Hey all. I adopted a 8.5 week old kitten sunday. I have a female cat (Meow Meow) who is 1, spayed, and is used to being alone. I also had her since she was 7-8 weeks old. She is very social and loving, but in preparation for my new kitten's arrival, I purchased an enclosed mesh pen, moved her litter pan into the living room because I keep the kitten in the bedroom at night and when I'm not home, and I started keeping her out of the bedroom at night so the change wouldn't be too sudden. From Sunday-Tuesday, I kept my new kitten (a boy named Indiana Jones Cuz-He's-An-Explorer-And-****) in my room, while maintaining interactions with Meow Meow. As expected, Meow Meow hissed and growled at items with his scent, and the bedroom door. On Tuesday night, during their feeding time, I fed Indiana in the living room with Meow Meow. I left him in the pen for safety. As expected, she sniffed around and hissed at him. This continued for about a half an hour until she just started to ignore him. I continued to bring him into the pen so they could interact safely. Last night, I let him out of the pen for a while just to see how Meow Meow would react. She didn't hiss at him or growl. They actually started chasing each other around the living room. They took a break for dinner, and continued to chase each other. There was no wrestling or play fighting; just chasing. Eventually, they fell asleep near each other.
Today, I left Indiana out for most of the day (under my supervision of course). Meow Meow hasn't hissed or growled, but they've started wrestling. What concerns me is Indiana would be under Meow Meow, on his side with his ears flat and meow loudly while Meow bites him. I don't know how hard she's biting, but it's his meowing that worries me. But as soon as she lets up, he jumps up, and chases her until she pins him again. There's no hissing, growling, or puffy tails. Her ears stay raised, but his go flat when pinned. They do stop and lay near each other, or Indiana would hide under the couch. In all fairness I think he just likes to be under the couch because he sleeps under my bed. Also, even though I bought a second litter box for Indiana, they share both litter boxes.
There's really no drama between them, but there's no loving behavior like grooming either. Am I just being a worry-wort, or is Meow Meow really hurting Indiana?
P.S. Here's them sleeping after a wrestling match.
Also Indiana is a chatterbox. He talks all of the time, and I talk back. Meow Meow is starting to talk back too, and I think they're plotting on getting to the treats. I just want to give you guys as much info as possible.
Today, I left Indiana out for most of the day (under my supervision of course). Meow Meow hasn't hissed or growled, but they've started wrestling. What concerns me is Indiana would be under Meow Meow, on his side with his ears flat and meow loudly while Meow bites him. I don't know how hard she's biting, but it's his meowing that worries me. But as soon as she lets up, he jumps up, and chases her until she pins him again. There's no hissing, growling, or puffy tails. Her ears stay raised, but his go flat when pinned. They do stop and lay near each other, or Indiana would hide under the couch. In all fairness I think he just likes to be under the couch because he sleeps under my bed. Also, even though I bought a second litter box for Indiana, they share both litter boxes.
There's really no drama between them, but there's no loving behavior like grooming either. Am I just being a worry-wort, or is Meow Meow really hurting Indiana?
P.S. Here's them sleeping after a wrestling match.
Also Indiana is a chatterbox. He talks all of the time, and I talk back. Meow Meow is starting to talk back too, and I think they're plotting on getting to the treats. I just want to give you guys as much info as possible.
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