Feline Veterinarian in Montgomery County, MD

A Cat Clinic is proud to serve Germantown, Gaithersburg, Rockville, Clarksburg and surrounding areas. We are dedicated to providing the highest level of feline veterinary medicine along with friendly, compassionate service.

We believe in treating every patient as if they were our own cat, and giving them the same loving attention and care. We are a group of highly trained, experienced animal lovers who are devoted to giving our patients the best care possible.

If you have any questions about how we can care for your cat, please don't hesitate to contact us or call us at (301) 540-7770. Thank you!

Sudden Aggression Between Cats: Who IS that new cat?

Has this ever happened to you? You bring Tiger in for his annual exam, but when you get home and let him out of his carrier, your other cat Fluffy suddenly hisses, growls and swats at Tiger. Normally they’re best friends! And they were just snuggled up together two hours ago! Now they don’t even know each other. What happened? This sudden aggression between cats in their own household is actually quite common.

Veterinary behaviorists call this phenomenon “Non-Recognition Aggression.” Whether this is labeled as a type of “territorial” or “redirected” aggression, all you know is that your cats now can’t be left alone. But let’s try to understand why this occurs, and what we can do to keep the peace in our 4-legged families.

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