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I have a foster cat that was a mom to a litter which has all been adopted out. Currently I’m trying to get her to colive with 4 kittens that aren’t hers. I’ve been separating them unless I’m there to supervise and I do think some kittens don’t know not to go near her yet. She seems to only hiss and growl if they come close to her but sometimes during play kittens make bad choices and run a bit too close to her. She will try to swat and I’m worried about what happens if she lands one of them?
What is an acceptable amount of setting boundaries through violence? 0 or some? When the kittens do get swatted at they just kind of are scared for a second and then carry on playing elsewhere which makes me think it doesn’t hurt at all for them. Should I keep letting the older cat set boundaries this way? Or is it dangerous?
What is an acceptable amount of setting boundaries through violence? 0 or some? When the kittens do get swatted at they just kind of are scared for a second and then carry on playing elsewhere which makes me think it doesn’t hurt at all for them. Should I keep letting the older cat set boundaries this way? Or is it dangerous?