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Hi everyone. I just found this website and I hope you all can help me. I have owned cats before, but never 2 at once, so this is slightly new territory.
On Saturday my husband and I adopted a 2 year old male cat and a 4 year old female. The shelter had them in a play room together, so told us they knew they got along and could be adopted as a pair. What they didn't tell us until after we did the paperwork is that they had only been together for 1 day. They are spayed/neutered and are indoor only. We have a spacious 2 bedroom apt.
We brought them home and released them into the bedroom together. They weren't fond of one another, but didn't have any big issues. Just gave each other a lot of space, some minor hissing if one got too close to the other.
Now we're at the point where they are getting comfortable enough in our home to play with us, but not each other. The younger male cat, keeps chasing or pouncing near the older female cat and it freaks her out. She runs away into a corner and hisses at him. She has very defensive posture during this. He, on the other hand, just runs after her then sits and stares at her like nothing is wrong. His posture isn't agressive, he just sits. He won't really leave though, even if she hisses and growls.
This started Tuesday night and has happened 3 or 4 times since and it's only Wednesday morning.
The older male doesn't really like to play by himself. We have been playing with him in the morning and at night, but it doesn't seem like enough.
Is this a new phase in them getting to know one another? Should I be worried? We've only had them a few days, but I worry their behavior is escalating, even though it doesn't seem like the male has bad intentions. I guess I'm just worried. Any suggestions or advice? Thank you.
On Saturday my husband and I adopted a 2 year old male cat and a 4 year old female. The shelter had them in a play room together, so told us they knew they got along and could be adopted as a pair. What they didn't tell us until after we did the paperwork is that they had only been together for 1 day. They are spayed/neutered and are indoor only. We have a spacious 2 bedroom apt.
We brought them home and released them into the bedroom together. They weren't fond of one another, but didn't have any big issues. Just gave each other a lot of space, some minor hissing if one got too close to the other.
Now we're at the point where they are getting comfortable enough in our home to play with us, but not each other. The younger male cat, keeps chasing or pouncing near the older female cat and it freaks her out. She runs away into a corner and hisses at him. She has very defensive posture during this. He, on the other hand, just runs after her then sits and stares at her like nothing is wrong. His posture isn't agressive, he just sits. He won't really leave though, even if she hisses and growls.
This started Tuesday night and has happened 3 or 4 times since and it's only Wednesday morning.
The older male doesn't really like to play by himself. We have been playing with him in the morning and at night, but it doesn't seem like enough.
Is this a new phase in them getting to know one another? Should I be worried? We've only had them a few days, but I worry their behavior is escalating, even though it doesn't seem like the male has bad intentions. I guess I'm just worried. Any suggestions or advice? Thank you.