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I have a cat (Bob). He's 1 year old and has never lived on the street. He was raised in a family of cats, in a house, and then came to live with us as an "only child". We recently decided to get another cat because we felt he was lonely during the day when we're both at work.
So, we got another cat (Jake). The animal shelter recommended getting a younger cat so that Bob would still feel like the boss. That's what we did. Jake is 5 mths old and half the size of Bob.
I head read a few things about introducing cats to one another and new the process should be slow. We kept them apart at first but they both seemed so curious about each other that we thought we'd see how they would react. We let Jake out and both cats seemed to wander around sniffing each other and the new smells in the house. This lasted for about 20 min. and then Jake attacked. He jumped on Bob and rolled around a bit and then got his neck in between his teeth. I was mortified. I didn't expect it at all. Here, the little one was attacking the big one. And to make matters worse, Bob just sat there and took it until he let out a little meow, which I thing was due to pain. We grabbed Jake and locked him back up in the bedroom. He stayed there all night, but escaped twice when we weren't quick enough to catch him when the door opened. He went straight for Bob and proceeded to get on top of him and bite his neck.
I think Jake was found as a stray, so he may have had to learn how to fight to stay alive as a little one.
I need help. All of the info on the Internet is about how to get your current cat ot accept the new one, but I'm having the opposite problem. I think Bob wants to play and was excited for the new cat, but Jake just wants to hurt him. Jake is great with us...very cuddly and sweet, but get him with Bob and he's another story.
Any tips??? This is really stressing me out. Thanks.
So, we got another cat (Jake). The animal shelter recommended getting a younger cat so that Bob would still feel like the boss. That's what we did. Jake is 5 mths old and half the size of Bob.
I head read a few things about introducing cats to one another and new the process should be slow. We kept them apart at first but they both seemed so curious about each other that we thought we'd see how they would react. We let Jake out and both cats seemed to wander around sniffing each other and the new smells in the house. This lasted for about 20 min. and then Jake attacked. He jumped on Bob and rolled around a bit and then got his neck in between his teeth. I was mortified. I didn't expect it at all. Here, the little one was attacking the big one. And to make matters worse, Bob just sat there and took it until he let out a little meow, which I thing was due to pain. We grabbed Jake and locked him back up in the bedroom. He stayed there all night, but escaped twice when we weren't quick enough to catch him when the door opened. He went straight for Bob and proceeded to get on top of him and bite his neck.
I think Jake was found as a stray, so he may have had to learn how to fight to stay alive as a little one.
I need help. All of the info on the Internet is about how to get your current cat ot accept the new one, but I'm having the opposite problem. I think Bob wants to play and was excited for the new cat, but Jake just wants to hurt him. Jake is great with us...very cuddly and sweet, but get him with Bob and he's another story.
Any tips??? This is really stressing me out. Thanks.