Hi all, we acquired a 3 month old Siamese cross kitten called Star and a one year old (rather inbred, cross eyed) oriental called Lena within days of each other from different homes a few weeks ago, I also have a resident Siamese cat , Squitten who's 7.
We've done introductions, lots of hissing, mainly on Lenas part, kept them all in separate rooms, let them out at different times etc.... Two weeks on, Squitten & Star are best mates, Squitten has accepted Lena, there was a few short fights but Lena was submissive towards Squitten, shes wary of Squitten now but they seem fairly ok when together now.
Lena & Star however, different story, when Lena sees Star she hisses & growls at her, sometimes she skulks away, sometimes she pursues her aggressively with more hissing and some swiping of claws. She does behave a bit better when Squitten is around. When the other cats are around Lenas tail is down and shes constantly checking the exits. I have taken her into the garden a few times on a lead, we live quite rurally and she would have access to fantastic gardens and fields if she stays here. But it seems to us that shes constantly trying to escape, when she got startled outside on the lead she ran away from home not back towards it.
Lena is wonderful with humans, shes such a lovely cat until she sees Star, she is on her third home already as she took a dislike to a cat she used to live with, she had just been spayed a week or so before we got her. But we can't go on like this much longer, Stars kitten hood is being ruined, the whole house is stressed out and we're fed up of playing musical rooms. As it stands Lena is up for re homing, IF she can change her ways or we can do something to help her before we get a phone call about her, she can stay, I would love her to stay, we can offer her a wonderful home and more freedom than she'd get in most homes but it really feels like she doesn't want to be here.
Any ideas anyone?
We've done introductions, lots of hissing, mainly on Lenas part, kept them all in separate rooms, let them out at different times etc.... Two weeks on, Squitten & Star are best mates, Squitten has accepted Lena, there was a few short fights but Lena was submissive towards Squitten, shes wary of Squitten now but they seem fairly ok when together now.
Lena & Star however, different story, when Lena sees Star she hisses & growls at her, sometimes she skulks away, sometimes she pursues her aggressively with more hissing and some swiping of claws. She does behave a bit better when Squitten is around. When the other cats are around Lenas tail is down and shes constantly checking the exits. I have taken her into the garden a few times on a lead, we live quite rurally and she would have access to fantastic gardens and fields if she stays here. But it seems to us that shes constantly trying to escape, when she got startled outside on the lead she ran away from home not back towards it.
Lena is wonderful with humans, shes such a lovely cat until she sees Star, she is on her third home already as she took a dislike to a cat she used to live with, she had just been spayed a week or so before we got her. But we can't go on like this much longer, Stars kitten hood is being ruined, the whole house is stressed out and we're fed up of playing musical rooms. As it stands Lena is up for re homing, IF she can change her ways or we can do something to help her before we get a phone call about her, she can stay, I would love her to stay, we can offer her a wonderful home and more freedom than she'd get in most homes but it really feels like she doesn't want to be here.
Any ideas anyone?