I have two cats. Abby is 2 years old and Zoe is 4 months old, she moved in a month ago and from everything I've seen, these two have gotten along great. The introduction was done properly and they bonded immediately (I know, this is virtually unheard of). Within the second day, they were playing together. Within a week, they were grooming eachother and napping together on my bed with me. I am a full-time student living at home with my parents, so my cats are NEVER alone and neither me or my parents have seen the cats have any problems towards eachother.
Well, just recently Abby has begun to have a bit of an attitude towards Zoe. For example, the other day I was lying on my bed with Zoe and Abby jumped up. Zoe sleepily leaned forward to kiss Abby (something they've been doing for awhile now) and Abby hissed, jumped down and ran off. The other instances have been similar, although not on my bed, in which Zoe will walk up to Abby to either kiss or groom her and Abby will hiss and walk away.
Does anyone have any idea as to what could have happened, and more importantly, what I should do? I don't really understand why Abby is doing this all of a sudden. I've been very careful to give her extra attention ever since Zoe came into our household, and Zoe herself is surprisingly mellow for a 4 month old (more mellow than Abby, in fact) so I can't see it being an issue where Abby's being annoyed. Especially since they aren't playing/wrestling when Abby decides to start hissing. They actually get along BEST when they're playing.
Another issue I'm having is that, while they love playing with eachother, Abby doesn't seem to want to play with ME if Zoe is around. She seems hesitant, even though she's certainly not hesitant to pound Zoe to the ground when they do their cat-wrestling. I feel bad for Abby because I know she wants to play with me but for some reason is holding back if Zoe is there - but I also don't want to lock Zoe up and make her feel like she did something bad just because she's a playful kitten.
Anyway, sorry this was so long and thanks for reading. I hope someone can give me some advice because naturally I'm worried that I must be doing something wrong as an owner for this to be occurring in the first place!
Well, just recently Abby has begun to have a bit of an attitude towards Zoe. For example, the other day I was lying on my bed with Zoe and Abby jumped up. Zoe sleepily leaned forward to kiss Abby (something they've been doing for awhile now) and Abby hissed, jumped down and ran off. The other instances have been similar, although not on my bed, in which Zoe will walk up to Abby to either kiss or groom her and Abby will hiss and walk away.
Does anyone have any idea as to what could have happened, and more importantly, what I should do? I don't really understand why Abby is doing this all of a sudden. I've been very careful to give her extra attention ever since Zoe came into our household, and Zoe herself is surprisingly mellow for a 4 month old (more mellow than Abby, in fact) so I can't see it being an issue where Abby's being annoyed. Especially since they aren't playing/wrestling when Abby decides to start hissing. They actually get along BEST when they're playing.
Another issue I'm having is that, while they love playing with eachother, Abby doesn't seem to want to play with ME if Zoe is around. She seems hesitant, even though she's certainly not hesitant to pound Zoe to the ground when they do their cat-wrestling. I feel bad for Abby because I know she wants to play with me but for some reason is holding back if Zoe is there - but I also don't want to lock Zoe up and make her feel like she did something bad just because she's a playful kitten.
Anyway, sorry this was so long and thanks for reading. I hope someone can give me some advice because naturally I'm worried that I must be doing something wrong as an owner for this to be occurring in the first place!
