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I have a 7ish month old male kitten, Catthew, who is VERY high energy. Loves to play and is a bit of a menace. I also have a 12 year old female, Little Kitty, who is pretty low energy and just wants to be left alone (or cuddling with me). I haven't done the best job of socializing them so far because I've been super busy and stressed with school. Catthew really wants to play with Little Kitty and has no sense of boundaries. When he tries to play with her, she will hiss and swat at him, he runs away, but then comes back maybe a minute later and just keeps pestering her. When she gets fed up, she runs to find a hiding place, which encourages him to chase after her and continue pushing her boundaries. Little Kitty has always been a fairly non-confrontational cat and likes hiding/lounging under things (ie. under chairs, in the shelves in my bed frame), which means any where she would go to get away from Catthew he can easily get to her. Little Kitty isn't bothered by his scent and seems fine for the most part as long as he isn't trying to interact with him, or if she can't see him. Catthew will try to play with her under my door when he's locked out of my room, and she will go over and swat and hiss at his paw, then leave when she gets disinterested.
They're separated when I'm not home, especially because he is not allowed in my room unsupervised. I've been letting Catthew into my room a little bit at a time to try to get Little Kitty to learn to tolerate him, and hoping he learns some boundaries. He usually continuously pesters Little Kitty, inciting copious growling and hissing from her, and some screaming when he pushes too far or gets too rough. He usually gets kicked out of my room when that happens. I haven't seen any signs that he is actually hurting her, but I also don't like stressing her out so much since she is older and already stressed out by the world (the poor cat is scared of the sound of wind). And seeing her stressed out makes me stressed out. There have been a few times recently where Little Kitty is curled up next to me, and Catthew is being chill and curls up and my feet, and they can both coexist. I figure they probably won't ever be friends, but I just want them to be able to coexist. I feel like I'm doing everything wrong, and I'm just not sure what to do.
They're separated when I'm not home, especially because he is not allowed in my room unsupervised. I've been letting Catthew into my room a little bit at a time to try to get Little Kitty to learn to tolerate him, and hoping he learns some boundaries. He usually continuously pesters Little Kitty, inciting copious growling and hissing from her, and some screaming when he pushes too far or gets too rough. He usually gets kicked out of my room when that happens. I haven't seen any signs that he is actually hurting her, but I also don't like stressing her out so much since she is older and already stressed out by the world (the poor cat is scared of the sound of wind). And seeing her stressed out makes me stressed out. There have been a few times recently where Little Kitty is curled up next to me, and Catthew is being chill and curls up and my feet, and they can both coexist. I figure they probably won't ever be friends, but I just want them to be able to coexist. I feel like I'm doing everything wrong, and I'm just not sure what to do.