This is a crisis in my house right now. We adopted a trio of siblings when they were kittens and they have mostly got along great. But there have now been two incidents when the big orange male drew blood from his calico sister. The first went unnoticed at first and developed into a full infection requiring surgery and a drain tube and weeks in the cone, all for poor little innocent calico sister. Then again recently he cut a long slice down the bridge of her nose that made it look like her face was about to fly off her skull like a rubber band snapping. In between all this: months and years of cuddling and play. Now we’re sitting here wondering if it is responsible to wait for a third episode.
Yeah we are trying a Feliway now, though I don’t live the idea of atomizing cat hormones inside our house where we have growing children.
The problem is that we’ve had two major incidents over about 4 years, so it could be a long time before we are able to say that Feliway or anything else is “working.” And the next data point we gather could be fatal to one of them.
Yeah this has been getting done the whole time. I’m not sure why it doesn’t help more than it does. Their claws seem to always be razor sharp and they rip the shit out of our carpets regularly.
This is a crisis in my house right now. We adopted a trio of siblings when they were kittens and they have mostly got along great. But there have now been two incidents when the big orange male drew blood from his calico sister. The first went unnoticed at first and developed into a full infection requiring surgery and a drain tube and weeks in the cone, all for poor little innocent calico sister. Then again recently he cut a long slice down the bridge of her nose that made it look like her face was about to fly off her skull like a rubber band snapping. In between all this: months and years of cuddling and play. Now we’re sitting here wondering if it is responsible to wait for a third episode.
Get those calming pheromone dispensers. It should help cats get used to each other peacefully.
Yeah we are trying a Feliway now, though I don’t live the idea of atomizing cat hormones inside our house where we have growing children.
The problem is that we’ve had two major incidents over about 4 years, so it could be a long time before we are able to say that Feliway or anything else is “working.” And the next data point we gather could be fatal to one of them.
You might be able to mitigate the damage by trimming their nails down but this would need to be done frequently.
Yeah this has been getting done the whole time. I’m not sure why it doesn’t help more than it does. Their claws seem to always be razor sharp and they rip the shit out of our carpets regularly.