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Hi! I recently adopted a rescue kitten that's about 6 weeks old (his name is Percy). I brought him home, reserved my bedroom for him, put his necessities in there and he's adjusting well. Right on the second day he started showing signs of wanting the explore the rest of the house so we let him. We installed a pet gate (its 4 feet tall) and let my 4 and half month old kitten (Ollie) meet him through the gate. They seemed completely fine with each other; there was a tad bit of growling from Percy in the beginning but that was about it. They ate next to each other on either side of the gate. The gate was there for 2 days and then I opened it slightly and let them play with eachothers hands. And because they were kittens I thought that they could meet each other so I let them play with a string and let Ollie in. It was fine at first but Ollie started to get rough with Percy (which I thought was normal so I continued to keep them together under supervision of course) and the fighting continued. And then I realised that they needed to be separated again and installed the pet gate but Ollie started jumping the gate and Percy started jumping over too.
Now Percy is in my room and runs out every chance he gets, Ollie gets way too interested in him and sort of starts chasing and bullying him/mounting him and Percy chases back but Ollie does tackle Percy to the ground and gets a grip on his neck. I have been doing some research and it says that the cats never should have seen each other without scent swapping but that's a mistake that I can't go back on now so please help.
So far there have been no signs of injuries, bite marks or scratches on either of the cats but at this point I am scared and I don't know where this will end. Also, I am lost and I need help on getting these cats to accept eachother and live harmoniously.
Now Percy is in my room and runs out every chance he gets, Ollie gets way too interested in him and sort of starts chasing and bullying him/mounting him and Percy chases back but Ollie does tackle Percy to the ground and gets a grip on his neck. I have been doing some research and it says that the cats never should have seen each other without scent swapping but that's a mistake that I can't go back on now so please help.
So far there have been no signs of injuries, bite marks or scratches on either of the cats but at this point I am scared and I don't know where this will end. Also, I am lost and I need help on getting these cats to accept eachother and live harmoniously.