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Male neutered cat, 1.5 year old
Female kitten, 2.5 months old
After a very long (longer than a month), stressful introduction, my adult cat and my kitten finally met without a door between them. Both abandoned too young, didn't receive the proper teachings from mothers/siblings, both play very rough and bite me far too often.
I was very afraid the (jealous, territorial) cat would try to kill the kitten, but they seem to "get along". The problems are:
1) they play too rough. The kitten constantly attacks the cat, and he smacks her down and bites her hard (she often cries and I run to separate them, but she clearly wants to keep playing and tries to jump on the cat again). If I shut one in a room, they both cry until I open the door and let them play again. They can go on for HOURS, it's like they never get tired and they don't care at all if I try to distract them with toys. It's like they just want to bite each other the whole day.
Is it ok? Do I have to intervene/scold/worry?
2) beside biting her, he licks her a lot. Everywhere, but especially on the booty and her genitals, and not in a calm cuddly way, but in a "stressed" angry way. He is neutered but he still tries to hump my legs or mounts the blankets and he "mates" with them, lol. Does it mean he could try to mate with the kitten too? What should I do in that case? I've read that I should not interfere with their playing etc too much, but I'm worried he could harm or mate with the kitten, since she's so small.
Thank you for any suggestion and sorry for any mistake, it's not my first language
Female kitten, 2.5 months old
After a very long (longer than a month), stressful introduction, my adult cat and my kitten finally met without a door between them. Both abandoned too young, didn't receive the proper teachings from mothers/siblings, both play very rough and bite me far too often.
I was very afraid the (jealous, territorial) cat would try to kill the kitten, but they seem to "get along". The problems are:
1) they play too rough. The kitten constantly attacks the cat, and he smacks her down and bites her hard (she often cries and I run to separate them, but she clearly wants to keep playing and tries to jump on the cat again). If I shut one in a room, they both cry until I open the door and let them play again. They can go on for HOURS, it's like they never get tired and they don't care at all if I try to distract them with toys. It's like they just want to bite each other the whole day.
Is it ok? Do I have to intervene/scold/worry?
2) beside biting her, he licks her a lot. Everywhere, but especially on the booty and her genitals, and not in a calm cuddly way, but in a "stressed" angry way. He is neutered but he still tries to hump my legs or mounts the blankets and he "mates" with them, lol. Does it mean he could try to mate with the kitten too? What should I do in that case? I've read that I should not interfere with their playing etc too much, but I'm worried he could harm or mate with the kitten, since she's so small.
Thank you for any suggestion and sorry for any mistake, it's not my first language