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I recently adopted a kitten into my existing 1 cat home. Kitten is a boy and the 2yr old cat is a girl. I've been getting them used to each others scent for 1 week so far and its been going great. I currently live in an apartment so I decided to divide the area up with my resident cat's base camp in my room and the new kitten's camp in the living room. I was surprised that they could eat in each other's presence after a couple of days with a screen dividing the two sides. My resident cat is acting normal again after being timid and shy for a couple of days.
Today I decided to attempt a supervised meeting in the resident's cats room. It was going great, the resident cat was watching the kitten play with a toy all the way into her room. She wouldn't keep her eyes off him. I took turns feeding them both treats as they sat on my bed and they didn't seem to mind. The only time the resident cat hissed and growled was when the kitten got too close to her personal space. It went very well in the morning so I decided to try again right now. Same result but this time the resident always looked like she wanted to pounce at the kitten. She would run up to him and act like she was going to swat him on the head but luckily nothing happened. It looked really bad and she hissed as well. I stopped the confrontation with a towel and separated them again to give them space.
The kitten is very nice. He usually just wants to play and cuddle. Older cat was a 4mo old feral when i took her in. She did have a sibling but I didnt see the sibling when i took in resident cat. The resident cat is very cuddly now and she likes to sleep with me but is very timid and shy.
Is the confrontation normal behavior? I am new to this so I want to make sure everything is going well. Thanks.
Today I decided to attempt a supervised meeting in the resident's cats room. It was going great, the resident cat was watching the kitten play with a toy all the way into her room. She wouldn't keep her eyes off him. I took turns feeding them both treats as they sat on my bed and they didn't seem to mind. The only time the resident cat hissed and growled was when the kitten got too close to her personal space. It went very well in the morning so I decided to try again right now. Same result but this time the resident always looked like she wanted to pounce at the kitten. She would run up to him and act like she was going to swat him on the head but luckily nothing happened. It looked really bad and she hissed as well. I stopped the confrontation with a towel and separated them again to give them space.
The kitten is very nice. He usually just wants to play and cuddle. Older cat was a 4mo old feral when i took her in. She did have a sibling but I didnt see the sibling when i took in resident cat. The resident cat is very cuddly now and she likes to sleep with me but is very timid and shy.
Is the confrontation normal behavior? I am new to this so I want to make sure everything is going well. Thanks.