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Hi all,
I know there are many similar posts, but I think most of you can understand needing to post because I'm so stressed out.
My cat, Caterpie (named after a pokemon lol) is a 2 year old female, and the kitten is an 11 week old male named Hobi. Caterpie is an active, playful cat, who tries often and unsuccessfully to play with her small dog sister, Kit and chews on things when she gets bored.
I had a friend who rescued a stray who had a litter of only two kittens, and one of the kittens prospective owners fell through. I decided to take the risk of taking him.
We'd just moved upstairs from downstairs in my house, which is new territory for my cat - the upstairs and downstairs are basically two separate apartments. My new roommate has a dog who gets along well with my dog and cries if she's left downstairs, so she insists that her dog stay upstairs during the day. Caterpie is tolerant, but stressed - she swats the dog whenever she gets in her way or gets too close.
I'd planned on picking up Hobi 2-3 weeks after the move, but my friend had a family emergency, and had to travel out of state for about a month, and I had to take him after only a week of my cat "adjusting" to the other changes.
I've kept him in a separate room, and after a couple days opened the door while they eat on opposite sides of the door with him in his crate. At first, Caterpie wouldn't eat at all until I closed the door. Then she'd eat about half her food, growl, and walk away. Then she'd eat all her food, kinda sulk in the area, and wait around. I got her to hang out so I could play with them both. She'd play for a while, hiss and walk away. I even brought him out in his crate into the living room, and she sniffed him nose to nose.
Now, she hisses at the closed door, she hisses and growls whenever she sees him and swats at the cage. She won't play if I try to play with them both, and she scratches at the door if I try and spend any time with him, and then growls and hisses when I open it. She's also been swatting at MY dog when she gets too close, who she's been fine with her entire life. It's been 2 days shy of 2 weeks now.
I have a pheremone diffuser in the place she usually hangs out, which is near the kitten room. I give her loads of attention, talk to her and reassure her I love her, he doesn't have access to her food bowls, toys, or litter box.
Is she just throwing a temporary tantrum? How long is too long for this to keep happening?
I know there are many similar posts, but I think most of you can understand needing to post because I'm so stressed out.
My cat, Caterpie (named after a pokemon lol) is a 2 year old female, and the kitten is an 11 week old male named Hobi. Caterpie is an active, playful cat, who tries often and unsuccessfully to play with her small dog sister, Kit and chews on things when she gets bored.
I had a friend who rescued a stray who had a litter of only two kittens, and one of the kittens prospective owners fell through. I decided to take the risk of taking him.
We'd just moved upstairs from downstairs in my house, which is new territory for my cat - the upstairs and downstairs are basically two separate apartments. My new roommate has a dog who gets along well with my dog and cries if she's left downstairs, so she insists that her dog stay upstairs during the day. Caterpie is tolerant, but stressed - she swats the dog whenever she gets in her way or gets too close.
I'd planned on picking up Hobi 2-3 weeks after the move, but my friend had a family emergency, and had to travel out of state for about a month, and I had to take him after only a week of my cat "adjusting" to the other changes.
I've kept him in a separate room, and after a couple days opened the door while they eat on opposite sides of the door with him in his crate. At first, Caterpie wouldn't eat at all until I closed the door. Then she'd eat about half her food, growl, and walk away. Then she'd eat all her food, kinda sulk in the area, and wait around. I got her to hang out so I could play with them both. She'd play for a while, hiss and walk away. I even brought him out in his crate into the living room, and she sniffed him nose to nose.
Now, she hisses at the closed door, she hisses and growls whenever she sees him and swats at the cage. She won't play if I try to play with them both, and she scratches at the door if I try and spend any time with him, and then growls and hisses when I open it. She's also been swatting at MY dog when she gets too close, who she's been fine with her entire life. It's been 2 days shy of 2 weeks now.
I have a pheremone diffuser in the place she usually hangs out, which is near the kitten room. I give her loads of attention, talk to her and reassure her I love her, he doesn't have access to her food bowls, toys, or litter box.
Is she just throwing a temporary tantrum? How long is too long for this to keep happening?