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I recently decided to adopt a second cat. I already have one at home, and I have been going through the process of introducing them to each other.
Just to give some background information the cat that I already had is named Mipha ~10-12 months. The new cat I have is named Gwynevere she is ~3 years old.
It has been about a week since I got Gwynevere, and I started it with keeping her in her own room with the door shut and with meal time I had the bowls on either side of the door slowly getting closer and closer to the door. Well they can now safely eat with either one right up on the door and no one hisses at all.
So I decided to try bringing them into the same room. I put them on opposite ends of the same room. They stared at each other a bit but Gwynevere didnt seem to care much about Mipha being in the room she was walking around fine and didnt care much. Mipha would hiss if she got a little too close but it never came to blows. I tried bringing out a toy to distract Mipha a bit and to give the positive re-enforcement that when Gwynevere is out of her room it was play time. They were awesome when the toy was out. They would even get pretty close to one another and there wouldn't be any issues... until the toy stopped moving then Gwynevere would growl and Mipha would hiss. This lasted ~20 minutes before I ended it.
So Im sort of confused on where to go from here. I am scared to just let Gwynevere run around the house because I dont want one of them getting hurt in a fight.
Any suggestions?
Just to give some background information the cat that I already had is named Mipha ~10-12 months. The new cat I have is named Gwynevere she is ~3 years old.
It has been about a week since I got Gwynevere, and I started it with keeping her in her own room with the door shut and with meal time I had the bowls on either side of the door slowly getting closer and closer to the door. Well they can now safely eat with either one right up on the door and no one hisses at all.
So I decided to try bringing them into the same room. I put them on opposite ends of the same room. They stared at each other a bit but Gwynevere didnt seem to care much about Mipha being in the room she was walking around fine and didnt care much. Mipha would hiss if she got a little too close but it never came to blows. I tried bringing out a toy to distract Mipha a bit and to give the positive re-enforcement that when Gwynevere is out of her room it was play time. They were awesome when the toy was out. They would even get pretty close to one another and there wouldn't be any issues... until the toy stopped moving then Gwynevere would growl and Mipha would hiss. This lasted ~20 minutes before I ended it.
So Im sort of confused on where to go from here. I am scared to just let Gwynevere run around the house because I dont want one of them getting hurt in a fight.
Any suggestions?
You have certainly come to the right place for help and support. If you just adopted Gwynevere I would not let her have free run of the house either. Have you tried switching rooms with her and your kitten, Mipha? 
