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We've had our resident cat for right about 1 yr (His name is Midnight). When we first got him he was a very shy, skiddish little man and he was 1 yr old. Now, he's a very social, extremely loving cat and affectionate cat. My girlfriend and i decided to adopt a second cat yesterday, because our local shelter was doing free cat adoptions. We found a 3yr old orange/blonde shorthair named Peaches (female). She was incredibly loving and sweet, the shelter claimed she was very friendly with cats, dogs, and children. We figured she would be perfect.
When we first introduced them...we didn't introduct via smell first. This was likely a mistake. We introduced them face to face, and everything actually went well. They would mostly avoid one-another throughout the day, if our resident cat got too close to the newly adopted cat though, she would start to meow and growl very quietly, but would never act out violently. Then, last night, Midnight (our resident cat), got a little too close to her i suppose. She swiped at him once and chased him off. So we separated them for a few hours. Now since then, every time we've tried to re-introduce them to each other the new cat (peaches) will actually pursue midnight and try to start a fight. Usually ends up in hissing and pawing at one another.
Both of these cats are extremely sweet to humans, even those they haven't met before. But they're now being aggressive with one another (Well, peaches is kind of tormenting Midnight, he's just minding his own business). This is day 2 of having both of them..i would love for my cats to get along.
Help, please.
When we first introduced them...we didn't introduct via smell first. This was likely a mistake. We introduced them face to face, and everything actually went well. They would mostly avoid one-another throughout the day, if our resident cat got too close to the newly adopted cat though, she would start to meow and growl very quietly, but would never act out violently. Then, last night, Midnight (our resident cat), got a little too close to her i suppose. She swiped at him once and chased him off. So we separated them for a few hours. Now since then, every time we've tried to re-introduce them to each other the new cat (peaches) will actually pursue midnight and try to start a fight. Usually ends up in hissing and pawing at one another.
Both of these cats are extremely sweet to humans, even those they haven't met before. But they're now being aggressive with one another (Well, peaches is kind of tormenting Midnight, he's just minding his own business). This is day 2 of having both of them..i would love for my cats to get along.
Help, please.