Hello everyone,
I've got a bit of an issue I need advice with. 9 weeks ago I got a 7 week old kitten from some farmers who wanted to get rid of it. He is very friendly and nice but with time became rather aggressive towards us. It's only play aggression, where he would try to wrestle our arms and feet, but he bites very hard. We tried to unteach him this but without success.
Our vet suggested that he might be bored because we are at work during the day and that a cat buddy for him to play with would be great. Fast forward to two days ago when we saw an announcement for a kitten who was the same age as him. We contacted the owner and ended up adopting the kitten. But somehow the new one is twice as big.
Introducing them to each other went pretty well. The big one seemed very tolerant and rather scared, while the little one hissed and growled for a while and then calm down. Later in the day they started playing. It all seemed like fun. The little one was chasing after the big one and vice versa. But then the big one wanted to wrestle. And that's where the drama started. As far as I can tell from his body language he only wants to play. As far as I can tell from the body language of the little one however, he doesn't like it one bit and takes it as a threat. Hisses and growls and gets very worked up. Of course him being half the size and stuff he gets his ass kicked pretty badly. At first he would chase after the other one and try the wrestle him again. But soon he started running away and hissing and growling every time the other one wants to play.
Otherwise they seem to interact well. They even share a toilet and a food bowl and there is no aggression in that case (I have additional ones should they not want to share). They walk around together and sleep next to each other. But as soon as the big one wants to play, there is drama.
How can I make it better and make the little one understand it is all in good spirits and not intended to hurt him? I guess he did not like losing his position as boss of the house and being wrestled around like a rag doll.
I've got a bit of an issue I need advice with. 9 weeks ago I got a 7 week old kitten from some farmers who wanted to get rid of it. He is very friendly and nice but with time became rather aggressive towards us. It's only play aggression, where he would try to wrestle our arms and feet, but he bites very hard. We tried to unteach him this but without success.
Our vet suggested that he might be bored because we are at work during the day and that a cat buddy for him to play with would be great. Fast forward to two days ago when we saw an announcement for a kitten who was the same age as him. We contacted the owner and ended up adopting the kitten. But somehow the new one is twice as big.
Introducing them to each other went pretty well. The big one seemed very tolerant and rather scared, while the little one hissed and growled for a while and then calm down. Later in the day they started playing. It all seemed like fun. The little one was chasing after the big one and vice versa. But then the big one wanted to wrestle. And that's where the drama started. As far as I can tell from his body language he only wants to play. As far as I can tell from the body language of the little one however, he doesn't like it one bit and takes it as a threat. Hisses and growls and gets very worked up. Of course him being half the size and stuff he gets his ass kicked pretty badly. At first he would chase after the other one and try the wrestle him again. But soon he started running away and hissing and growling every time the other one wants to play.
Otherwise they seem to interact well. They even share a toilet and a food bowl and there is no aggression in that case (I have additional ones should they not want to share). They walk around together and sleep next to each other. But as soon as the big one wants to play, there is drama.
How can I make it better and make the little one understand it is all in good spirits and not intended to hurt him? I guess he did not like losing his position as boss of the house and being wrestled around like a rag doll.