Please Help :(

rita-rabbit

oh & trim both their claws regularly - this will avoid more bloodshed & possibly your curtains from the kitten running up them!

soupdragon10

Do you know anyone who could lend you a cat/small dog cage for a week or two? I always did this with mine, the kitten was shut in to begin with with her tray, food bed etc. and the older cat felt 'superior' becuase she had free roam in her territory but could still suss out the kitten.

Cats are not naturally pack animals, and some simply don't like their own kind. My Russian female hates all my other cats, the dogs and practically any other living creature apart from my family. Don't despair, with time and patience they should learn to live together just fine.

925dancer

1 day is not slow introductions and scent swapping!

I've been very lucky that i have been able to just throw mine together and let them get on with it but none of mine are true fighters and are all mouth no action. My lot are also not easily stressed by other animals.

However I think you need to start from scratch. Separate them and take it slowly, as in take weeks to do the introductions, not hours. Cats by their nature are territorial and wary of newcomers and one that has been living as a single cat for some time is going to be far more opposed to a newcomer than one that has always had feline company.

Have patience, it can take months for roles to be established between cats.

Drea

925dancer wrote: »

1 day is not slow introductions and scent swapping!

I've been very lucky that i have been able to just throw mine together and let them get on with it but none of mine are true fighters and are all mouth no action. My lot are also not easily stressed by other animals.

However I think you need to start from scratch. Separate them and take it slowly, as in take weeks to do the introductions, not hours. Cats by their nature are territorial and wary of newcomers and one that has been living as a single cat for some time is going to be far more opposed to a newcomer than one that has always had feline company.

Have patience, it can take months for roles to be established between cats.

I know that now but I did what I read somewhere online so thought I was doing the right thing I'm worried I've ruined it permanently now.

925dancer

If you start from scratch completely like they have never met and take it very very slowly then you will probably still be able to introduce them.

Giving up after a couple of days isn't fair on them, the poor kitten would end up in its 3rd home in 5 months!

Invest in a Feliway plug-in, get some Rescue Remedy and Serene-um and start again.

Buttonmoons

Don't worry, when I got Archie, my daughter let him out of the room after a day - doh! The other cat was very interested in his smell, but then she was just evil to him :rotfl: Kittens have a way of thrusting themselves upon moody old cats and disgruntling them and even when they get along, the kitten will still manage to nark older cat off - A LOT!

Archie, used to think he was the bees knees even though he weighed about 1lb, and even now he still thinks he is the boss (runs to the food bowl first, even though he doesn't even like wet food etc etc)



^^^ trying to be scary? Lol

Drea

Buttonmoons wrote: »

Don't worry, when I got Archie, my daughter let him out of the room after a day - doh! The other cat was very interested in his smell, but then she was just evil to him :rotfl: Kittens have a way of thrusting themselves upon moody old cats and disgruntling them and even when they get along, the kitten will still manage to nark older cat off - A LOT!

Archie, used to think he was the bees knees even though he weighed about 1lb, and even now he still thinks he is the boss (runs to the food bowl first, even though he doesn't even like wet food etc etc)



^^^ trying to be scary? Lol

:rotfl: I wish Myles would do that to Nala.

cla666

Hey,

Have a look at my recent post "cat wont accept new kitten".

A couple of weeks ago i got a new kitten and turned to here for advice as I was freaking out as you seem to be!!!

Really, all it take is time. The older cat may try to go for the younger one a few times. My older normally friendly affectionate cat became an absolute vicious beast!!!! Althoug it was the older one who got a smack across the face from the kitten and had blood on her face

Dont leave them together if you go out, one in the bedroom and one in the living room was what i did. And dont be so nervous, gradual meetings when you come in from work will work wonders.

Now 2 weeks on....... Im getting ignored because they are too busy playing together!!!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

jm2k

how many days has this been going on. soz but couldnt find it in your post

dizziblonde

If you've got a really stubborn top-cat it might take longer (I've got a primadonna puss)! When we had kittens introduced to her (they now live with my mum for various reasons) - she hissed, spat, flounced (hard on three legs) and was an all out sulk on three legs for about 3 weeks before she took the hint they weren't going anywhere, sidled up to one and promptly plonked her stump on the back of it and used him as a leg rest. We'd started to get worried she'd never accept him at all - she's just stubborn and likes being the boss!

Since we introduced her to the dog we're just over a month and she's still hissing at him, but with much less effort and going through the motions - the dog long since decided the black sulky (we have actually called her Sulky instead of Suki on a few occasions) cloud of fur and hiss isn't worth bothering about - but she keeps going through the motions still. That one's settling down but it's taken a good long haul to get there and I reckon we'll be looking at 3+ months before she finally quits with the hissing ball of wrath thing altogether. Some cats are more accepting than others - she'll get over it in the end - she just views our furry intruder as totally gross when he slobbers and starts slurping away at his netherregions!