Will my 4 year old Cherokee girl ever get over her issue with the 4 month old kitten, Charley. They are fine in the same room, but when he tries to play with her, she bats him down and hisses and growls at him, then she takes off running and he lays back his ears and chases her. He won't leave her alone and she gets mad about it. I did the proper introduction process. Any help would be great. We adopted her from the H.S.P.P.R. in Colo. Spgs, CO. when she was 6 months old, she was a stray at the time, it says on her paperwork. soo I don't think she was socialized. She is sweet to us and loves to lay with me, but doesn't like when any strangers comes into our house, she goes and hides and freaks out. We had an older cat at the time, who used to bully her, they were not good friends. When the old cat passed away, we got Charley hoping they would be fast friends, but it's not working out that way. They both came from the same place, but Charley was socialized. Cherokee is still afraid of almost everything. She won't even go near the front door, hates it outside. We think she has p.t.s.d. from being a stray and probably from our older cat who we figured out was bullying her when we weren't home. Is she scared of Charley, thinking he will be mean to her like our old cat was? I just wish she would stop it and let him be her friend. It is getting better, but man this is slow. He gets put in his own room at night and when we aren't home. They aren't left alone without supervision. We play with them with toys at the same time, but if he gets too close she hisses at him. Any help is greatly appreciated as to thoughts on how to make this better!!!!
Thankyou fellow Cat People.
Thankyou fellow Cat People.