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Hi there!
I know there are many posts on introducing a new kitten to a resident cat, but was hoping to get some specific insight on the "supervised visit" stage.
We have a resident 5 year old spayed tabbyXmainecoon (Mandoo) who has lived with pets before, and was only adopted within the past year. 9 days ago, we adopted a kitten (Bowie) - male, domestic short hair, 11 weeks old now, neutered.
We have kept them separate, feeding on opposite sides of the door & scent swapping, then the last two days feeding on opposite sides with the door open (only one hiss from Mandoo if Bowie stops eating and walks toward her, then she continues eating or walks away).
Now - supervised visits. I know some amount of hissing is normal, but what has been successful for you?
We did one visit of 5 minutes today, playing with both (although Mandoo is lazy and not really into toys so she just watched Bowie). She hissed a few times when he got close, but no paws raised. After this we put Bowie back in his room.
We don't want to move too fast and start from square one, but these are our first cats. What is acceptable? When should we separate? Should we just let them do their thing and intervene when claws are drawn, or is too much hissing bad?
Thanks for any insight!
I know there are many posts on introducing a new kitten to a resident cat, but was hoping to get some specific insight on the "supervised visit" stage.
We have a resident 5 year old spayed tabbyXmainecoon (Mandoo) who has lived with pets before, and was only adopted within the past year. 9 days ago, we adopted a kitten (Bowie) - male, domestic short hair, 11 weeks old now, neutered.
We have kept them separate, feeding on opposite sides of the door & scent swapping, then the last two days feeding on opposite sides with the door open (only one hiss from Mandoo if Bowie stops eating and walks toward her, then she continues eating or walks away).
Now - supervised visits. I know some amount of hissing is normal, but what has been successful for you?
We did one visit of 5 minutes today, playing with both (although Mandoo is lazy and not really into toys so she just watched Bowie). She hissed a few times when he got close, but no paws raised. After this we put Bowie back in his room.
We don't want to move too fast and start from square one, but these are our first cats. What is acceptable? When should we separate? Should we just let them do their thing and intervene when claws are drawn, or is too much hissing bad?
Thanks for any insight!