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Hi, I've posted before on this, so forgive my continued questions.
I have a 5 month old shelter kitten who we have had since she was 10weeks old...we adopted a "sibling" for her and have had Ash for one week now and he is 10weeks old. He's been in a separate room and we have been scent swapping and sight swapping and had a few sniffs through a cracked door. She has been mostly curious, no signs of aggression, he has hissed everytime they get visual contact. Otherwise he is super sweet and snuggly with us and the usual amount of kitten playfulness. He's a much mellower kitten than her in general though--she is very high energy and super bonded to me.
Anyway. . .I think it's all been going fine. But I'm feeling like he needs more space and stimulation than just one room. . .and it's been 7 days. . .so how do I know when it's ok to put them in a room together? I'm paralyzed by fear they will fight and then never like each other. But he can't always live in the spare room!
I have a 5 month old shelter kitten who we have had since she was 10weeks old...we adopted a "sibling" for her and have had Ash for one week now and he is 10weeks old. He's been in a separate room and we have been scent swapping and sight swapping and had a few sniffs through a cracked door. She has been mostly curious, no signs of aggression, he has hissed everytime they get visual contact. Otherwise he is super sweet and snuggly with us and the usual amount of kitten playfulness. He's a much mellower kitten than her in general though--she is very high energy and super bonded to me.
Anyway. . .I think it's all been going fine. But I'm feeling like he needs more space and stimulation than just one room. . .and it's been 7 days. . .so how do I know when it's ok to put them in a room together? I'm paralyzed by fear they will fight and then never like each other. But he can't always live in the spare room!