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We just brought home my mother in laws 6 month old half Siamese female kitten. I’m noticing behaviours in her that none of my previous cats have had, and I’m not sure I like it.
We currently have two cats, both 4 years old. We just lost our third cat, who was also 4, unexpectedly overnight one night. We also have a Vizsla dog.
Our three cats and dog have always lived harmoniously together.
The kitten is in a bathroom in the basement right now, has everything she needs.We frequently go and visit her. We let her come to us, we don’t pick her up, all of that. This is not my first rodeo with integrating!
That said, she seems to have an aggressive streak to her. When she was at my mother in laws, before any change happened, if she didn’t want to be pet she would hiss and lash out. If she feels any kind of threatened or nervous, she hisses and aggressively lashes out at anyone. We are talking full on fight mode.
She met our most social cat today, our grey tabby. She’s very curious about him and wants to play but they’re both unsure so there’s a hiss or a smack thrown in once in a while but mostly just following each other curiously around. When I went to pick her up to put her back in her room she went into full on fight mode. Hissed and tried to scratch and bite me. I ended up having to just sort of corral her back into her room. She also won’t come near us to be pet when she’s out of her room, but in her room is very affectionate.
My biggest worry is the aggressiveness I saw when she was still with my mother in law (who is 73 and wouldn’t hurt a fly so I know she was well cared for and gently cared for). She’d whack us if we went to pet her, or hiss and scratch if she wanted down or for us to leave her alone. My three kids have grown up with cats and we all know how to respect them, so nobody was forcing themselves on her at any time.
Can I have some thoughts on this? Do you think she needs time or could this be a negative personality trait? I don’t want fighting among our animals and I just worry she will be a human aggressive cat. Any suggestions on what I can do?
We currently have two cats, both 4 years old. We just lost our third cat, who was also 4, unexpectedly overnight one night. We also have a Vizsla dog.
Our three cats and dog have always lived harmoniously together.
The kitten is in a bathroom in the basement right now, has everything she needs.We frequently go and visit her. We let her come to us, we don’t pick her up, all of that. This is not my first rodeo with integrating!
That said, she seems to have an aggressive streak to her. When she was at my mother in laws, before any change happened, if she didn’t want to be pet she would hiss and lash out. If she feels any kind of threatened or nervous, she hisses and aggressively lashes out at anyone. We are talking full on fight mode.
She met our most social cat today, our grey tabby. She’s very curious about him and wants to play but they’re both unsure so there’s a hiss or a smack thrown in once in a while but mostly just following each other curiously around. When I went to pick her up to put her back in her room she went into full on fight mode. Hissed and tried to scratch and bite me. I ended up having to just sort of corral her back into her room. She also won’t come near us to be pet when she’s out of her room, but in her room is very affectionate.
My biggest worry is the aggressiveness I saw when she was still with my mother in law (who is 73 and wouldn’t hurt a fly so I know she was well cared for and gently cared for). She’d whack us if we went to pet her, or hiss and scratch if she wanted down or for us to leave her alone. My three kids have grown up with cats and we all know how to respect them, so nobody was forcing themselves on her at any time.
Can I have some thoughts on this? Do you think she needs time or could this be a negative personality trait? I don’t want fighting among our animals and I just worry she will be a human aggressive cat. Any suggestions on what I can do?