Ok here's the situation. I recently got a 10 week old male Bengal kitten, he's as sweet as can be. LOVES to play constantly, always wants to be around you. I brought him to our apartment exactly 2 weeks ago. He immediately loved to explore the place.
Fast forward to yesterday, we brought home another Bengal cat, she's 18 weeks old. Alone, she is also sweet as hell, and gentle. She was just spayed exactly a week ago, and still has the scar visible and everything. She wasn't like the boy Bengal, she was extremely timid upon arriving. I put her in a separate room to isolate her and let her get acquainted with everything, and after about an hour was very willing to play. I kept in her in the room.
Now, here's the thing. My wife was extremely eager and excited to want to introduce them to each other, but I kept thinking it's not a good idea just yet, we'd just brought home the female cat...it's way too soon. Through repeated begging from my wife, I finally agreed, BUT only for a few minutes.
Immediately when I brought the little boy kitten into her room, he ran up to her, being very curious and wanting to play it seemed, but she immediately arched her back, growling, hissing, and this made the kitten do the same.
They seemed particularly aggressive, but weren't hitting each other or fighting. Just stood there, growling a lot and arching their backs. Eventually the kitten started walking around the room, and the new girl kept going close to him and the arching and hissing started again. Back and forth. Then she followed him around some boxes, sniffing his behind, and he turns around, arching/hissing starts again.
Then they exchanged some swipes against each other, hissing loudly.... Then he began sniffing her from behind, and when she noticed this, arching/growling again begins. On to my question:
Is this behavior due to a number of factors like:
-She was just had surgery a week ago, she feels vulnerable/hurt
-First day home, she has no idea where she is
-Immediately introduced to new cat
Edit: Sorry for long post, just hoping it won't always be like this. I KNEW not to introduce them right away...ugh
Fast forward to yesterday, we brought home another Bengal cat, she's 18 weeks old. Alone, she is also sweet as hell, and gentle. She was just spayed exactly a week ago, and still has the scar visible and everything. She wasn't like the boy Bengal, she was extremely timid upon arriving. I put her in a separate room to isolate her and let her get acquainted with everything, and after about an hour was very willing to play. I kept in her in the room.
Now, here's the thing. My wife was extremely eager and excited to want to introduce them to each other, but I kept thinking it's not a good idea just yet, we'd just brought home the female cat...it's way too soon. Through repeated begging from my wife, I finally agreed, BUT only for a few minutes.
Immediately when I brought the little boy kitten into her room, he ran up to her, being very curious and wanting to play it seemed, but she immediately arched her back, growling, hissing, and this made the kitten do the same.
They seemed particularly aggressive, but weren't hitting each other or fighting. Just stood there, growling a lot and arching their backs. Eventually the kitten started walking around the room, and the new girl kept going close to him and the arching and hissing started again. Back and forth. Then she followed him around some boxes, sniffing his behind, and he turns around, arching/hissing starts again.
Then they exchanged some swipes against each other, hissing loudly.... Then he began sniffing her from behind, and when she noticed this, arching/growling again begins. On to my question:
Is this behavior due to a number of factors like:
-She was just had surgery a week ago, she feels vulnerable/hurt
-First day home, she has no idea where she is
-Immediately introduced to new cat
Edit: Sorry for long post, just hoping it won't always be like this. I KNEW not to introduce them right away...ugh
