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Has anyone experienced changed behaviour from a new kitten they brought home? The new kitten name is Solis, 2 months, male, used to be very playful and confident.
Resident cat, name, Luna, female, 6 months, slow to warm up.
When I first brought Solis home, i
Put him in a small room & he was SO confident. He came out of the carrier right away, and was exploring, eating, playing and pooping within 15 minutes. After 3 days, it was clear he wanted out of the room.
I started doing scent swapping, site swapping, and although Luna started sniffing around more and sitting at the door. All seemed to be well.
I proceeded to baby gates + feeding.Solis would eat, but Luna would stare at first, but after a few days, they were both eating. They would swat each other through the gate though. No behaviour change from either really besides Luna sitting at the door.
So after a week, I decided to put them face to face. And maybe it was too soon.Solis was trying to play, and Luna takes it as a aggression. Luna will hiss, and lay on her back to fight. There is running away from Luna, and Solis chases. Solis sill
Play with a feather toy with Luna around, but Luna is very focused on Solis. So I separated them.
But now, Solis has seemed to have lost all his confidence! He is still affectionate towards me, but runs away if I open the door, walks very slow, isn’t eating the same amount and is clearly very distressed. I did buy some pheromones so I hope that kicks in soon.
Luna seems to be okay overall.
Luna is getting spayed in a week, and then of course her 2 weeks post surgery.
So my question is, do I go back to step 1, where they never see each other, and they are back in separate rooms? This would be for this week, and 2 weeks post surgery, which is awhile! Or do I jump back on the horse to face to face interactions, for this week, so Solis doesn’t remember Luna as a threat?
Regardless they’ll be separated while Luna recovers.
Resident cat, name, Luna, female, 6 months, slow to warm up.
When I first brought Solis home, i
Put him in a small room & he was SO confident. He came out of the carrier right away, and was exploring, eating, playing and pooping within 15 minutes. After 3 days, it was clear he wanted out of the room.
I started doing scent swapping, site swapping, and although Luna started sniffing around more and sitting at the door. All seemed to be well.
I proceeded to baby gates + feeding.Solis would eat, but Luna would stare at first, but after a few days, they were both eating. They would swat each other through the gate though. No behaviour change from either really besides Luna sitting at the door.
So after a week, I decided to put them face to face. And maybe it was too soon.Solis was trying to play, and Luna takes it as a aggression. Luna will hiss, and lay on her back to fight. There is running away from Luna, and Solis chases. Solis sill
Play with a feather toy with Luna around, but Luna is very focused on Solis. So I separated them.
But now, Solis has seemed to have lost all his confidence! He is still affectionate towards me, but runs away if I open the door, walks very slow, isn’t eating the same amount and is clearly very distressed. I did buy some pheromones so I hope that kicks in soon.
Luna seems to be okay overall.
Luna is getting spayed in a week, and then of course her 2 weeks post surgery.
So my question is, do I go back to step 1, where they never see each other, and they are back in separate rooms? This would be for this week, and 2 weeks post surgery, which is awhile! Or do I jump back on the horse to face to face interactions, for this week, so Solis doesn’t remember Luna as a threat?
Regardless they’ll be separated while Luna recovers.
