![]() Instead, we let Ghost Cat stick around (at a distance). If I had kept Ghost Cat downstairs until Speck started smelling like herself again, maybe Specter would have been greeted with kisses instead of hisses. We never should have brought the cats back together until Specter (who had slept over at our vet’s office) stopped smelling like medicine and other animals, and until she was done with the pain medication that made her move slower than normal. Let the smell of other cats and animals dissipate and the medicine wear off If we hadn’t let Specter out so fast we would have had the opportunity to see how uncomfortable Ghosty was, and we could have moved Specter to another room while she was still protected in the kennel. That way the humans can see how other cats in the household are going to react, and proactively prevent conflicts. According to the American Association of Feline Practitioners, a returning cat should be left in their carrier for a few minutes when they get home from the vet. I now know that springing Specter from her kennel so quickly was a total mistake. ![]() That’s when Ghost Cat started hissing, surprising all of us - especially poor baby Speck. When my husband brought Specter home from her surgery we opened up the kennel right away, with Ghost Cat watching from the top of the stairs. Going forward as a cat mom, I plan to use the following tips whenever one of my kitties is returning home from the vet. Knowing what I know now, there is plenty I would do differently after bringing Specter home from her spay. They don’t know who this imposter is, and so they feel like they need to defend their territory. Their buddy smells different, acts different, and maybe even looks a little different. It makes sense when you look at it from the aggressive cat’s point of view. Feline non-recognition aggression isn’t uncommon and happens when one cat in a household comes home from the vet. It was like suddenly Ghost Cat didn’t even recognize her little buddy - because, I guess, she didn’t.Īfter a little Googling I learned that what Ghosty experienced is called “feline non-recognition aggression,” and it can make the best of kitty friends turn on each other. I had expected Ghosty to greet Specter with open paws and loving licks, but instead I heard the kind of hissing sound Ghost Cat hadn’t made since the first day she met Specter. ![]() That’s why I was so surprised by what happened when my husband brought Specter home from her spay surgery last week.
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