Hi All,
I've had Harley and Quinn for over 3.5 years - they started out with me in Swansea, moved to Reading and then have lived with me in 4 more different places in Manchester and through splitting with my ex who I originally got them for / with.
Harley has always been the human friendly one (and the one I fell for as a surrogate child), Quinn has always been the skittish and grumpy one preferring her own company, under a table or with Harley - with the occasional interest in humans only if you didn't touch her and remained still. If you approach her she mainly tries to box you, bite and grunt.
My partner and I recently moved into a house we've purchased which male cats lived in. Whilst we were away for a weekend at her dad's funeral, our friends who are also rabbit owners heard them fighting under our sofa. I came home to find Harley stressed and not wanting to move - even for the bathroom.
We separated them for a while after seeing the vet who uncovered several wounds on Harley's back. Quinn we noticed a lump on her breast to which we arranged for it to be removed along with having her spayed at the same time. Just before the op, things were starting to get back to normal where they would lie together and groom.
Since the op, about 3 weeks ago Quinn has done nothing but go for Harley. Even to the point where she's throwing herself at the pen rails that separate them both. Harley runs whenever she sees quinn coming now, and I mostly have to give them separate time out of their pens.
I did think it may have been the male cat smell that was in our hallway - to which i've removed with vinegar & baking soda.
After all this time passed of happiness - where they have been good friends and there for each other its hard to see it come to this. I'm lost, and although Harley was my choice and Quinn my ex's, I've kept looking after them together.
Any help or advice to re-introdce H & Q would be much appreciated
I've had Harley and Quinn for over 3.5 years - they started out with me in Swansea, moved to Reading and then have lived with me in 4 more different places in Manchester and through splitting with my ex who I originally got them for / with.
Harley has always been the human friendly one (and the one I fell for as a surrogate child), Quinn has always been the skittish and grumpy one preferring her own company, under a table or with Harley - with the occasional interest in humans only if you didn't touch her and remained still. If you approach her she mainly tries to box you, bite and grunt.
My partner and I recently moved into a house we've purchased which male cats lived in. Whilst we were away for a weekend at her dad's funeral, our friends who are also rabbit owners heard them fighting under our sofa. I came home to find Harley stressed and not wanting to move - even for the bathroom.
We separated them for a while after seeing the vet who uncovered several wounds on Harley's back. Quinn we noticed a lump on her breast to which we arranged for it to be removed along with having her spayed at the same time. Just before the op, things were starting to get back to normal where they would lie together and groom.
Since the op, about 3 weeks ago Quinn has done nothing but go for Harley. Even to the point where she's throwing herself at the pen rails that separate them both. Harley runs whenever she sees quinn coming now, and I mostly have to give them separate time out of their pens.
I did think it may have been the male cat smell that was in our hallway - to which i've removed with vinegar & baking soda.
After all this time passed of happiness - where they have been good friends and there for each other its hard to see it come to this. I'm lost, and although Harley was my choice and Quinn my ex's, I've kept looking after them together.
Any help or advice to re-introdce H & Q would be much appreciated
