I brought home a kitten a little while ago. After letting her get settled in I decided it would be a good time to bring in my other cat for her to see. Well it was a good thing i was holding my older cat cookie because he was not happy about seeing another cat in the house. He hissed at her and tried to jumpout of my arms. What should I do next? also he has not been eating very much so we are going to the vet as soon as i can get him in
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old cat not fond of kitten
- Thread starter texbabyj
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First of all they should not be interacting unless the new kitty has been tested. She could have a number of different diseases and you wouldn't even know it.
Second of all, there are a lot of ways to introduce cats. I would be completely suprised if there was no hissing at all. You need to let them find each other on their own. Let them sniff, hiss, growl maybe even tussle a bit. As long as no blood is being drawn, they will need to determine who is the alpha cat. Be ready with a towel and if one of them screams or there is blood or something throw it over them and remove one of them from the area.
Give them a few days to cool down and try again.
Get some Feliway plug ins to ease the introductions.
If your cat ONLY hiss and jumped out of your arms, did he run towards the new cat or away from? Unless he immediately run up and attacked the other, they are fine. There is nothing wrong. Let them meet again. DO NOT bring one cat in above the other, they can see this as a threat. Just open the doors that seperate them and let them find each other.
Second of all, there are a lot of ways to introduce cats. I would be completely suprised if there was no hissing at all. You need to let them find each other on their own. Let them sniff, hiss, growl maybe even tussle a bit. As long as no blood is being drawn, they will need to determine who is the alpha cat. Be ready with a towel and if one of them screams or there is blood or something throw it over them and remove one of them from the area.
Give them a few days to cool down and try again.
Get some Feliway plug ins to ease the introductions.
If your cat ONLY hiss and jumped out of your arms, did he run towards the new cat or away from? Unless he immediately run up and attacked the other, they are fine. There is nothing wrong. Let them meet again. DO NOT bring one cat in above the other, they can see this as a threat. Just open the doors that seperate them and let them find each other.
