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Hi all,
I am at my wits end, but it has only been a week. We rescued a 6 year old girl in September and just rescued a 7 month old by last week. I did not think our "old" cat would be that attached to us, nor hate cates as much as she does. We kept the kitten apart from her for 3 full days and then allowed them to see each other through gate. He has no attacking tendancies, but wants to play with her. She hisses and growls at him, and will chase him away. We have been allowing them free roam of the house together during the day while we are here, but the kitten goes downstairs and older cat upstairs when we are out and at night. I am not sure if we jumped the gun in trying to get them introduced or what. And I have no idea what to do. Both cats are very sweet on their own. And the kitten will immediately lie down when she even looks at him, so I think he knows she is in charge. She just doesn't seem to be letting him in. Am I crazy, or are we rushing things way too much. Please help cat experts... first time having two!
Pam the Panicked
I am at my wits end, but it has only been a week. We rescued a 6 year old girl in September and just rescued a 7 month old by last week. I did not think our "old" cat would be that attached to us, nor hate cates as much as she does. We kept the kitten apart from her for 3 full days and then allowed them to see each other through gate. He has no attacking tendancies, but wants to play with her. She hisses and growls at him, and will chase him away. We have been allowing them free roam of the house together during the day while we are here, but the kitten goes downstairs and older cat upstairs when we are out and at night. I am not sure if we jumped the gun in trying to get them introduced or what. And I have no idea what to do. Both cats are very sweet on their own. And the kitten will immediately lie down when she even looks at him, so I think he knows she is in charge. She just doesn't seem to be letting him in. Am I crazy, or are we rushing things way too much. Please help cat experts... first time having two!
Pam the Panicked