Hello there I hope someone can offer me some advice on this little situation we have with our 3 new kittens at home. They are the only cats in the house. I have read some other threads on introducing cats to each other but this is a little different as these are all kittens, roughly the same age as each other, and no real resident cats in the house.
Well, Saturday of last week (24th June) we picked up our two new Siamese kittens from the breeder, (13 weeks old, lilac boy and seal girl - brother and sister, not yet spayed/neutered) and they have spent the week settling into the home. At first they were quite timid and spent a few hours hiding, gradually coming out to play and getting to know us, which took a couple of days. For the rest of the week they have been having so much fun, playing and running around etc. They are both very friendly, well socialised, loving little things.
Yesterday our Maine Coon kitten arrived, (15 week old neutered male) and with the Siamese upstairs in my bedroom we let him explore downstairs and he settled in immediately. Purring constantly and playing with us, wanting to be held, absolutely great. So a couple of hours later I brought the Siamese kittens down in their cat carrier to meet the maine coon. Oh dear. As soon as they saw him it was arched backs, fur standing on end, hissing and growling. The female Siamese was extremely upset. The maine coon wasn't bothered at all, he just wanted to play! I had to seperate them all immediately. I put the siamese together and they started to hiss and growl at each other! Totally unexpected. They all had to be put into seperate rooms. The siamese made friends by the evening and were sleeping on my bed together as usual at night.
Today I have tried to integrate them more, the doors seperating the rooms downstairs are made of glass so they can see each other when they are in the different rooms. I've tried feeding them either side of the door, putting a piece of string between the gap under the door that they can both play with, with limited success. The siamese see the maine coon, and they growl and hiss. Then they growl and hiss at each other.
What I don't get is that the siamese have only been here a week, and they are behaving as if they own the house and have done so for some time. I feel sorry for the maine coon because he just wants to play and they are so mean to him. There have been no fights, the siamese slink away under the chairs if they feel too close to him. Then they fall out with each other! Oh a real mess.
Thanks for reading this incredibly long post!!
Well, Saturday of last week (24th June) we picked up our two new Siamese kittens from the breeder, (13 weeks old, lilac boy and seal girl - brother and sister, not yet spayed/neutered) and they have spent the week settling into the home. At first they were quite timid and spent a few hours hiding, gradually coming out to play and getting to know us, which took a couple of days. For the rest of the week they have been having so much fun, playing and running around etc. They are both very friendly, well socialised, loving little things.
Yesterday our Maine Coon kitten arrived, (15 week old neutered male) and with the Siamese upstairs in my bedroom we let him explore downstairs and he settled in immediately. Purring constantly and playing with us, wanting to be held, absolutely great. So a couple of hours later I brought the Siamese kittens down in their cat carrier to meet the maine coon. Oh dear. As soon as they saw him it was arched backs, fur standing on end, hissing and growling. The female Siamese was extremely upset. The maine coon wasn't bothered at all, he just wanted to play! I had to seperate them all immediately. I put the siamese together and they started to hiss and growl at each other! Totally unexpected. They all had to be put into seperate rooms. The siamese made friends by the evening and were sleeping on my bed together as usual at night.
Today I have tried to integrate them more, the doors seperating the rooms downstairs are made of glass so they can see each other when they are in the different rooms. I've tried feeding them either side of the door, putting a piece of string between the gap under the door that they can both play with, with limited success. The siamese see the maine coon, and they growl and hiss. Then they growl and hiss at each other.
What I don't get is that the siamese have only been here a week, and they are behaving as if they own the house and have done so for some time. I feel sorry for the maine coon because he just wants to play and they are so mean to him. There have been no fights, the siamese slink away under the chairs if they feel too close to him. Then they fall out with each other! Oh a real mess.
Thanks for reading this incredibly long post!!