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My female cat seems to have taken a dislike to her son since he's been back from the vet.He was at the vet for four days and when we brought him home he had a cone and she hissed at him I thought well the cone is freaking her out or maybe the strange smells Well he has been home for 2 weeks now , no cone now and she still hisses at him and yesterday swatted at him. Any ideas on what I can do to help or is it best to ignore and she will come around some time? Anyone else have this problem.
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This is actually a common problem because she does not recognize him. Cats ascertain who people are very often by using smells and of course, her son - and your kitten - smells like the vet's place so naturally, this is a new smell to her.
You almost need to in a sense start over with the intros. There are some tricks of the trade tho - take a towel and wipe each one with it so they both have the same smells and alternately, you can neutralize the smells by dabbing a little vanilla extract under the chin of each cat or other strategic locations. They will come around but it is like two new cats- and she thinks this new one is barging into her territory - does not realize it's her baby!! The next time you bring one to the vet, bring some of her smells -luike an old smelly towel or t shirt of youre or the cat's and keep it with one of them . That may lessen the problems if one of them is sat the vet for a protracted amt of time. Good luck!
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I had to add - she is NOT mad at him - she just does not recognize him!!!!
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Thanks cyberkitten
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Update
They are getting along now the towel trick worked
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What everyone said is correct. This happened to me the last time I boarded my cats. I asked they both be placed in the same place, but they separated them. Oksana kept hissing at Vlad for several hours after I bought them home. After a while they were both back to their playing.
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I wouldn't have ever thought that that would happen I know now though. Yes problem solved now, Asia is fairly highstrung but she is back to her tolerating Rocco lol
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