Hello all, I recently adopted a 3.5 month old spayed female kitten named Minnie to be a companion for my 4 month old neutered male kitten, Curtis, who has turned out to be so high energy that even 3-4 30min bouts of play with the wand toys aren’t enough to keep him from pouncing on faces and biting exposed limbs all night.
I felt like we have done everything “by the book” with introductions. Minnie has been in our bathroom for the past 1.5 weeks, we’ve done scent swapping, feeding on opposite sides of the bathroom doors, let one be in the carrier while the other smells/sees them and vice versa, etc. But her presence is driving Curtis crazy. He’ll sit by the bathroom door and trill and meow, and when she’s the one in the carrier he will “hunt” her.
We began face-to-face introductions the past couple of days, doing 2x daily 20 min play sessions with their favorite wand toys. Minnie initially didn’t care about Curtis, and still doesn’t initiate any interaction, but he’s much more forward. Even though she doesn’t resist when he mounts her or pins her down, he refuses to let her go. If she does go free, he’ll chase her all over the living room. Now, she hisses if he gets too close and hides under the coffee table to get away from him. I am usually able to distract them with the wand toy.
Is this just something that will sort itself out with more time, or should I change the way I’m approaching introductions with them?
I felt like we have done everything “by the book” with introductions. Minnie has been in our bathroom for the past 1.5 weeks, we’ve done scent swapping, feeding on opposite sides of the bathroom doors, let one be in the carrier while the other smells/sees them and vice versa, etc. But her presence is driving Curtis crazy. He’ll sit by the bathroom door and trill and meow, and when she’s the one in the carrier he will “hunt” her.
We began face-to-face introductions the past couple of days, doing 2x daily 20 min play sessions with their favorite wand toys. Minnie initially didn’t care about Curtis, and still doesn’t initiate any interaction, but he’s much more forward. Even though she doesn’t resist when he mounts her or pins her down, he refuses to let her go. If she does go free, he’ll chase her all over the living room. Now, she hisses if he gets too close and hides under the coffee table to get away from him. I am usually able to distract them with the wand toy.
Is this just something that will sort itself out with more time, or should I change the way I’m approaching introductions with them?
And congrats on being new cat parents! 
