Hello. I am Dutch so I apologize in advance if my English may be a bit off.
I adopted a female cat last year and she's my everything. I moved in with my boyfriend with her and he got a male kitten. First my cat was furious at us because we brought in the kitten, but at some point she seemed to have forgiven us haha. Still, she seemed a bit startled by the little creature and tried to hit him often (without the nails) but I would stop her because the kitten was extremely tiny. When the kitten was a bigger she tried to show who is dominant by doing the typical "biting" in the neck thing. Now the kitten is about 6 months old and is already bigger than her. They often play together and they both seek out to play with eachother, but often it becomes not so fun for my cat and she starts yelling and running away while the male kitten jumps on her back and bites her in the neck. He also stands up almost straight sometimes, ready to attack, ears stretched back and jumps at her, often bumping her multiple times against the wall or throwing her off the couch while she falls onto another table etc. This makes me furious, because I see a creature who I love to death be in a position she obviously isn't comfortable with. My boyfriend says she has it coming because my cat often approaches the kitten, but she does that to play and she's fine with playing, but for some reason it then suddenly becomes so aggressive.
Is that still playing? Is it an issue that can be solved with sterilization? Can my cat get hurt? I love them both so much, but I get really upset seeing the adopted cat in such stress, especially since she already has a stress bladder issue.
Thank you in advance!
I adopted a female cat last year and she's my everything. I moved in with my boyfriend with her and he got a male kitten. First my cat was furious at us because we brought in the kitten, but at some point she seemed to have forgiven us haha. Still, she seemed a bit startled by the little creature and tried to hit him often (without the nails) but I would stop her because the kitten was extremely tiny. When the kitten was a bigger she tried to show who is dominant by doing the typical "biting" in the neck thing. Now the kitten is about 6 months old and is already bigger than her. They often play together and they both seek out to play with eachother, but often it becomes not so fun for my cat and she starts yelling and running away while the male kitten jumps on her back and bites her in the neck. He also stands up almost straight sometimes, ready to attack, ears stretched back and jumps at her, often bumping her multiple times against the wall or throwing her off the couch while she falls onto another table etc. This makes me furious, because I see a creature who I love to death be in a position she obviously isn't comfortable with. My boyfriend says she has it coming because my cat often approaches the kitten, but she does that to play and she's fine with playing, but for some reason it then suddenly becomes so aggressive.
Is that still playing? Is it an issue that can be solved with sterilization? Can my cat get hurt? I love them both so much, but I get really upset seeing the adopted cat in such stress, especially since she already has a stress bladder issue.
Thank you in advance!