How do I reintroduce my cat after being spayed?
Hi all,
We have 3 cats total. Our first cat we adopted when she was about 6 months, and a few months later we adopted 2 newborn kittens (3 days old). We slowly introduced them to our older kitty and they all got along great. They would cuddle all day every day. The baby kitties are now almost 5 months and we just got one of them spayed. 311
The vet told us to keep her in a separate room that was calm so she could heal for 10-14 days. It has now been 10 days and we wanted to slowly introduce our kitten back into the room with our other kitties, but when we brought her in the room both cats started hissing at her like they didn't remember or recognize her. I suspected it was because she was wearing a cone and might smell different. We took off the cone for a bit which only helped slightly with our older cat.
Right now our spayed kitten is in a large cage in the room with our other cats, but she is meowing a lot and the other cats are hissing and growling. We will likely move her back to the other room for now so everyone can calm down, but I'm wondering how we should approach this going forward? They used to be so close that it's making me really sad! I hope they can find their bond again.
Any advice would be really helpful. <PERSON> 311