Hi all
Looking for some advice. We have a 5 month old female kitten called Sybil. She is short haired, black and very sleek. She settled in very quickly and has the run of the house, sleeping on our bed and has never caused us any problems.
We had toyed with getting another kitten to get her company, and for us as well. We took home a medium/long haired ginger female called Sophie. She is only 9 weeks but loves to be handled and purrs away.
We took their introduction slow trying to get the used to each others sent, swapping blankets and we have the Feliway diffuser plugged in the living room. The new kitten Sophie is very inquisitive and showed no concern about her new environment.
Their first introduction involved the usual puffed out tails and hissing you would expect - mainly from the older cat, Sybil. Sophie was very interested and not bothered in the slightest.
Things have progressed ok since then. There is a LOT of playfighting, they are both kittens after all and like pouncing on one another and chasing each other about. We've waited till the older kitten has fallen asleep and placed a sleepy Sophie next to her and there has been no complaints from either and they've slept near to one another. We've seen the young kitten groom Sybil a little once, and they like to have a sniff of one another. So there certainly is signs that they will get on or at least tolerate each other.
However Sybil seems to bully Sophie a bit when fighting. She pins her down and it is quite rough. There isn't the sounds of cats fighting but it is concerning to watch, although the kitten gets straight back up as if nothing has happened. We do tend to split things up when it looks too rough or when one makes a noise as Sybil doesn't seem to want to stop. Sophie does chase Sybil as well but as Sybil is stronger she spends a lot of the playfighting going over the top and pinning the little one down.
Has anyone experienced similar, or have any advice? Is it something once they are both spayed that should calm down a little?
Looking for some advice. We have a 5 month old female kitten called Sybil. She is short haired, black and very sleek. She settled in very quickly and has the run of the house, sleeping on our bed and has never caused us any problems.
We had toyed with getting another kitten to get her company, and for us as well. We took home a medium/long haired ginger female called Sophie. She is only 9 weeks but loves to be handled and purrs away.
We took their introduction slow trying to get the used to each others sent, swapping blankets and we have the Feliway diffuser plugged in the living room. The new kitten Sophie is very inquisitive and showed no concern about her new environment.
Their first introduction involved the usual puffed out tails and hissing you would expect - mainly from the older cat, Sybil. Sophie was very interested and not bothered in the slightest.
Things have progressed ok since then. There is a LOT of playfighting, they are both kittens after all and like pouncing on one another and chasing each other about. We've waited till the older kitten has fallen asleep and placed a sleepy Sophie next to her and there has been no complaints from either and they've slept near to one another. We've seen the young kitten groom Sybil a little once, and they like to have a sniff of one another. So there certainly is signs that they will get on or at least tolerate each other.
However Sybil seems to bully Sophie a bit when fighting. She pins her down and it is quite rough. There isn't the sounds of cats fighting but it is concerning to watch, although the kitten gets straight back up as if nothing has happened. We do tend to split things up when it looks too rough or when one makes a noise as Sybil doesn't seem to want to stop. Sophie does chase Sybil as well but as Sybil is stronger she spends a lot of the playfighting going over the top and pinning the little one down.
Has anyone experienced similar, or have any advice? Is it something once they are both spayed that should calm down a little?
