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Hi there, I’m just looking for some reassurance hopefully!
Last weekend we adopted a recently spayed 16 month old girl to keep our 4 year old neutered male. (He a large BSH whereas she’s tiny in comparison). The girl is currently being kept in a large dog crate in the back room and we get her out a few times a day to explore this room. The resident cat can see her during the day while she is in her cage. He has wandered into the room a couple of times when she has been out playing and while there has been a couple of hisses there has been no growling. He is also happy to sleep in that room as long as she is secured in her cage. Today when they saw each other however the came close to each other and though they didn’t hiss they did try to take a swipe at each other and both tried to get to a higher position than the other and displayed some tail swishing(the girl) and puffing out of fur (boy).The resident cat then proceeded to walk away from the new cat put was walking around the room making an almost chirping sound but not quite the same as when he looks at birds it was more a meow/chirp. They have sniffed each other through the crack in the door and not reacted either. I’m just concerned they will not get on. Thank you
Last weekend we adopted a recently spayed 16 month old girl to keep our 4 year old neutered male. (He a large BSH whereas she’s tiny in comparison). The girl is currently being kept in a large dog crate in the back room and we get her out a few times a day to explore this room. The resident cat can see her during the day while she is in her cage. He has wandered into the room a couple of times when she has been out playing and while there has been a couple of hisses there has been no growling. He is also happy to sleep in that room as long as she is secured in her cage. Today when they saw each other however the came close to each other and though they didn’t hiss they did try to take a swipe at each other and both tried to get to a higher position than the other and displayed some tail swishing(the girl) and puffing out of fur (boy).The resident cat then proceeded to walk away from the new cat put was walking around the room making an almost chirping sound but not quite the same as when he looks at birds it was more a meow/chirp. They have sniffed each other through the crack in the door and not reacted either. I’m just concerned they will not get on. Thank you