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SO and I have a 5 year old cat, call her Oldie. We live in a 2BR apartment.
We just adopted a 3 month old call, call him Newbie. Right now we have Newbie in one of the bathrooms, all to himself. He has his own litter box, food bowls, water, bed, etc.
However, Oldie is freaking out. Any time Newbie mews, Oldie hears it and is immediately set on-edge, and she starts hissing and growling. Or if Oldie comes up to the door and picks up his scent, again, hissing, growling, etc.
Right now we are trying the food-bowls-on-both-sides-of-the-door thing but Oldie still hisses. We bring the bowls back a little, she still hisses. Or she'll avoid the bowls, walk up to the door, and hiss. Or she'll refuse to eat and only come back later (whereas we'd really prefer to feel the two at the same time). Newbie eats whatever we give him at the moment we give it to him.
We tried site-swapping (putting Oldie in the bathroom and Newbie in the rest of the apartment) for a little bit. It was a pain getting Oldie to come to the bathroom when she was hissing the whole way in -- we feared she'd attack us. We finally got her in and she was just growling and hissing all the time. She did calm down eventually but still occasionally hissed.
Took a blanket from the bed Newbie is sleeping it -- moved it over to Oldie's bed in the living room. Oldie walks up to it, sniff sniff sniff sniff x1000, walks away.
How can I get Oldie to just chill out? This new kitten is no threat to her. Why can't she see this? How do I get her to calm down?
We just adopted a 3 month old call, call him Newbie. Right now we have Newbie in one of the bathrooms, all to himself. He has his own litter box, food bowls, water, bed, etc.
However, Oldie is freaking out. Any time Newbie mews, Oldie hears it and is immediately set on-edge, and she starts hissing and growling. Or if Oldie comes up to the door and picks up his scent, again, hissing, growling, etc.
Right now we are trying the food-bowls-on-both-sides-of-the-door thing but Oldie still hisses. We bring the bowls back a little, she still hisses. Or she'll avoid the bowls, walk up to the door, and hiss. Or she'll refuse to eat and only come back later (whereas we'd really prefer to feel the two at the same time). Newbie eats whatever we give him at the moment we give it to him.
We tried site-swapping (putting Oldie in the bathroom and Newbie in the rest of the apartment) for a little bit. It was a pain getting Oldie to come to the bathroom when she was hissing the whole way in -- we feared she'd attack us. We finally got her in and she was just growling and hissing all the time. She did calm down eventually but still occasionally hissed.
Took a blanket from the bed Newbie is sleeping it -- moved it over to Oldie's bed in the living room. Oldie walks up to it, sniff sniff sniff sniff x1000, walks away.
How can I get Oldie to just chill out? This new kitten is no threat to her. Why can't she see this? How do I get her to calm down?