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After no small amount of drama, Seteria was rounded up and taken to the vet clinic on Thursday. I'd succeeded in confining her and Blaliko to the house the night before, but her lightning quickness prevented me from managing to keep her corralled in the basement storeroom. No faze to Animal Control. When the officer arrived the area where Seteria could be was limited. A few chases around the cellar and kamikaze attempts to escape through a closed window later, she was caged and carried away.
Her "female surgery" must have been the first order of business of the day on Friday for the vet - by 10:45 she was back home. Like her mother at the end of May she seemed none the worse for wear after having been through an operation. When the cage door was opened she scooted off across the house.
Tonight she's been romping around the back yard chasing bugs. And I'll rest easy knowing that from all appearances the procedure left no lasting effects other than the desired one. For at least two felines the cycle is now broken - Seteria and Blaliko will be "maiden ladies" for the rest of their lives.
All is not well, however. Some change in pheromones must have been triggered in Seteria after she went under the knife. For Blaliko has been downright hostile to her daughter. They'd been continuing to schmooze and snooze together every day. And while Seteria was at large (to her mom's way of thinking) Blaliko was feeling the separation by giving inquiring meows and searching all through the place for her. You'd never know it from the reception poor Seteria got on Friday morning. All was quiet at first. Then, before noon, Blaliko stormed down the hall growling. Ever since then their time in the same space has been characterized by either indifference or further hostility on the mother's part. Seteria will try to rub n' snuggle the way she always had, only to get hisses and spitting in response. Blaliko has been witnessed taking several swats at her and also making a blatant point of sniffing at the base of her tail. (This is what makes me think that some sort of chemical change has occurred in Seteria which was caused by having her reproductive system removed.) With this new development I don't know how well it bodes for Seteria to be able to share the house with me and Blaliko eventually.
No matter what winds up happening, though, nothing can change the fact that the last renegade kitten was finally bagged on the 7th or 8th or whatever try. All those crossed fingers and paws did the trick this time.
That's good news that she's been caught and spayed. I've always heard that they smell different after coming back from the surgery, so with any luck Blaliko's agitation will die down in a few days.
Hope she is hanging around; Seteria is a very pretty cat.
Blaliko doesn't like her because she smells wrong. Cats operate primarily by sense of smell and she does not recognize Seteria. She will know who she is in a day or two after the vet and anesthesia smells wear off.
all my pets act differently to their friends after somebody comes home from the vet- especially after surgery or any procedure. they sniff and hiss and separate but eventually come back together. give it some time.
Yay! I'm so happy you were able to get Seteria spayed, and she is no longer in danger of being mamma cat!
Yep, as others have stated, she smells like weird hospital chemicals, and once the offensive, unnatural odors wear off, Blaliko will recognize her again...right now, she probably thinks Seteria is an impostor. This happens with cats every time someone has a s/n surgery...Harley's longtime companion cat Humphrey the first, who was one of the gentlest, most mild-mannered cats I've ever met, was positively awful to her when she was spayed, many moons ago...but it only lasted for a couple of days, then he was back to sticking to her like glue again .
I'll add in as well about smelling different. Magnus & Canute are best buds - Magnus comes back from the vet after a dental and Canute (who has never hissed or growled at anyone) spits at him and tries to smack him! it's a combination of both the smells from the vet (which in general was never a problem) and esp the smell of the anesthesia. She should get over it.
Glad you finally got the little miss and got her taken care of.
There was marginal improvement tonight, first I've seen of 'em both together. (In the hot weather they make themselves scarce from early in the morning until well after dark.) They bathed simultaneously but separately close by on the porch. There was some pawing on the part of both parties but no growling or hissing. I'm taking that as a good sign.
There was marginal improvement tonight, first I've seen of 'em both together. (In the hot weather they make themselves scarce from early in the morning until well after dark.) They bathed simultaneously but separately close by on the porch. There was some pawing on the part of both parties but no growling or hissing. I'm taking that as a good sign.
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I'd succeeded in confining her and Blaliko to the house the night before, but her lightning quickness prevented me from managing to keep her corralled in the basement storeroom. No faze to Animal Control. When the officer arrived the area where Seteria could be was limited. A few chases around the cellar and kamikaze attempts to escape through a closed window later, she was caged and carried away.
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