Hi guys! Writing to you again about the two reasons I get very little sleep these days
It’s been a little over a week since we got a new guy home. Last week my girl attacked me after two of them met accidentally. We’re pulling out all the stops on reintroduction.
Both cats are eating well, on schedule and use litter boxes well too.
currently we started site swapping for about an hour. Today is the third time. My resident girl is trying to get out of the room with complaint filled tone. When we let her out she doesn’t attack us - just whines for half a minutes and goes back to her usual routine.
I noticed that when they both approach the door (we got nanny cam on the other side) youngster is being talkative and curious - resident just sits there and hisses at him on the other side.
I noticed she likes to just sit there and stare at the door and hiss when he stars talking.
currently she is in his room, yet instead of roaming the house the youngster is sitting by the door, meowing at her and exposing his belly to the door. She still hisses and then tries to get out, complaints, quiets down (rinse repeat)
I am wondering if it would be appropriate to start introducing door stoppers (one on each side) to give them controlled peak at each other (in hopes that seeing him being friendly - she’ll at least settle down a bit or soften up)
another thing I’d like to try is maybe putting her in a dog sized cage on her territory and allow her to see him around for a few minutes at a time. I wouldn’t want to put him in the cage because she is the aggressor and starts the fight. what are your thoughts on timing and that idea in general?
she is still a bit hissy if I try to pet her right after I pet him. She stopped hissing at his towels in the morning. And she comes up to eat by the door almost right away when called. She’s been definitely a lot more at ease each day. I still don’t want to rush is, nevertheless I feel that seeming him expose his belly to her might ease the tension (I may be wrong)
what would be an indicator that it’s ok to start visual introduction?
thank you
It’s been a little over a week since we got a new guy home. Last week my girl attacked me after two of them met accidentally. We’re pulling out all the stops on reintroduction.
Both cats are eating well, on schedule and use litter boxes well too.
currently we started site swapping for about an hour. Today is the third time. My resident girl is trying to get out of the room with complaint filled tone. When we let her out she doesn’t attack us - just whines for half a minutes and goes back to her usual routine.
I noticed that when they both approach the door (we got nanny cam on the other side) youngster is being talkative and curious - resident just sits there and hisses at him on the other side.
I noticed she likes to just sit there and stare at the door and hiss when he stars talking.
currently she is in his room, yet instead of roaming the house the youngster is sitting by the door, meowing at her and exposing his belly to the door. She still hisses and then tries to get out, complaints, quiets down (rinse repeat)
I am wondering if it would be appropriate to start introducing door stoppers (one on each side) to give them controlled peak at each other (in hopes that seeing him being friendly - she’ll at least settle down a bit or soften up)
another thing I’d like to try is maybe putting her in a dog sized cage on her territory and allow her to see him around for a few minutes at a time. I wouldn’t want to put him in the cage because she is the aggressor and starts the fight. what are your thoughts on timing and that idea in general?
she is still a bit hissy if I try to pet her right after I pet him. She stopped hissing at his towels in the morning. And she comes up to eat by the door almost right away when called. She’s been definitely a lot more at ease each day. I still don’t want to rush is, nevertheless I feel that seeming him expose his belly to her might ease the tension (I may be wrong)
what would be an indicator that it’s ok to start visual introduction?
thank you