I have a 15 year old neutered male who has lived with other cats in the past, but has spent the last 7 years as a single cat. I was recently adopted by 2 female kittens (now 5 months) and though my adult spat and hissed at them at first, he now tolerates them and even licks them and plays with them from time to time. What conerns me is that he will sometimes go after one or the other of them and kind of slap her around and nip at her, growling as though he's just basically mad that she exists. This isn't in response to anything the kitten will have done - in fact, she could just be sleeping. Once in a while his victim will paw back at him, but more often she'll just stay on her side and deflect the blows. He never bites and the claws stay in, but sometimes he smacks so hard I can hear the thumping, so I am concerned considering he's so much bigger than them. After slapping her around for a while, he'll simply walk off. He'll also start smacking them if they move when he's grooming them
2007-01-13
14:18:19
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