My 2 foster kitties Franz (now Toby) and Hans (now Andy), were just adopted by Lee, a great mom who adopted a cat from my group before.
Franz and Hans are 10 months old, so they are "large teenagers" LOL but with a lot of kitten still in them. They got along well with the other 5 foster kittens with them- grooming them and covering their poos
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I let them mix with my own cats in the past few weeks, just to make sure their manners were good
and to see how they were with my cats. And they were pretty good- like big kittens but neither was super dominant or aggressive. My boy cat did not freak and he will not tolerate alpha males.
The new mom, Lee, brought Franz into her home first and then Hans a week later, to give her boy Rudy time to adjust. Rudy is about 2 years old and Lee says he is pretty laid back.
Anyhow, Lee called about a week after bringing the 2nd cat (Hans) in, to say that Rudy is completely freaking out about Hans. Rudy growls if Hans even enters the room.
Rudy has stopped socializing with her or either cat and hides under the sofa. But if Hans is present he growls and will go after Hans. And Hans is not engaging Rudy but he does not back down if Rudy goes after him. He slaps back with a closed paw, thinking it is a game, but he does not submit.
I told Lee to keep Hans in his temporary kennel/crate unless she is home, and to make sure and play with them both together and reward them together. I told her to make sure she is giving Rudy lots of attention. She said she is doing all that.
Rudy is apparently ok with Franz. I said the second cat may have sent Rudy over the edge and this is about territory. Lee agrees. She said Hans is sitting in Rudy's favorite places and wants to use Rudy's bowl. She moves him out of there but Hans loves to go back and sit there. She said it is not on purpose but Rudy gets furious.
I would welcome any suggestions on what else Lee can do to help Rudy adjust to a second boy kitty and help Hans come in as number 3. They have had one kitty tussle but there were no scratches or anything.
Please do help me asap- if any of you have brought cats into homes with cats already there and had to make some special efforts when the resident cat says "ENOUGH", I would really like to know what worked in the end.
Thank you SO MUCH in advance for any advice you can give. These 3 kitties are all great and I want to do whatever will work out for all 3 in the end- including taking Hans back if that is what has to happen.
Franz and Hans are 10 months old, so they are "large teenagers" LOL but with a lot of kitten still in them. They got along well with the other 5 foster kittens with them- grooming them and covering their poos
I let them mix with my own cats in the past few weeks, just to make sure their manners were good
The new mom, Lee, brought Franz into her home first and then Hans a week later, to give her boy Rudy time to adjust. Rudy is about 2 years old and Lee says he is pretty laid back.
Anyhow, Lee called about a week after bringing the 2nd cat (Hans) in, to say that Rudy is completely freaking out about Hans. Rudy growls if Hans even enters the room.
Rudy has stopped socializing with her or either cat and hides under the sofa. But if Hans is present he growls and will go after Hans. And Hans is not engaging Rudy but he does not back down if Rudy goes after him. He slaps back with a closed paw, thinking it is a game, but he does not submit.
I told Lee to keep Hans in his temporary kennel/crate unless she is home, and to make sure and play with them both together and reward them together. I told her to make sure she is giving Rudy lots of attention. She said she is doing all that.
Rudy is apparently ok with Franz. I said the second cat may have sent Rudy over the edge and this is about territory. Lee agrees. She said Hans is sitting in Rudy's favorite places and wants to use Rudy's bowl. She moves him out of there but Hans loves to go back and sit there. She said it is not on purpose but Rudy gets furious.
I would welcome any suggestions on what else Lee can do to help Rudy adjust to a second boy kitty and help Hans come in as number 3. They have had one kitty tussle but there were no scratches or anything.
Please do help me asap- if any of you have brought cats into homes with cats already there and had to make some special efforts when the resident cat says "ENOUGH", I would really like to know what worked in the end.
Thank you SO MUCH in advance for any advice you can give. These 3 kitties are all great and I want to do whatever will work out for all 3 in the end- including taking Hans back if that is what has to happen.