weird cat behavior: help!

[Biciclista]

take a washcloth and wipe down both cats with something that smells.. like a diluted vinegar solution. Your cat smells of the vet's office.
hopefully by now it has all passed, but if it hasnt..
Sometimes a cat can get spooked and it can ruin a relationship. I hope your kitty gets over this soon.

[indysteel]

I used some dilute vinegar and then took Izzy upstairs for a little one-on-one cuddling. She's sleeping on me at the moment. I'll reintroduce them in a bit...and hope for the best. Poor kitties. It doesn't take much to stress them out. I miss Sophie Kitty for that reason alone; she was a very mellow cat.

[jessmarimba]

One of mine does that to the other cat. It's worse after the vet, but if they're even separated for a day or two she'll act like that for a little while. It's partly stinky-vet-smell and probably partly general unhappiness at not being an "only cat" anymore.

[zoom-zoom]

Our cats are indoor-only. But every so often one will sneak out for maybe 30 seconds (they always stop to eat grass or roll in the dirt, then we scoop them up and put them back inside). It's not such an issue, nowadays, but when they were younger and when we had our late Gus there were always issues with them briefly "forgetting" that they are actually friends. Cats are sweet, but I'm not so sure that they are smart. Just getting the smell of the outdoors on them can make the others forget their friend. Dummies.

[indysteel]

Things are still tense in the Henry-Izzy household (because it is THEIR house). She's still hissing and growling. We we supposed to camp tonight and tomorrow night in conjuction with a mountain bike clinic. We've decided to just head out tomorrow morning instead. Between the cats' issues and 90 degree temps, it's just not in the cards. I won't enjoy myself if I'm worried about them anyway.

[Eden]

They'll chill it out and go back to being friends after a little while. My girl does the same thing to my boy cat when he's been to the vet - and she's normally totally mellow and sweet to everyone.

[indysteel]

Whew! We awoke this morning to more snarls and hisses. I was admittedly frustrated at that point. But we carried on with our morning routine, which includes Henry "helping" DH read the newspaper. And by "helping" I mean that he licks it, swats at it and otherwise makes reading a PITA. For whatever reason, Izzy started to relax at that point. She started voluntarily approaching him and touching noses. Now she's back to pestering him like normal.

At least I know what to expect now if Henry goes to the vet. Thanks for all the advice. Now if it would just stop raining so we could go camping.