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Hey fellow cat servants. I’m exasperated because I’m approaching the two-year mark of the introduction process for my nearly 4-year-old cat and my 2-year-old cat. And yesterday, my older cat busted out from behind the gate and chased her younger sis around the house.
This is only the third or fourth time that’s happened because I’ve generally been careful, and neither cat was harmed. But I am so frustrated with my elder baby. She was making steady progress toward calmly tolerating her sister’s presence. (When the little one arrived, she was NOT a happy camper. Which surprised me because she’d been friendly to my sib’s adult cat.)
I would like to adopt a third (final) cat someday because I have room, but I can’t contemplate that until my current two are tolerating each other. Any advice? What to make of chases where both cats are hissing but neither cat has ever suffered a scratch (even the one time when my older cat caught up with my younger one)?
This is only the third or fourth time that’s happened because I’ve generally been careful, and neither cat was harmed. But I am so frustrated with my elder baby. She was making steady progress toward calmly tolerating her sister’s presence. (When the little one arrived, she was NOT a happy camper. Which surprised me because she’d been friendly to my sib’s adult cat.)
I would like to adopt a third (final) cat someday because I have room, but I can’t contemplate that until my current two are tolerating each other. Any advice? What to make of chases where both cats are hissing but neither cat has ever suffered a scratch (even the one time when my older cat caught up with my younger one)?