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I've always owned a cat, and several months ago my previous cat passed away. Last week I decided it was time for another cat in my life and I went to the shelter on Monday. I asked for a cat that was fit for apartment living and was told that there were two, but they lived together the last two years and were inseparatable. It was either two or none. So yup, I returned home with two kitties. All went well for a week, they groomed each other, shared beds (they have separate beds, but prefer to be together), shared food bowls, when I came home from work one was alerting the other to my presence, ...
Now, Nienna is a 2 year old female, recently spayed (so recent that I have to return to the shelter tomorrow to get her stitches removed, I will ask them for advice as well). She's still very playful, but has lived her entire life together with Gimli. He's 5 years and a bit more settled. Both are very friendly towards humans, fairly behaved and up till today the only "scuffles" I've seen them getting into was Gimli grabbing her (but not biting) or swapping her with a paw without claws if she was pushing it (sleeping on his face, jumping on him while playing, chasing after his tail). Nienna is extremely people-orientated, she'll follow me everywhere, but is less of a lap cat. Sometimes she sits there, but after 15 minutes will go for her own basket. Gimli is more his own cat, but if I sit in the couch, he'll come to sit in my lap and get extra cuddles.
Last night, they slept together at the foot of my bed, all was well. Ate together and played together. Now, during one of those playtimes Nienna landed on Gimli, he got annoyed and he told her off. 5 minutes later, there was a full-blown scuffle with Nienna chasing Gimli into a corner and him defending himself. I separated them, tried reintroducing them with food. She eats, but as soon as she's done eating, she'll just go for him again. I also tried letting them sniff each other through a split in the door. Gimli honestly just wants to say hi, tried prying the door open and jumped on the counter to go and say hi, but as soon as he'd come close, Nienna would chase after him.
I set them apart for about 5 hours. Gimli was sleeping on a window sill at the front (completely opposite from where Nienna is sitting). She had calmed down, so I opened the door. She approached, all friendly, and they started mutual grooming. Gimli kept where he was, purring and all, Nienna came to sit on my lap for an hour. It was getting dark, so I lowered the shutters. Which scared Gimli onto the ground, he came close to Nienna and the fighting started all over again. I've separated them again for now, definitely don't trust them together for the night.
Any help/tips? Do I need to start reintroducing them all over again? I can tell Gimli misses his friend, but Nienna's behaviour really puzzles me. She's also confined in an area that I don't visit all that often myself and being such a people/active-cat, I fear she's being bored out of her mind. I'll swap areas tomorrow, but I can't help feeling like I'm punishing the cat that happens to be in the verandah. The door separating the verandah and kitchen/living room is glass, so the cat in there can see all that goes on in here.
Now, Nienna is a 2 year old female, recently spayed (so recent that I have to return to the shelter tomorrow to get her stitches removed, I will ask them for advice as well). She's still very playful, but has lived her entire life together with Gimli. He's 5 years and a bit more settled. Both are very friendly towards humans, fairly behaved and up till today the only "scuffles" I've seen them getting into was Gimli grabbing her (but not biting) or swapping her with a paw without claws if she was pushing it (sleeping on his face, jumping on him while playing, chasing after his tail). Nienna is extremely people-orientated, she'll follow me everywhere, but is less of a lap cat. Sometimes she sits there, but after 15 minutes will go for her own basket. Gimli is more his own cat, but if I sit in the couch, he'll come to sit in my lap and get extra cuddles.
Last night, they slept together at the foot of my bed, all was well. Ate together and played together. Now, during one of those playtimes Nienna landed on Gimli, he got annoyed and he told her off. 5 minutes later, there was a full-blown scuffle with Nienna chasing Gimli into a corner and him defending himself. I separated them, tried reintroducing them with food. She eats, but as soon as she's done eating, she'll just go for him again. I also tried letting them sniff each other through a split in the door. Gimli honestly just wants to say hi, tried prying the door open and jumped on the counter to go and say hi, but as soon as he'd come close, Nienna would chase after him.
I set them apart for about 5 hours. Gimli was sleeping on a window sill at the front (completely opposite from where Nienna is sitting). She had calmed down, so I opened the door. She approached, all friendly, and they started mutual grooming. Gimli kept where he was, purring and all, Nienna came to sit on my lap for an hour. It was getting dark, so I lowered the shutters. Which scared Gimli onto the ground, he came close to Nienna and the fighting started all over again. I've separated them again for now, definitely don't trust them together for the night.
Any help/tips? Do I need to start reintroducing them all over again? I can tell Gimli misses his friend, but Nienna's behaviour really puzzles me. She's also confined in an area that I don't visit all that often myself and being such a people/active-cat, I fear she's being bored out of her mind. I'll swap areas tomorrow, but I can't help feeling like I'm punishing the cat that happens to be in the verandah. The door separating the verandah and kitchen/living room is glass, so the cat in there can see all that goes on in here.