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Thanks for all the replies. I feel more confident in their progress this morning, and I am not going to separate them tonight. I let them both in the bedroom very early this morning, and they both ended up sleeping with us on the bed. There was no hissing or chasing during these few hours (I...

Thanks for the responses. As of now, the younger cat is hissing a lot less. However, she is trying to play with the older cat all of the time, mostly in the form of rough housing. He seems irritated, but I have witnessed a few playful boxing matches. I will try Da Bird again today...

Thanks for all the replies. The situation has changed slightly this evening. The young one has taken a more antagonistic role. There still has been no fighting, but she has moved from hissing to running up and batting at him. From what I know of her play behavior, she is trying to play...

Thanks! So you guys both think that so long as they are not actually fighting, I do not need to separate them during the day? (I plan on separating at night, so they at least have some non-anxious rest.)

My first cat was 4 weeks old when I got her from a friend, whose mother had abandoned her (presumably dead). For the first couple of weeks, she would follow us around and cry to be held. However, she never cried to be put down. Her tiny kitten teeth would occasionally bite my chest, and she...

My youngest cat is definitely mine. While she likes my fiancee, she spends much more time with her daddy

Thanks for the response. Crackers is my baby girl, and I am afraid that I get a bit too worried. I tried the vanilla extract trick in the cat introduction thread, and Crackers has not hissed in the last half hour or so. In fact, they are sleeping in the same room, albeit at different ends...

Hello, I have read Hissy's and several other sites on how to introduce two a new cat to an older one. Last night, I decided to let them mingle under supervision, as both cats seemed comfortable with the others smell. There has not been any violence, but the original cat will still hiss at the...