I just rescued a very beautiful kitty from my backyard about a week ago. Took her to the vet, got her shots and everything. She's also declawed, which means she must have been someone's pet at some point.
I have another cat, about 2 years old and have had her for about a year. She is the sweetest cat imaginable. I could do anything to her and could never make her mad.
Since the cat was in the backyard, the two became familiar with each other over a few weeks b/c I left the windows up and they would smell each other, etc.
When I brought the cat in last week, everything went great. There was a little bit of hissing, but they mainly just ignored each other. The past few days though, the new cat (which is female, and also about 2 years old) has been running and attacking my old cat. She will all of a sudden chase and tackle her, completely unprovoked. As I was sitting here, she ran out from under the table, tackled the old cat and they went flipping.
I don't know what to do. Should I be concerned or is this behavior normal for cats that are new to each other? How should I handle the new cat when she is the aggressor? Should I punish her, squirt water on her, "scruff" her, or do nothing and let them fight it out?
Please help!! I feel soooo bad for my old cat. I'm not sure how much this is affecting her. But she is so sweet and the new cat is being so evil to her.
I have another cat, about 2 years old and have had her for about a year. She is the sweetest cat imaginable. I could do anything to her and could never make her mad.
Since the cat was in the backyard, the two became familiar with each other over a few weeks b/c I left the windows up and they would smell each other, etc.
When I brought the cat in last week, everything went great. There was a little bit of hissing, but they mainly just ignored each other. The past few days though, the new cat (which is female, and also about 2 years old) has been running and attacking my old cat. She will all of a sudden chase and tackle her, completely unprovoked. As I was sitting here, she ran out from under the table, tackled the old cat and they went flipping.
I don't know what to do. Should I be concerned or is this behavior normal for cats that are new to each other? How should I handle the new cat when she is the aggressor? Should I punish her, squirt water on her, "scruff" her, or do nothing and let them fight it out?
Please help!! I feel soooo bad for my old cat. I'm not sure how much this is affecting her. But she is so sweet and the new cat is being so evil to her.