Smells Bad

Smells Bad!

We had to take our Puff to the emergency vet last night (more on that later). He was poked and prodded and handled by the strange human in the strange office full of chemical smells, other animal smells, and just yucky stuff. When we brought him home, Godiva decided he was some stranger because he didn’t smell like himself. He smells bad. My sweet little Godiva turns into a snarling, hissing menace when anything “vet” happens be it to her or to one of the other cats in our household. First thing she does is hiss at Puff.

Poor Puff had not had a good night so he wanted on the bed to sleep with us. That is his usual nighttime location but he wanted closer than usual and took Godiva’s spot which is between us and between the pillows. That did not set well with Godiva. She came and hissed at him for awhile and when he did not get out of her spot, she went to the end of the bed and pouted for awhile. Puff finally left and went elsewhere but now Godiva’s favorite spot smells bad too. Several times during the night, she tried to get comfortable in her spot but she just couldn’t. She would hiss upon lying down in her spot, then growl and fidget and finally growl and leave. No one got much sleep. Godiva thought I smelled bad too at first because I had been holding Puff at the vet’s office but she finally stopped growling when I was holding her. She still thinks Puff is a different cat and she isn’t too sure about my hubby now either. It will probably take the rest of the day for her to decide all is almost normal.