Cat came home from vet and other cat hisses

Cats dont like vets. This allows the cat to clean and groom himself and remove any funny smells that he has picked up.

When cats go to the vet they come home smelling like the vet.

Cat came home from vet and other cat hisses. Duncan was always the aggressor when Admiral would come home from the vets office groomer or from having his teeth cleaned. It was never reversed. In the case of the groomer I learned that if the groomer didnt spritz Admiral with the cologne Duncan was fine.

Coming home from a vets visit - Duncan would always growl and hiss for a few minutes. My cat is having a similar issue–lots of coughing trouble breathing lethargic–the vet said she has a heart condition. But when I brought her home two of my three other cats acted like she was a stranger.

They snuck up to her and then would hiss at her or try to hit her. This is the kind of non-recognition aggression you may see when one cat comes home from the veterinary clinic and is either hissed at or actually attacked. For the unsuspecting cat parent and for the victim cat its terrifying because it comes out of nowhere and seems as if the cat who stayed home no longer recognizes his best friend.

Last night our other 9-year old male bengal started hissing at her every time he smelled her. Ive done some cursory research online and it sounds like it may just be a matter of her smelling like the vet but after separating them overnight in different rooms wiping our female down with a warm washcloth to get any scent off her and even trying a team activity laser. I usually attribute to the black cat just not liking the vet at all.

I figured when the other one comes home smelling like the vet it just makes the other one all mad. Again ours only lasts about 3-4 days until things get back to normal but its 3-4 days full of hissing meowing spitting growling and few other noises I cant quite explain. This could be because of the initial strange smell of your cat after returning from the vets or it could be that your cats own behavior changed due to his experience at.

This is not a clearly understood phenomenon but it can occur when one cat returns from the vet returns from the groomer from a boarding facility or from another home where they interacted with other humans and animals. It can take a few hours to a few weeks in more rare cases before the cats are fully recovered. They both went to the vet together 2 weeks ago and Milo hates it.

Hisses complains the entire time. Mia doesnt like it but she is better than him with the experience. Monday Mia went to the vet to have dental cleaning and a baby tooth extracted.

When we came home Milo didnt like the way she smelled and hissed like crazy. Its the strange smells. Peppercorn does not smell like herself to the other cat.

Happens every time one goes to the vet – I have had cats all my life I am 50. Once when I had two and both went to the vet - no hissing. The longer the cat stays as in when our female tortoiseshell stayed 3 days the longer the hissing goes on.

The problem might be you only sprayed the cat that was at the vet. By only spraying the one cat you prolonged the time it smells different. You have to spray BOTH cats so they BOTH smell the same.

That way the cat that is hissing will identify the other cat as itself. What spray are you using. I recommend vanilla in water.

Make it strong enough. The advice I give to cat owners is that if a cat goes to the vet clinic for any reason keep him isolated from other cats for a few hours when he gets back home. This allows the cat to clean and groom himself and remove any funny smells that he has picked up.

Then give the cat a rub all over with same bedding used by the other cats in the. Cat goes to vet and has to be restrained becomes scared expresses its anal glands and when it comes home literally smells of fear which. This week Harpo was rushed to the vets and has been diagnosed with HCM Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or an enlarged heart and is in heart failure.

He came home yesterday after 3 days at the vets. Hes on a load of medication but it mainly palliative care. Hes very slow and tired not the cat that we had before who played with his brothers.

Answer 1 of 9. When cats go to the vet they come home smelling like the vet. Cats dont like vets.

Once your older kitty stops smelling like the vets office your other cat will come around. I assume you keep your kitties indoors where theyre safe. Back in December 05 my kitty Satay had to spend several days in the vet hospital.

When she came home her litter-mate Mabel acted exactly as you described your house-cat is acting – hissing swiping etc. Satay smelled different from being in the hospital. As Stevenson notes cats who are handled roughly might hiss during restraint and on approach Similarly you also may notice your cat hissing during a visit to the vet as a reaction to being restrained by the doctor or technicians.

If your cat is hissing at you or your family members its a good idea to take stock of your actions. Another reason your cat might be acting strange after a vacation is that cats enjoy routine and you being gone causes a disruption in that routine. Cats are creatures of habit and when their people leave or if they are boarded it can be highly disruptive says Taylor Truitt DVM CEO of The Vet Set in Brooklyn New York.

If the other cats in the house make regular visits to the vet they may be recognizing the vet odors and considering the atmosphere hostile relating it to injections and anal thermometers. Even a cat visiting overnight with a family member or being boarded is sometimes greeted with hostility by the other cats in the family. Scents from medications shots and cleaning agents typically found at vet clinics are especially intrusive.

Essentially the cat who was away is not recognized and may be mistaken as an intruder. Treatment then involves slowly reintroducing the cats to each other the same way a new cat is introduced into the household. They should be placed in separate rooms so that they can hear and smell each other but no visual contact occurs.

The cats should be rotated around all the rooms in the house until they have left their scent in every room.