Help. My 8 year old Captain Hughey has turned fearful and angry. When

[applegrove]

the older one and I got back from the veterinarian's, Captain Hughey started hissing at Twilight, smelling her where they put the alcohol swap when they took her blood and urine. Now, 6 hours later, he is hissing at me too when I go into the bedroom. I just gave him his dinner in there. I hope he calms down and trusts us. We have not changed. He may be upset because he has never been alone in his life. Twilight has been there since Hughey was a kitten. Maybe he is having an anxiety attack because the smell of medicinal alcohol reminds him of when he was fixed as a 9 week old kitten? (I bought him from a store but they source pets from the Humaine Society where they are fixed before they go to the store and that is included in the price). Off to go see if he liked dinner.

[TomDaisy]

1. try flooding the zone with febreeze or scented air freshener

confuse the nose

[applegrove]

3. He seems okay now. He came right upp to me in the bedroom. Also

Twilight doesn't smell anymore.

[2naSalit]

11. That stuff is really bad for your pets.

[SheltieLover]

2. Pheremones / rescue remedy?

Poor Captain Hughey.

Good vibes on the way to him. 💓💓💓

Pls keep us updated?

[applegrove]

6. He's good. He is calm. He is sleeping on me like he usually does as I watch TV.

[SheltieLover]

9. So glad to hear!

Ty!

[Ocelot II]

4. It's the vet smell. Several of my cats have behaved that way

when another cat in the household returned from the vet. They always settled down after a day or two.

[applegrove]

7. Okay. I hope Twilight doesn't have to go back for more reasons than that. She's 18.

I hope the bloodwork works out and she just has a thyroid condition.

[wnylib]

5. Probably was the alcohol scent.

Cats do remember scents that they associate with an unpleasant experience.

[applegrove]

8. Okay. We are good.

[SlimJimmy]

10. Okay, good.

When our semi-feral Grey Tabby tomcat has to go to the vet, it's like a three part play. But once he's there, as long as they let him walk out of his carrier, he's fine. But God help the one that tries to reach in and take him out. A while back, I had a utility guy mention that my Grey Tabby was such a pretty cat and could he have him? Other than the obvious question "Why the hell are you even asking?" I said, "Sure - Oh wait, you might want to call 911 first." Idiot.