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Hi all!
I am here to hopefully get a little advice regarding my little kitties!
We have a 4 year old cat, Cleo, who is very independent and a little standoff-ish at times! She only likes cuddles on her terms (think this is because her Mummy and Daddy were unsociable farm cats!). However, we got another kitten just over 8 weeks ago, Winnie, she's 16 weeks old now. This is the first time we have introduced cats and Cleo was our first cat so we are cat behaviour newbies really! I did as much research as I could on the best way to introduce them. We did scent swapping, sniffing through doors for a few days, then eating on either side, then with the door cracked slightly etc.
Anyway, we're at a point now where they will sit together and drink their cat milk but as soon as Winnie has finished, there will be 5 minutes of calm and niceness and then she unleashes hell on Cleo. Winnie is relentless with jumping all over her and it's really making poor Cleo miserable, she's still nervous to walk past the room we keep Winnie. She's also lost a lot of interest in playing with any of her toys with us. She'll still take treats, have cuddles when she wants and come in and out but she's definitely more on edge. When they are together, Winnie is constantly trying to chase and bite Cleo and just does not give her a break until we have to take her out the room and then we feel like we've left it on a bad note
We're not really sure what to do next regarding trying to get them past this point. Should I be correcting Winnie's behaviour? I feel like she's just being a kitten and I thought maybe once Cleo had bopped her on the head a few times she'd get the message and mind her manners a little better but maybe that's wishful thinking with a kitten!
So basically, any advice regarding the next step to take to try and create a more harmonious kitty household would be very much appreciated!
Thank you!
I am here to hopefully get a little advice regarding my little kitties!
We have a 4 year old cat, Cleo, who is very independent and a little standoff-ish at times! She only likes cuddles on her terms (think this is because her Mummy and Daddy were unsociable farm cats!). However, we got another kitten just over 8 weeks ago, Winnie, she's 16 weeks old now. This is the first time we have introduced cats and Cleo was our first cat so we are cat behaviour newbies really! I did as much research as I could on the best way to introduce them. We did scent swapping, sniffing through doors for a few days, then eating on either side, then with the door cracked slightly etc.
Anyway, we're at a point now where they will sit together and drink their cat milk but as soon as Winnie has finished, there will be 5 minutes of calm and niceness and then she unleashes hell on Cleo. Winnie is relentless with jumping all over her and it's really making poor Cleo miserable, she's still nervous to walk past the room we keep Winnie. She's also lost a lot of interest in playing with any of her toys with us. She'll still take treats, have cuddles when she wants and come in and out but she's definitely more on edge. When they are together, Winnie is constantly trying to chase and bite Cleo and just does not give her a break until we have to take her out the room and then we feel like we've left it on a bad note
We're not really sure what to do next regarding trying to get them past this point. Should I be correcting Winnie's behaviour? I feel like she's just being a kitten and I thought maybe once Cleo had bopped her on the head a few times she'd get the message and mind her manners a little better but maybe that's wishful thinking with a kitten!
So basically, any advice regarding the next step to take to try and create a more harmonious kitty household would be very much appreciated!
Thank you!