Hi!
I'm new here and I need some advice about the introduction of a new kitten in the house.
So, I found a kitten about 6 weeks old with a very bad eye infection in the street alone. He was in very bad shape. Me and my boyfriend brought him home and took care of him with the help of the vet. The infection is now treated although he will always be almost blind. Hopefully there will be no need to remove his eyes.
The problem (not a problem but something we have been working) is we have another cat in the house about 1 year old, also a cat that we picked from a vet clinic because he was abandoned. We have kept them separated and we did all the process of smell, introducing them through a glass and then let them be together in the same room. This process is going on for like a month now!
Our older cat has some behavior issues, like he doesn't know where to stop biting and stretching us when playing (probably because he had no litter mates and mother since he was really young). So I think that the older cat may be bullying the younger one (he is now almost 12 weeks old). He never hissed, growled or something like that, even when they first saw each other. And he grooms him sometimes, but most of the times he is chasing him and biting is neck and belly really hard. The fights become really rough and I don't know if it's normal or if the older is rejecting the younger.
Also, we have to be careful because of the eyes, so we don't let them carry the fights to long. The thing is sometimes when the fight is really bad and we separate them again, the older cat is going to the door of the room scratching and meowing like he wants to play. And when he sees the younger he does that sounds, I think it's called trilling.
Some advice? I'm really confused and I don't if this is going good or bad!
Thank you!
I'm new here and I need some advice about the introduction of a new kitten in the house.
So, I found a kitten about 6 weeks old with a very bad eye infection in the street alone. He was in very bad shape. Me and my boyfriend brought him home and took care of him with the help of the vet. The infection is now treated although he will always be almost blind. Hopefully there will be no need to remove his eyes.
The problem (not a problem but something we have been working) is we have another cat in the house about 1 year old, also a cat that we picked from a vet clinic because he was abandoned. We have kept them separated and we did all the process of smell, introducing them through a glass and then let them be together in the same room. This process is going on for like a month now!
Our older cat has some behavior issues, like he doesn't know where to stop biting and stretching us when playing (probably because he had no litter mates and mother since he was really young). So I think that the older cat may be bullying the younger one (he is now almost 12 weeks old). He never hissed, growled or something like that, even when they first saw each other. And he grooms him sometimes, but most of the times he is chasing him and biting is neck and belly really hard. The fights become really rough and I don't know if it's normal or if the older is rejecting the younger.
Also, we have to be careful because of the eyes, so we don't let them carry the fights to long. The thing is sometimes when the fight is really bad and we separate them again, the older cat is going to the door of the room scratching and meowing like he wants to play. And when he sees the younger he does that sounds, I think it's called trilling.
Some advice? I'm really confused and I don't if this is going good or bad!
Thank you!
