Hello All Members, We have been living with our two sweet Bengals for almost a year, they always loved each other, groomed each other and played together from day one. Yesterday Ponty was brought back from the hospital, where he had to spend two nights and had some treatments. He came back feeling better and his symptoms stopped (traditionally with him vomiting and diarrhoea). We could not wait to take him out. When we came back home, his sister, instead of showing him her support (in our silly human understanding), attacked him with her claws and teeth, hissing and growling at him. This situation still persists. We separated them for the night, during the day they pass by each other fine, but every now and then, she does it again. The intensity of her aggression does not decrease, she is just oblivious or distracted most of the time, but when they are left unsupervised, she attacks again. We have tried smells and rubbing them with same blankets and wipes, brushing them with the same comb, but it may be still too early for their smells to blend like before. When does it change? Will it ever change? Will they love each other like before? It is such a sad picture to watch those two siblings falling out so suddenly. Ponty does not quite get it yet, as for him she hasn't changed, so he wants to play with her, but he is more and more cautions and ...detached.
We are considering bathing Pony, but he hates it, and is still very stressed after the hospital.
Have you experienced this kind of change in beahviour with your kitties?
Thank you for your advice and suggestions.
All the best,
Marta
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