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Cast of characters: Diva, about 4, a rescue. She is very closely bonded to me and my partner, and continues to be just as active as she was when she was younger. We adopted her at probably 1 year old. She seems to do ok in new territories (we’ve moved a lot) as long as we are around. I had been worried about her mood when we leave on trips and to work, as she acts extremely exuberant when we come home, and does display separation anxiety if we put her in a room while we do something else (like painting a wall, etc). I thought she could use an emotional support cat, so we adopted Sweet Boy, who is 3 months old, and a total kitten. We have him set up in a spare bedroom and he has been doing fine.
We are feeding on opposite sides of the door, giving Diva pets, and playing with Sweet Boy to exhaustion. Everything seemed ok for the first couple of days, and yesterday we did site swapping with no issues. Diva played with Sweet Boy’s toys and tried to steal his kitten food. Sweet Boy isn’t bothered, he just hopped around the house with my partner.
I don’t know if this really is a problem - but here we are. I put a towel underneath the door to limit visual access to the isolation room. Lately, Diva has been digging under the towel, and then sticking her face under the door and hissing. This has been going on for about a day, particularly when we are sleeping (during her nocturnal zooms) or cooking, etc. Should we discourage this? Ignore it? Give her more visual access? She seems to not hiss unless the boy gets up close to the door. She still accepts food near the door, but if she can hear him eating, she sticks her head under the door and hisses again. I know it’s early - but I have been worried that Diva may never accept Sweet Boy, and that the digging and hissing pattern is her way of trying to instigate aggression.
We are feeding on opposite sides of the door, giving Diva pets, and playing with Sweet Boy to exhaustion. Everything seemed ok for the first couple of days, and yesterday we did site swapping with no issues. Diva played with Sweet Boy’s toys and tried to steal his kitten food. Sweet Boy isn’t bothered, he just hopped around the house with my partner.
I don’t know if this really is a problem - but here we are. I put a towel underneath the door to limit visual access to the isolation room. Lately, Diva has been digging under the towel, and then sticking her face under the door and hissing. This has been going on for about a day, particularly when we are sleeping (during her nocturnal zooms) or cooking, etc. Should we discourage this? Ignore it? Give her more visual access? She seems to not hiss unless the boy gets up close to the door. She still accepts food near the door, but if she can hear him eating, she sticks her head under the door and hisses again. I know it’s early - but I have been worried that Diva may never accept Sweet Boy, and that the digging and hissing pattern is her way of trying to instigate aggression.