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Hi all, advise needed for our new kitten!
We adopted a kitten at the end of January, and since adopting him he has had runny poos which has more recently started to become a mix of behavioural issues also. For context, We have a 12 year old female rescue cat that has been with us 11 years.
We do not know much about his previous life before us, he is 5 months old and we will already be his 4th home (inc. breeder).
When we got him we kept him isolated in a room with litter tray, food and water. For around one week, before we slowly started to introduce the two cats together, as both spent time expressing an interest into the stranger on the other side of the wooden door. It seemed to be going quite well, our older cat not phased and our kitten being playful but wary.
Around 2 weeks in, we noticed him starting to poop around the litter tray and then later behind the sofa. Something we are still trying to resolve. Since this began to happen, he has started chasing our older cat and she is running away often hissing. She seems to feel intimidated, but she is a very shy cat anyway that would rather seek quiet. They haven't had a proper fight, but we are trying to establish why this is happening, is it normal while they get used to each other. Is it just him being a cheeky kitten?
He has been to the vets several times, for his vaccinations and then 3 times to try and sort out his upset tummy. We have had no luck, been wormed twice and on other meds. Including trying a chicken and rice diet. His stool has fresh red blood and mucus in it, vet aware and we are back again next week. And will take stool samples if no better currently in a medicine for ulcers.
We have never introduced cats to cats before and wondered whether this sounds stress related or if he is sick. Or if this is normal?
If it's behavioural, what do we do next. Should we separate the two cats again and try to reintroduce? The kitten hates being kept in one room, and we don't want to neglect our older cat!
Any advise would be great as we are getting worried and stressed ourselves!
Thanks
We adopted a kitten at the end of January, and since adopting him he has had runny poos which has more recently started to become a mix of behavioural issues also. For context, We have a 12 year old female rescue cat that has been with us 11 years.
We do not know much about his previous life before us, he is 5 months old and we will already be his 4th home (inc. breeder).
When we got him we kept him isolated in a room with litter tray, food and water. For around one week, before we slowly started to introduce the two cats together, as both spent time expressing an interest into the stranger on the other side of the wooden door. It seemed to be going quite well, our older cat not phased and our kitten being playful but wary.
Around 2 weeks in, we noticed him starting to poop around the litter tray and then later behind the sofa. Something we are still trying to resolve. Since this began to happen, he has started chasing our older cat and she is running away often hissing. She seems to feel intimidated, but she is a very shy cat anyway that would rather seek quiet. They haven't had a proper fight, but we are trying to establish why this is happening, is it normal while they get used to each other. Is it just him being a cheeky kitten?
He has been to the vets several times, for his vaccinations and then 3 times to try and sort out his upset tummy. We have had no luck, been wormed twice and on other meds. Including trying a chicken and rice diet. His stool has fresh red blood and mucus in it, vet aware and we are back again next week. And will take stool samples if no better currently in a medicine for ulcers.
We have never introduced cats to cats before and wondered whether this sounds stress related or if he is sick. Or if this is normal?
If it's behavioural, what do we do next. Should we separate the two cats again and try to reintroduce? The kitten hates being kept in one room, and we don't want to neglect our older cat!
Any advise would be great as we are getting worried and stressed ourselves!
Thanks