I brought Pip home on October 9 so he's only been officially in my home for 3 weeks. I've seen some promising signs that Jaders has been accepting Pip's entry to the household (I've seen her lick him a couple of times, she's been able to sleep in my bed when he was already in it, etc.) but today... I don't even know what the behavior I saw today even means...
Pip was walking across the room, minding his own business when Jaders burst out from under the couch and literally knocked him over. She then turned and it looked like she may have bitten him on the front shoulder. If she did bite him it didn't break skin or anything as Pip didn't make a peep when she did this and I just checked him for damage. His fur isn't even wet there. Since Jaders is twice as big as Pip despite being a full year younger, I jumped up to grab one of them, but stopped when I saw the apparent display of aggression stop.
Jaders let Pip get back to his feet and she approached him slowly as he hunkered down on the carpet more. She then lowered her head really far down and meowed. When Pip did nothing in response, she sat up, stared at him for another moment, and trotted off.
So my question... What on earth does it mean? Is this a regression back towards Jaders not being able to stand Pip, was she trying to get him to roughhouse with her, or was this some sort of weird mating ritual? I just want to know what it is and whether I need to start separating them again or if I should just let them be.
Pip was walking across the room, minding his own business when Jaders burst out from under the couch and literally knocked him over. She then turned and it looked like she may have bitten him on the front shoulder. If she did bite him it didn't break skin or anything as Pip didn't make a peep when she did this and I just checked him for damage. His fur isn't even wet there. Since Jaders is twice as big as Pip despite being a full year younger, I jumped up to grab one of them, but stopped when I saw the apparent display of aggression stop.
Jaders let Pip get back to his feet and she approached him slowly as he hunkered down on the carpet more. She then lowered her head really far down and meowed. When Pip did nothing in response, she sat up, stared at him for another moment, and trotted off.
So my question... What on earth does it mean? Is this a regression back towards Jaders not being able to stand Pip, was she trying to get him to roughhouse with her, or was this some sort of weird mating ritual? I just want to know what it is and whether I need to start separating them again or if I should just let them be.
