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Hello. I was wondering if I could get a bit of advice on this situation.
About a week ago and a half ago, I got a new cat, set up a safe room for her and she's basically been living in that room. At first, she was rather scared. Wouldn't come out of her hiding spot to eat, drink etc. I eventually got her to come out by giving her some food, which she happily ate and of course, I also gave her a lot of affection and love.
Now she comes out of her hiding spot on her own, I assume because she is getting used to me and the house.
After she seemed to have gotten used to her new surroundings, I thought it was a good time to introduce my current resident cat to her. At first, the resident cat didn't like her and started to swipe her paw at her a few times, along with hissing and growling, but they never got into any serious cat fights.
Now, it seems like my resident cat is somewhat getting used to new one, but she only likes it when the new one stays in her safe room and if the new one tries to come out of the room to explore the house, the resident cat gets mad and pretty much chases her back to her safe room, but doesn't actually fight her.
However, if the resident cat is in the new cat's safe room, she doesn't hiss or try to swipe her etc. In fact, they can eat relatively close to each other, with only the new cat now seeming to hiss a little bit whenever the resident cat is too close to her (she never used to hiss at the resident cat before).
I was wondering if this is perhaps normal behavior for my resident cat and if she will eventually let the new cat come out of her room more and if the new one will also get used to the resident cat?
About a week ago and a half ago, I got a new cat, set up a safe room for her and she's basically been living in that room. At first, she was rather scared. Wouldn't come out of her hiding spot to eat, drink etc. I eventually got her to come out by giving her some food, which she happily ate and of course, I also gave her a lot of affection and love.
Now she comes out of her hiding spot on her own, I assume because she is getting used to me and the house.
After she seemed to have gotten used to her new surroundings, I thought it was a good time to introduce my current resident cat to her. At first, the resident cat didn't like her and started to swipe her paw at her a few times, along with hissing and growling, but they never got into any serious cat fights.
Now, it seems like my resident cat is somewhat getting used to new one, but she only likes it when the new one stays in her safe room and if the new one tries to come out of the room to explore the house, the resident cat gets mad and pretty much chases her back to her safe room, but doesn't actually fight her.
However, if the resident cat is in the new cat's safe room, she doesn't hiss or try to swipe her etc. In fact, they can eat relatively close to each other, with only the new cat now seeming to hiss a little bit whenever the resident cat is too close to her (she never used to hiss at the resident cat before).
I was wondering if this is perhaps normal behavior for my resident cat and if she will eventually let the new cat come out of her room more and if the new one will also get used to the resident cat?
