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Calliope got chomped by another cat, a great big bite around her right shoulder. She came in yesterday evening all tail-floofed and stressed, and got really pissed at her brother when he tried to greet her, so I new something was up, but it wasn't visually obvious. By bedtime she was visibly favoring her right foot, and this morning she was moving like an old lady cat, so we went to the vet, where she got antibiotics from a rambly somewhat senile-seeming vet I haven't met before. No inflamation yet, so hopefully I caught it quick enough.
Now she's lying on the bed while her brother licks her ouchies. Good brother.
The vet wondered if Monkey was the one that bit her, but I doubt it. He'd already been inside for over an hour when she came in, and I suspect she was bitten just before she came back inside, since she was all floofed still. He does get aggressive with her every evening, but it usually only lasts about five minutes, until she cries uncle -- and judging by how fast Monks retreated when she hissed and swiped at him last night, I suspect that the evening tussles would go differently if she was really worried.
The vet also suggested the evening tussles might be misplaced aggression on Monkey's part, though, and that makes some sense. Monkey has come back with little battle scars himself after cruising the neighborhood, but never anything worth a vet visit. If he's feeling defensive/scared it could explain some of his neuroticism, though -- he's still over-grooming himself.
I'm going to keep Calliope in until she's moving well, at least. I may try to keep Monkey inside while I'm at it, but if he starts giving her shit he's going outdoors to work off the energy.
Now she's lying on the bed while her brother licks her ouchies. Good brother.
The vet wondered if Monkey was the one that bit her, but I doubt it. He'd already been inside for over an hour when she came in, and I suspect she was bitten just before she came back inside, since she was all floofed still. He does get aggressive with her every evening, but it usually only lasts about five minutes, until she cries uncle -- and judging by how fast Monks retreated when she hissed and swiped at him last night, I suspect that the evening tussles would go differently if she was really worried.
The vet also suggested the evening tussles might be misplaced aggression on Monkey's part, though, and that makes some sense. Monkey has come back with little battle scars himself after cruising the neighborhood, but never anything worth a vet visit. If he's feeling defensive/scared it could explain some of his neuroticism, though -- he's still over-grooming himself.
I'm going to keep Calliope in until she's moving well, at least. I may try to keep Monkey inside while I'm at it, but if he starts giving her shit he's going outdoors to work off the energy.
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Date: 2013-10-25 08:19 pm (UTC)From:Well, at least Monkey is smarter than the Orange Stripey Spawn of Satan. He get hissed at and swiped at by his cranky old lady housemate when she doesn't want to play and just tries to play moar. Because he's an idiot.
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Date: 2013-10-25 08:22 pm (UTC)From:Monkey gets over-rough, like I said, for about five minutes every evening. It always ends with him getting her scruff, her yowling, and me yelling "stop that!" and then she runs away.
Then last night he walked up just to sniff
her buttall friendly-like, and she hissed, howled, and slashed at him. He got out of the way in a big hurry. Somehow I'm less worried about the evening tussles now -- apparently if she needs to she can hold her own. Against him, at least...darn shoulder-chomping neighborhood kitty.
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Date: 2013-10-26 04:29 pm (UTC)From:It's going to make it harder to keep her inside, though. She cried at the door this morning. I told her she had to be joking. :P