Our resident cat is a 1 year old neutered male(Tink) and we adopted a male kitten(Spooky). Not sure of age, maybe 8-10 weeks. We seperated new kitten, rubbed each with a towel, ect...all the suggested things. They play under the doors with each other. Tink uses paws with no claws, he does bite new kitten but it doesn't appear to be hard. Tink yowls for kitten if he isn't at the door. This has go on for a week.
So today we let them meet face to face. The kitten zooms through the house with Tink right behind him. Tink will trip him, hold him down and bite him, not hard but enough to hold kitten down. This makes kitten VERY angry!! Tink let's him go, and they are off again. New kitten will also jump on Tink. This went on for the whole 15 min they were together.
So my questions are: Why is Tink doing this?, Is he trying to hurt kitten?, Should I keep them seperate longer?, How long will this go on?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tink and Spooky's mom.
So today we let them meet face to face. The kitten zooms through the house with Tink right behind him. Tink will trip him, hold him down and bite him, not hard but enough to hold kitten down. This makes kitten VERY angry!! Tink let's him go, and they are off again. New kitten will also jump on Tink. This went on for the whole 15 min they were together.
So my questions are: Why is Tink doing this?, Is he trying to hurt kitten?, Should I keep them seperate longer?, How long will this go on?
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Tink and Spooky's mom.