray into the air that sometimes help calm cats down.
I’m willing to accept that my cats personality is just to be mean to other cats, but it doesn’t completely make sense to me. Her adult personality should be similar to her kitten personality, right? For example, one of my cats was super calm as a kitten and now as an adult he is super lazy and I can handle him like he’s a doll. My other cat was super paranoid as a kitten and now as an adult she is shy. This cat was super extroverted and friendly as a kitten, so should she still be mostly friendly as an adult? She is still friendly to me, in fact she adores me, but as a kitten she loved all other animals, and then suddenly in a single she turned extremely aggressive to other animals. And it also happened when her hormones were all over the place. So it doesn’t make any sense that it’s simply a personality change. There also haven’t been any new cats or dogs either that would have disrupted things for her.
im just not sure if my vet is right in this case or not. She firmly believes my cat is completely healthy and there are no tests I can do that will show me anything different. But my cats sudden change in behavior doesn’t make sense. But before I go to another vet and spends hundreds of dollars somewhere else, I wanted to get some opinions on whether there is any point to do that or if my vet is probably right and there is nothing I can do. My cats have tons and tons of space between them all so I don’t think that’s the problem. My cat also doesn’t seem to be in any pain either. She is still extremely playful, except her play style seemed to change to a more neurotic style rather than a calm style, if that makes sense.
well anyways, I need some opinions here. I will be moving out to my own house in a year (currently live with family) and once I have my own place I can build this cat her own catio or backyard and keep her separated from all my other pets, but for the next 12 months I have no choice but to keep her with all my other pets. I have no way to separate her because of my family. So once again, I need opinions here on whether I should go to another vet, or if my current vet sounds like she is right.
Well I took her to the vet because I was concerned about it and it turned out wasn’t actually pregnant. It was probably a false pregnancy and the vet said she would most likely become normal again after getting spayed. The vet did a physical exam and said she looked completely healthy otherwise. So I was finally able to get her spayed. The vet also gave me gabapentin to help calm her down.
It’s been 6 weeks since she got spayed and she is still being super aggressive. She is now starting to rip out my others cats fur on their faces with her claws. The gabapentin wasn’t helping. I also tried reintroducing her to my other cats and that didn’t help either (except the only difference is that now she doesn’t attack them for being in her sight, only if they are within like 5 feet of her). So today I went back to the vet and I asked them to do some kind of tests to see if maybe there is a hidden problem we can’t see that is causing her to be aggressive but the vet said that my cat is completely healthy and that there is no point to do any tests. Instead she gave me some sources on dealing with behavioral problems and also gave me two vet clinics that special more in behavioral cases that might be able to help (but they are far away and expensive). The vet ended up not charging me for the visit at all and just said that my cat is probably just being territorial and to maybe try some of those diffusers that spray into the air that sometimes help calm cats down.
I’m willing to accept that my cats personality is just to be mean to other cats, but it doesn’t completely make sense to me. Her adult personality should be similar to her kitten personality, right? For example, one of my cats was super calm as a kitten and now as an adult he is super lazy and I can handle him like he’s a doll. My other cat was super paranoid as a kitten and now as an adult she is shy. This cat was super extroverted and friendly as a kitten, so should she still be mostly friendly as an adult? She is still friendly to me, in fact she adores me, but as a kitten she loved all other animals, and then suddenly in a single she turned extremely aggressive to other animals. And it also happened when her hormones were all over the place. So it doesn’t make any sense that it’s simply a personality change. There also haven’t been any new cats or dogs either that would have disrupted things for her.
im just not sure if my vet is right in this case or not. She firmly believes my cat is completely healthy and there are no tests I can do that will show me anything different. But my cats sudden change in behavior doesn’t make sense. But before I go to another vet and spends hundreds of dollars somewhere else, I wanted to get some opinions on whether there is any point to do that or if my vet is probably right and there is nothing I can do. My cats have tons and tons of space between them all so I don’t think that’s the problem. My cat also doesn’t seem to be in any pain either. She is still extremely playful, except her play style seemed to change to a more neurotic style rather than a calm style, if that makes sense.
well anyways, I need some opinions here. I will be moving out to my own house in a year (currently live with family) and once I have my own place I can build this cat her own catio or backyard and keep her separated from all my other pets, but for the next 12 months I have no choice but to keep her with all my other pets. I have no way to separate her because of my family. So once again, I need opinions here on whether I should go to another vet, or if my current vet sounds like she is right.