hi,
I’m having trouble getting my cat Marley to accept our kitten.
I’ve had chase 6 weeks now and kept seperate due to his small size, he’s around 12 weeks now but weighing around 7!
I’ve tried a few introductions before but have resulted in Marley pouncing so I left it a little bit until he was bigger. Marley doesn’t seem to hiss/ growl show aggression, he’ll show hunting behaviour crouching etc, he’ll bat at him which seems playful but then the second he has a chance he pounces and attacks. I retried them this morning and Marley had hold of him biting and kicking him, I seperated straight away.
I’m at a loss now. They play under the door and make noises at each other and seem desperate to see each other but then it doesn’t end nicely.
Chase was supposed to be female, as I thought Male Female relationships work better but turns out he is Male.
Has anybody got any suggestions as I’m starting to feel like this is never going to work &it’s really upsetting
I did post this in another thread but made the title my email address by accident and can’t edit it! Not thinking straight today
I’m having trouble getting my cat Marley to accept our kitten.
I’ve had chase 6 weeks now and kept seperate due to his small size, he’s around 12 weeks now but weighing around 7!
I’ve tried a few introductions before but have resulted in Marley pouncing so I left it a little bit until he was bigger. Marley doesn’t seem to hiss/ growl show aggression, he’ll show hunting behaviour crouching etc, he’ll bat at him which seems playful but then the second he has a chance he pounces and attacks. I retried them this morning and Marley had hold of him biting and kicking him, I seperated straight away.
I’m at a loss now. They play under the door and make noises at each other and seem desperate to see each other but then it doesn’t end nicely.
Chase was supposed to be female, as I thought Male Female relationships work better but turns out he is Male.
Has anybody got any suggestions as I’m starting to feel like this is never going to work &it’s really upsetting
I did post this in another thread but made the title my email address by accident and can’t edit it! Not thinking straight today