Any Cat Experts?

Samueltastic

Samueltastic

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A couple of months ago we got a 6 week old female kitten. We already had another cat who's 10. When they first met he just hissed at her. We thought that he would stop but he is still hissing at her when ever he sees her.

Anyone had this before and managed to get them to get along?

Last thing we would want is to re-home her. :(
 
He's getting near his sell-by date and is presumably worried of this young interloper. I wouldn't worry about it too much, as the kitten gets older it will start to take it's rightful place in the pecking order.

We had an older cat (deceased) that hissed at both our other cats, one a year old the other nine.
She's now dead, they're here and fighting each other. Happy days in cat world.:)

If he's bugging you, give him a kick.
 
ours hissed a lot when we got a new kitten, either tell him no in a firm voice or squirt him with water( something to say 'stop that'). weve had ours 9 months is now and he still hisses a bit and they have a scuffle every now and again but thats because she annoys the crap out of him and wont leave him alone.

once the kitten gets outside things carm down a bit.

most of the time their fine now, they even sleep next to each other on the bed.

your kitten will want to play while older cat wants to sleep.

just like us, this doesnt mix :p
 
Over time it'll get better, he'll let her become the boss eventually just for a easy life like we all do.

He will remind her from time to time who the real boss is :D
 
experts advice is often to put them both in seperate cat boxes facing each other so they can get used to the smells etc without trying to kill each other

we introduced a young cat to our 20ish yr old cat and they eventually got on after a lot of hissing and scuttles, well untill she had kittens atleast... they ran rings around him
 
I've just taken it to spray him with water when he hisses. He's going to have to get the message sooner he does the better. Neither of them are spraying.
 
It's going to be hard - male cats often don't get along with a female cat who's introduced into the house. Even if he accepts her in his home you still might have issues - males like to play rough and often the female doesn't understand and freaks out. I tried to introduce a female cat into my house and her and the male cat just fought constantly - and I'm talking fur flying and blood drawn! I had to re-home her.

Having said that, there are no hard and fast rules. He might just need some time and they could become close pals. I would leave it a bit longer and only give up if they start actually fighting proper.

And stop spraying him - it won't help and could make it worse. It's a good tactic if you want to associate the spraying with something bad they're doing (scratching the furniture) but all that will happen here is that he'll think "female cat = me getting wet = hate her even more!" :)
 
A few months ago we were in a similar situation to you.
We have a 11 year old female who has been our only cat for about 4 years.
We bought in a 6 month old male.

We kept them apart for a week - allowed each to know the other existed, but not allowing them to actually meet.
Then the fateful day came, they met and claws and fur flew.
Our older female chased the new male around - I found him cowering under our wardrobe.

We've now had the second cat for about 6 months now and to be honest they are tollorating one another.
They will lie on the same sofa, but the female will still give the male an occasional slap.
However he is constantly wanting to play - he's taken to nipping at her tale which of course just annoys her.

What didn't help us was that the new 6 month old male was bigger than our 11 year old female.
He's part Maine Coone (as far as we can tell) so big and fluffy.

Our two will never be great mates - but the fact we can now leave them alone together shows just how much they have come on in the past six months.
Just give them time.
 
It's healthy for cats to fight each other

As long as they're not drawing blood, they'll be fine together. If another cat comes in to the picture, I'm sure they'll fight on the same team :), my sister has the same problem with her cats.
 
The ex and I tried for 4 years to get our cats on reasonable terms, no such luck. Even as I took mine from the house on Sunday to rehome at my new place... hers bit mine. Sometimes, despite your best efforts - they weren't meant to get along.
 
Samueltastic said:
I've just taken it to spray him with water when he hisses. He's going to have to get the message sooner he does the better. Neither of them are spraying.
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My cats soon learned that they don't get sprayed when they're near something electrical. Now when they get in the way of the TV, the Nerf gun comes out.
 
We got a second cat to keep our existing 2year old female cat company - however she took great exception when we brought him home and went into a major strop for weeks. She even took to sleeping in the shed!

It took a few months before she was used to him but even now (8 years later) she still gets the hump with him and knocks seven shades out of him occasionally. For the most part they get on ok though.

Just give it time.
 
Old Man said:
One thing you can do is rub some catnip in the cats fur, which should help solve the problem. There are plenty of cat sites to visit though and one which I am a member of is quite good, so you might wish to try here: http://www.kittenlist.co.uk/forum/
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It doesn't have to be catnip. You can use anything, the trick is to put it on both of them, so they smell the same. I used to do the same thing when I kept mice. I'd wash them with some smelly soap, and they'd fight less with others that were washed at the same time.
 
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