Zoe attacking Cole - suddenly and meaning it! UPDATE 26 - peace at last...

**Queen of Poop** · 10-18-2011, 11:02 AM

Take them both to the vet and get them both a good once over. That's what I did with Cali and Diego.

**Catty1** · 10-18-2011, 11:33 AM

Thanks, Gayle.

I was just on the phone with the vet, and since Oscar is overdue for his yearly checkup - which this year has to be a geriatric one - I made the appointment for Thursday afternoon.

Cole needs one too - but I can't afford to take all three at once.

I'll start with Oscar and see where things go from there.

Thanks again, everyone.

**Catty1** · 10-18-2011, 10:24 PM

Another long day.

Got home, took a whack of cough syrup, and did the dab-some-vanilla-extract-on-all-kitties'-foreheads stunt.

Oscar did not hiss at all...I fed them all and they all chowed down.

Just a few minutes ago, Oscar did hiss at Zoe, but just the once.

Cole is the real hisser now...but he hides up on his cat tree.

Zoe came up on the endtable to get a treat of a peanut in a shell (without the shell!).

It's getting there.

**Catty1** · 10-19-2011, 02:19 PM

I left the bedroom door open last night.

Today, someone came over for about an hour. We were sitting at the dining room table, and suddenly Cole was out of the cat tree, making his little meows for attention and pats right at the table. Even Zoe - who always disappears whenever ANYONE comes over, came up to the same table with gurgles and meeps and rolled over to be cute.

Oscar had greeted me in the kitchen earlier.

I was out for another couple of hours and came back to Oscar greeting me in the front hall - first time in days! Zoe was giving him face groomies in the kitchen - no hissing or anything. They each got a treat.

I went to the living room to give Cole a treat. He could see Zoe so didn't eat it (he hissed at her several times this morning, but she retreated).

More normal than ever!

**lizbud** · 10-19-2011, 05:38 PM

Sounds good so far. knock wood.

I'l have to remember that vanilla extract tip. Might need it myself someday.

**Catty1** · 10-19-2011, 09:12 PM

Yeah, there's still a bit of distance being kept...the odd hiss...

Looking forward to when Oscar actually is on the bed the same time as Zoe at night - Oscar sleeps on a pillow. I am sure he has felt shut out when I have had Zoe in isolation there at night.

Progress...

**Freedom** · 10-20-2011, 06:02 PM

Hooray! Sounds like something set them off and, being cats, they swat / hiss first, figure things out later.

Glad they are getting through this. Keep at it, Zoe, Oscar and Cole.