Hello, i have a around 1 year old cat that we have had for about 8 months and a brand new 18(?) Week old kitten we got 3 days ago. For some backstory our 1 year old (ill call her X) has been amazing. Shes very calm and sweet but tends to play rough, latching onto, biting and bunny kicking toys or our hands or feet if theyre in a blanket. If youtry to use a string or other chase toy she mostly will just calmly hunt it and when she catches it she disreguards and moves on. Just a slight boop then off to the next hiding spot, i find it quite odd because she will wrestle our hands as long as you let her.
With this new kitten (call her E) X's interactions are equally as confusing comparatively to what i read online. Theres no hissing or swatting, no seemingly bad blood. X will be around watching if E is in the room. X will come over and gently lick and sniff, then all of the sudden X will grab E by the neck, gently at first maybe a little lick or boop. Then she will go full send and start rolling, bunny kicking and thrashing around just like shes attacking a toy or our hand gradually getting more aggressive but then i break it up because i get nervous. Normally i wouldnt care it seems like playing, I read its a dominance/ submission thing also. But X is a HUGE 1 year old. Like 10 pounds shes about 2x the size of my friends 1 year olds, E is maybe 1 pound if that.
So my question is how can i address this. If i leave the kitten alone X will immediately hunt her and start twisting her around. Is this malicious? Does X Just not know shes a huge kitten? X seems content and accepting otherwise, it just appears she looks at our new arrival as prey, or thats the only way she knows how to interact. Idk. Frankly im afraid to leave the poor thing in the house without supervision.
With this new kitten (call her E) X's interactions are equally as confusing comparatively to what i read online. Theres no hissing or swatting, no seemingly bad blood. X will be around watching if E is in the room. X will come over and gently lick and sniff, then all of the sudden X will grab E by the neck, gently at first maybe a little lick or boop. Then she will go full send and start rolling, bunny kicking and thrashing around just like shes attacking a toy or our hand gradually getting more aggressive but then i break it up because i get nervous. Normally i wouldnt care it seems like playing, I read its a dominance/ submission thing also. But X is a HUGE 1 year old. Like 10 pounds shes about 2x the size of my friends 1 year olds, E is maybe 1 pound if that.
So my question is how can i address this. If i leave the kitten alone X will immediately hunt her and start twisting her around. Is this malicious? Does X Just not know shes a huge kitten? X seems content and accepting otherwise, it just appears she looks at our new arrival as prey, or thats the only way she knows how to interact. Idk. Frankly im afraid to leave the poor thing in the house without supervision.