Cat Rehabilitation

Our family loves pets. Growing up, I have never been without an animal, even if it wasn't "mine." Presently, a couple of my siblings and I have our own cats (we're all living together), and due to segregating them to our own rooms we created a territorial rift. Oops. >.< Now we are in the process of mending the rift, meaning we're slowly adding cats  into one room until they form one clan. Let me tell you, doing this is like having a full time job and thankfully I can stay at home to do it. (I've learned my lesson and much more through this experience and now have a better understanding of how to raise cats.)

So far we have four cats staying in one room. One, his name is Treble, I call my therapy cat because he's REALLY good at getting along with all the cats and has helped to teach the others important cat etiquette lessons. Ashley used to be solitary, but through excessive human attention and Treble playing with her on a level she understood, she has transformed into a more social and loving fluffy. Vaugner, a smart (meaning easily bored) and attention seeking kitty, now has a play buddy. (It was hilarious watching Treble play with Vaugner because Vaugner didn't know how to handle it at first.) Finally, Lilly, who has been added recently. She was a rescue from a farm and had gone through some victimizing events with the other cats there. (Loves humans, dislikes cats.) She hasn't quite realized that she doesn't need to be in survival mode yet. Treble has also done wonders with her. Again he goes to her level and doesn't push it. It's been quite entertaining to watch her go to rub her head against his and then see her jerk back and give him a dirty look. (She reminds me of Helen Keller before the realization and understanding.) 

The only wrinkle we're having so far is that Lilly and Vaugner are like water and oil. Vaugner likes to tease by rubbing up against stuff while looking at Lilly because she reacts like he's giving her the most brutal beating in the world. Eventually, if it carries on long enough, he chases after her and does a couple swipes, which sends her into an even bigger frenzy and can produce a stress poop. (-_-;) Even Ashley will now occasionally chase after Lilly, but in her case her posturing is that of asserting her dominance over Lilly.

Now, I've used essential oils from the very beginning to help them deal with whatever they need to deal with and to bring them closer together. After observing them and getting to know them as a group I would then start to realize the oils required. I've used lavender, Peace & Calming, Valor, the Raindrop Technique, emotional oils, ect. I would go with whatever came to mind for the cat or situation. I have seen constant improvement after each application.

Example: Just today, Vaugner was doing his thing and Lilly hers (the other two were just watching) and the conclusion was that I had to pick up a stress poop. I looked at them both and realized Lilly needed Harmony, which is the only oil that keeps coming to me for her with an occasional Valor, and Vaugner needed Peace & Calming. I immediately (and by that I mean after picking up the poop) went and got those oils, a carrier oil, and petted the oils on. Within minutes the atmosphere calmed down and now both of them are peacefully taking a nap.

I am so thankful for these oils, because without them helping the cats get along would have been way more stressful and tiring, and I might have eventually concluded it to be impossible.

Ashley

Treble

Lilly

Vaugner