And I think I'm going with them! Ok, so here's the background. We adopted 2 cats (mother and son). When we first got them, they got along wonderfully. About a month ago, we confirmed that Trixie is pregnant. At the same time, Tiger was neutered (we had to wait till he'd gotten his shots). The entire time Tiger was at the vet, Trixie went nutty looking for him, meowing every 5 seconds. Then when he came home, she turned downright evil (or so I thought). She was hissing and growling and swiping at him. Thinking it was that nasty "vet smell" I put drops of vanilla on their chins and the base of their tails....no dice. I then tried seperating them for a couple of days...ya, that worked well...NOT...they went nuts until I let them back together.
So here we are a month later, the hissing growling and swiping continue...with the added pleasure of Trixie lunging across the room to attack Tiger. He, of course, escapes with a growl or 2 of his own, finds a nice quiet place to hide....and then lies in wait. The second Trixie walks by him, it's like flies to ...well you know....he jumps on her back, claws out, teeth beared....
I'm at a loss....we're all becoming terrified of these nutty cats cause when they're going at it, it makes no difference who's in the way....they simply get added to the casulaties list. At first the vet agreed it was likely the smell difference....then when it didn't improve, I called again and she said it could be because Trixie is pregnant.
So now my concerns are as follows:
1. That the cats will injure themselves (or each other).
2. That Tiger will freak on the babies when they come.
3. That Trixie will get freaked by Tiger and hurt the kitties when they come.
So here we are a month later, the hissing growling and swiping continue...with the added pleasure of Trixie lunging across the room to attack Tiger. He, of course, escapes with a growl or 2 of his own, finds a nice quiet place to hide....and then lies in wait. The second Trixie walks by him, it's like flies to ...well you know....he jumps on her back, claws out, teeth beared....
I'm at a loss....we're all becoming terrified of these nutty cats cause when they're going at it, it makes no difference who's in the way....they simply get added to the casulaties list. At first the vet agreed it was likely the smell difference....then when it didn't improve, I called again and she said it could be because Trixie is pregnant.
So now my concerns are as follows:
1. That the cats will injure themselves (or each other).
2. That Tiger will freak on the babies when they come.
3. That Trixie will get freaked by Tiger and hurt the kitties when they come.