I've read lots of stuff on this site and researched elsewhere about the subject of introducing cats, but everything I've read seems to end at having them eat in the same room or having them be in the same room without hissing or growling. I've done all of the recommended stuff as far as keeping it at a slow pace, letting them get used to each other scents, having them play through a door, using a baby gate. All of that stuff worked to get them better acquainted but I, and the two cats, seem to be stuck. They'll eat next to each other without any hissing or growling, but maybe a little hesistation, but when they are done they keep chasing each other around and kind of tagging each other with their paws.
They don't seem to be hurting each other but I'm not sure when I should break up their fights and seperate them or when to let them keep "working out their heirarchy". After messing around with each other it seems like one will want to leave and the other will be curious and follow them, and either they go back to kind of fighting but not too hard (without claws and no biting, and hardly any noise) or one will not notice the other and get scared then do the previously mentioned behavior.
It seems like they want to be friends because occasionly they will roll over and expose their bellies (which I've heard is submissive and can be a form of greeting) and a few times they have sniffed each other and one of them even nudged the other once. So I'm not sure what I should do at this point besides what I've been doing, and also I'm not sure at what point I should seperate them when they're fighting/playing. Thanks for any info you guys can give,
-Houston
They don't seem to be hurting each other but I'm not sure when I should break up their fights and seperate them or when to let them keep "working out their heirarchy". After messing around with each other it seems like one will want to leave and the other will be curious and follow them, and either they go back to kind of fighting but not too hard (without claws and no biting, and hardly any noise) or one will not notice the other and get scared then do the previously mentioned behavior.
It seems like they want to be friends because occasionly they will roll over and expose their bellies (which I've heard is submissive and can be a form of greeting) and a few times they have sniffed each other and one of them even nudged the other once. So I'm not sure what I should do at this point besides what I've been doing, and also I'm not sure at what point I should seperate them when they're fighting/playing. Thanks for any info you guys can give,
-Houston