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I'm not terribly worried about the interaction with Bastian and Orion either. My husband is probably more nervous after it but he hasn't been spending hours watching cat interactions and learning about cat behavior like I have so he's just a bit more iffy with any interactions that aren't calm and completely positive. But they were both pretty calm afterwards. As usual I expect Bastian was trying to play and Orion was just "naw, dude." They probably would have been fine if we had distracted Bastian and left Orion out but we were trying to eat dinner and couldn't supervise as closely so separating it was.
I also think the same strategy as has been helping as far as him biting me less may apply in this situation. He's generally looking for attention/play so removing that he learns that biting (or jumping on another cat) ends up being no fun. You pounce on brother, brother goes away. You bite mommy, mommy goes away.
Last night Orion was I think playing with him under the door. I'm not 100% sure it was play cause he was hissing at Bastian when Bastian would bat at him, but he was staying there and swatting back and his body language didn't seem aggressive or defensive. It also didn't go on for long.
Tonight my husband brought Bastian to visit me on the couch for a couple minutes. Splenda was on my lap, he was holding Bastian and sat next to me. As usual Splenda ignored him. He sniffed her a little bit was fine. Annnnnddddd! Caspian was laying down in the same room and ignored Bastian. This was great cause he usually approaches and supervises what Bastian is doing so this is a great improvement. Orion was elsewhere in the house. My husband brought him back to his room when he got wiggly.
Honestly he gets wiggly cause he's just not a being held for long kind of cat. He wasn't trying to go after any of the other cats he most likely just wanted to find a window to look out of instead.
Earlier today I was handing out with him in his room and he was being SO CUTE leaning his head on my leg all snuggled up to me. Till he turned his head and bit my leg he hasn't done that in a while. It wasn't very hard and I think it was more a love bite than anything but I removed myself from the room and the poor guy was meowing at me like "come back!" I felt bad but it seems to really be making a difference when I remove myself after a bite so I'm just gonna keep doing it and at this point he at least doesn't bite and scratch and draw blood and I can respond more calmly.
I also think the same strategy as has been helping as far as him biting me less may apply in this situation. He's generally looking for attention/play so removing that he learns that biting (or jumping on another cat) ends up being no fun. You pounce on brother, brother goes away. You bite mommy, mommy goes away.
Last night Orion was I think playing with him under the door. I'm not 100% sure it was play cause he was hissing at Bastian when Bastian would bat at him, but he was staying there and swatting back and his body language didn't seem aggressive or defensive. It also didn't go on for long.
Tonight my husband brought Bastian to visit me on the couch for a couple minutes. Splenda was on my lap, he was holding Bastian and sat next to me. As usual Splenda ignored him. He sniffed her a little bit was fine. Annnnnddddd! Caspian was laying down in the same room and ignored Bastian. This was great cause he usually approaches and supervises what Bastian is doing so this is a great improvement. Orion was elsewhere in the house. My husband brought him back to his room when he got wiggly.
Honestly he gets wiggly cause he's just not a being held for long kind of cat. He wasn't trying to go after any of the other cats he most likely just wanted to find a window to look out of instead.
Earlier today I was handing out with him in his room and he was being SO CUTE leaning his head on my leg all snuggled up to me. Till he turned his head and bit my leg he hasn't done that in a while. It wasn't very hard and I think it was more a love bite than anything but I removed myself from the room and the poor guy was meowing at me like "come back!" I felt bad but it seems to really be making a difference when I remove myself after a bite so I'm just gonna keep doing it and at this point he at least doesn't bite and scratch and draw blood and I can respond more calmly.