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I recently posted in this forum about how my 4-month old kitten was alone all day while I was at work and I was wondering if it would be a good idea to adopt a second kitten. As the general consensus was yes, it would be better for my first kitten (Archer), I went and adopted a second kitten who is one month older (Gatsby).
Now I find I'm struggling a bit with how guilty I feel. Archer, who started off as a very cuddly and affectionate kitten, has become less so over the past couple of weeks and now is really distant from me. Gatsby is a snuggly boy and instantly wants to be close to me but I constantly feel guilty when Archer sees me with Gatsby. Gatsby is totally chill and relaxed, but Archer still isn't quite past the territorial issues and attacks him quite constantly (they don't hurt each other but it's obvious Archer is not impressed, although I caught them cuddling once )
Did anyone else ever experience guilty when adding a second cat to the family? How did you cope it with? Also did you find it took some time for the cats to accept each other and stop scrapping?
Now I find I'm struggling a bit with how guilty I feel. Archer, who started off as a very cuddly and affectionate kitten, has become less so over the past couple of weeks and now is really distant from me. Gatsby is a snuggly boy and instantly wants to be close to me but I constantly feel guilty when Archer sees me with Gatsby. Gatsby is totally chill and relaxed, but Archer still isn't quite past the territorial issues and attacks him quite constantly (they don't hurt each other but it's obvious Archer is not impressed, although I caught them cuddling once )
Did anyone else ever experience guilty when adding a second cat to the family? How did you cope it with? Also did you find it took some time for the cats to accept each other and stop scrapping?