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We have an 18 month old neutered male cat that we've had since he was 2 months old. We just recently got a 4 month old female. She needs one more shot before she can be spayed, so that hasn't happened yet.
We've started introducing them, and when they're close, they are fine, She'll Sniff him, He'll sniff her, they'll chirrup and he'll start grooming her. The issue arises is when she tries to move away from her "safe space". (it wasn't initially under the bed, but she made the executive decision that she like it under there so we rolled with it). If she moves to far from under the bed, Jack will try to either herd her, chase her, or scruff and try to drag her back under the bed. I stop the third as she doesn't mind the grab, but decides she's too big for the drag and protests.
We're limiting how much time they have together as he's setting back her "i feel comfortable to leave the safe space" progress, but i don't know if this is normal??? Has he just decided that she's his kitten? We'll isolate him and let her roam a bit, which she's been doing tentatively, but she goes back to hiding after being with jack. She still greats him and purrs when he grooms her, but i have no idea what's happening here.
We've started introducing them, and when they're close, they are fine, She'll Sniff him, He'll sniff her, they'll chirrup and he'll start grooming her. The issue arises is when she tries to move away from her "safe space". (it wasn't initially under the bed, but she made the executive decision that she like it under there so we rolled with it). If she moves to far from under the bed, Jack will try to either herd her, chase her, or scruff and try to drag her back under the bed. I stop the third as she doesn't mind the grab, but decides she's too big for the drag and protests.
We're limiting how much time they have together as he's setting back her "i feel comfortable to leave the safe space" progress, but i don't know if this is normal??? Has he just decided that she's his kitten? We'll isolate him and let her roam a bit, which she's been doing tentatively, but she goes back to hiding after being with jack. She still greats him and purrs when he grooms her, but i have no idea what's happening here.