My cats have been living together for two months now- 4 year old neutered boy (Rufus) and 5 month old not spayed girl kitten (Honey). She is getting spayed in February. They get along 80% of the time. Sometimes they groom each other and sometimes they sleep within a few inches of each other.
Rufus is just so aggressive sometimes. They have always tussled and Honey could usually keep up with Rufus but now almost every time he tries to play she runs and hides. I’m not sure if he is hurting her or what.
Honey has 3 different places she can go to get away. She hisses and will sometimes low growl at him. When she hides Rufus will meow over and over like he’s sad he’s hiding. I used to not separate them when they fought/ play fought but now since she’s hiding a lot and growling more I usually push Rufus off her. What do you think? Is there anything else I should do?
Just want to add honey usually comes out of her hiding spot within a couple minutes and will run to another spot while Rufus chases her. She will come out of hiding when he looses interest- usually after about 5 minutes or so later. She does not ever hide or seem scared of Rufus except when he’s in play mode.
Rufus is just so aggressive sometimes. They have always tussled and Honey could usually keep up with Rufus but now almost every time he tries to play she runs and hides. I’m not sure if he is hurting her or what.
Honey has 3 different places she can go to get away. She hisses and will sometimes low growl at him. When she hides Rufus will meow over and over like he’s sad he’s hiding. I used to not separate them when they fought/ play fought but now since she’s hiding a lot and growling more I usually push Rufus off her. What do you think? Is there anything else I should do?
Just want to add honey usually comes out of her hiding spot within a couple minutes and will run to another spot while Rufus chases her. She will come out of hiding when he looses interest- usually after about 5 minutes or so later. She does not ever hide or seem scared of Rufus except when he’s in play mode.