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Hello! I have a playful 9 month old cat. We decided to get a second kitty (we watched our home camera when we left for a couple days and it was depressing). I have introduced cats to one another many times but never this young. I didn’t think that it would be an issue since my 9 month old is still pretty young and playful. I did the couple days with closed doors, sniffing blankets, and shared mealtimes with the two. Recently we have been introducing the cats to one another in the sense that I hold the kitten while the 9 month old pouts around the room. My 9 month old is hissing and growling at this tiny little thing and I don’t know what I should do. Normally, I would let them sniff each other out...but I’m afraid that my 9 month old will try to attack and hurt my 8 week old who is defenseless. Any ideas on how to tackle this problem? Should I just wait it out and hope it gets better? Or should I actually let my 9 month old come up to the kitty and intervene if it gets really bad. I do have the temporary nail caps on my 9 month old for safe measures.