Sibling of returned kitty behaviour

[lnxjenn]

My Pugsley is home now! But his sister is is not responding well. She's growling and hissing at him. We have them separated at the moment. the older cats don't seem to fussed. It seems just his sister is being a bit hostile. Is there any tips with reintroduction with missing cats. Pugsley is more offended she's hissing. He isn't hissing back. He's trying to be friendly with her.

I'm new with missing and reuniting cats!

[randall]

Don't know if this will help but I formerly had two devoted brothers, inseparable pals since kittenhood, but whenever I would take one or the other to the vet separately, the return home always provoked hissing and howling, paw swipes and chasing from the stay-at-home cat to the poor cat who was already upset from having been at the vet's. Fortunately, I had a multi-story house where the cats could ignore each other until they decided to be inseparable friends again. The hissing and aggression never resulted in any serious injury. Just some flying fur.

[lnxjenn]

My husband wants to keep them separated so no fir flying fights and trying to keep Pugsley home! We are taking Pugs to the vet tomorrow to get him checked over.
I'll inquire with the vet about her behaviour towards him.

[booktigger]

I'm glad he's home. This is normal as he smells different, I'd wait till he has been to the vet before you start scent swapping though

[lilynmitz]

It should stop once he starts smelling of "home" again. Friends had this recently - sibling cats where one went missing for 6 months, and her brother wasn't too chuffed when she came back, but once she smelt "normal" again they settled down and are now perhaps closer than they were before she left (they pretty much ignored each other previously). Restrict access for a few days, then start the intros. As Booktigger says, probably best to start after he's back from the vet. It wouldn't do any harm to give him one of her rugs to sit on. That might speed things up a bit.

[lnxjenn]

He's got a clean bill. He's about a Kg underweight and recommend a worm treatment. We put the flea/worm on him his first night home. Hubby took to get this morning. Vet also recommended a good diet! So I'll try to go get him some good quality food! I have a good dry kitten food, but he might enjoy some wet.

So we will make a plan for reintroducing him to everyone

[lilynmitz]

Try feeding him up on good quality plain food for a while, such as cooked chicken (just boil it, and remove all bones), or steamed white fish. We did that with my neighbours cat, and she soon got back to her old weight.

[alanc]

Hope things have settled down between Pugsley and his sister. A bit of spatting in this situation is not unusual, or so I was told. When my old Misty returned after being lost, my other cat, Honey, had a hissy fit at him although she had lived all her adult life (3 years) with him before he got lost. She did have the excuse that the first sight she had of him in 9 weeks was him hoovering up her breakfast! Things settled down after a few days, even though Misty continued to hoover up Honey's food (he had a lot of missed dinners to make up for).

[lnxjenn]

Wednesday is still hissing at him. Pugsley is still not fussed. We are keeping them separate, as he's getting work treatment and I'm giving him kitten food and probiotics. He's just happy to have me to climb and lay on! We keep introducing them, but she still hisses. The older cats don't seem to fussed either. Just Wednesday is being a pain and a bit grumpy.