Cat Chat 2

[Crossflare]

My cats are all indoor we have coyotes in the area. None of yhrm touched it last time we bought any pet grass.

[tūī]

This isn't exactly medical advice, so I need help.
My cat, Milo, got stitches in his paw yesterday and has a cast on. The vet told us he needed a cone, but I woke up this morning, he had shaken the cone off (this is three times now) and he keeps licking the cast! I don't know how to get the cone back on, or how to prevent him from licking the cast.
Also I'm so tired rn because yesterday, after being brought home from surgery he shook both the cast and cone off, so I had to go with my mum all the way to the emergency vet thing, and we stayed there for about 2 and a half hours? Up until 10:30-ish. Then I woke up at 5:30 to my cat mewing at my door, so I opened it, he waddled in, was about to jump onto my bed but I had to pick him up instead. He then decided to rest on my pillow so I could get no further sleep.

[Sixx O'Clock]

This isn't exactly medical advice, so I need help.
My cat, Milo, got stitches in his paw yesterday and has a cast on. The vet told us he needed a cone, but I woke up this morning, he had shaken the cone off (this is three times now) and he keeps licking the cast! I don't know how to get the cone back on, or how to prevent him from licking the cast.
Also I'm so tired rn because yesterday, after being brought home from surgery he shook both the cast and cone off, so I had to go with my mum all the way to the emergency vet thing, and we stayed there for about 2 and a half hours? Up until 10:30-ish. Then I woke up at 5:30 to my cat mewing at my door, so I opened it, he waddled in, was about to jump onto my bed but I had to pick him up instead. He then decided to rest on my pillow so I could get no further sleep.

You could try pulling a sock on over his cast and secure it with a hair band or rubber band. If he won't keep his cone on, that's probably going to be your next best option.

[Gizmutt]

Go figure. The cat that I thought would absolutely hate my new puppy, like, or more accurately is totally indifferent.

I had the puppy in his room (forgot I only left the baby gate up, did shut the door x| ) while I showered. Found my big cat, who has shown aggression toward strange animals just lounging in the middle of the floor. Pup was asleep on his blanket, no scratches or anything (I checked pretty throughly) and he didn’t show any signs of fear of the cat. While I fully intend to better separate them for a while longer this gives me hope. Meanwhile, the cat I thought might be interested has hardly left my room since I brought the dog home. 🤷‍♀️

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[Sixx O'Clock]

Go figure. The cat that I thought would absolutely hate my new puppy, like, or more accurately is totally indifferent.

I had the puppy in his room (forgot I only left the baby gate up, did shut the door x| ) while I showered. Found my big cat, who has shown aggression toward strange animals just lounging in the middle of the floor. Pup was asleep on his blanket, no scratches or anything (I checked pretty throughly) and he didn’t show any signs of fear of the cat. While I fully intend to better separate them for a while longer this gives me hope. Meanwhile, the cat I thought might be interested has hardly left my room since I brought the dog home. 🤷‍♀️

it's a puppy not a full grown dog. Of course the cats aren't going go after without it provoking them. Have you never had dogs and cats in same household they do pretty well together contrary popular belief cats do not think dogs are the enemy there is no rivalry among them and I find it absurd you assumed that your cat would attack a puppy. Like dude unless the puppy tried to bite the cat I seriously doubt your cats are going to attack a puppy.

Like sure you can't put all dogs together with cats but a puppy who hasn't learned what a cat is. Will just grow accustomed to the fact that you have cats it's young and since it's probably going to grow up around cats it's not exactly going to try and hurt them.

I'm sorry, but I feel like you're being a bit rude with your reply and I have to step in.
Yes, cats can be aggressive to dogs, even puppies, without being provoked. Some cats are fiercely territorial, so whenever they find something in "their territory" that they don't want to be there, often times they'll attack them to make them go away. There are plenty of videos online of cats attacking dogs and other animals unprovoked to prove that. My own cat will sometimes lash out at my dog if she feels like her space is being invaded, even if the dog is across the room and not even paying attention to her. Flerken is completely justified in their apprehensiveness about the two animals being together in the same room.

[Crossflare]

I'm sorry you feel that way considering I own three cats and have never had an issue in future please do not attack me for what is my experience.

And I won't be posting on this thread any longer, considering that my advice is unwanted to therefore being dismissed So i'll just take my information elsewhere and let you people spread your misinformation based on videos that may or may not have other factors at play.

[Sixx O'Clock]

I'm sorry you feel that way considering I own three cats and have never had an issue in future please do not attack me for what is my experience.

And I won't be posting on this thread any longer, considering that my advice is unwanted to therefore being dismissed So i'll just take my information elsewhere and let you people spread your misinformation based on videos that may or may not have other factors at play.

I wasn't attacking you, I was trying to explain that just because your own experience with cats and dogs being together hasn't had any negative effects, doesn't mean that all cats are going to be that way. You don't know Flerken's cats, you don't know their personalities or temperaments, so trying to interject and say that they're unjustified in their worry came across as rude. There was no misinformation, I've had my own experiences with my animals and have heard stories from many other people having similar experiences. You can't just assume that every other cat is going to be the same as yours, that's all I was trying to say.

[Thalassic]

I'm sorry you feel that way considering I own three cats and have never had an issue in future please do not attack me for what is my experience.

And I won't be posting on this thread any longer, considering that my advice is unwanted to therefore being dismissed So i'll just take my information elsewhere and let you people spread your misinformation based on videos that may or may not have other factors at play.

wow,,
it's a completely reasonable fear that a pet would have a hard time adjusting to a new pet, especially if said pet hasn't lived with other animals before. There's really no reason to be so aggressive.

[Gizmutt]

As I stated in the first post, this particular cat has shown signs of aggression in the past. It is not so much the dog hurting the cat that I am worried about, as I am the cat hurting the dog.

From prior to experience it took my older cat roughly 2 weeks to even get comfortable with the idea of another animal in the house, let alone interact. She seems to have adjusted very quickly this time around.

On the other hand. The cat that did adjust well the last two times, is having a very hard time adjusting this time around. Each animal & situation is different. I would rather err on the side of caution than use a laissez faire attitude and expect them all to get along, only to have to pay dearly later.