I have a little kitten , his name is Litlle JJ , he loves to play with my old cat coco . She gets really mad when she sees him. He plays with her tail while she eats . He follows her around and chases her. How can I make them get along . nothing mean and cruel . Why does my little cat love to play with her. He has alot of toys . I play with him all the time . What can I do to stop this.
2006-10-18 12:24:26 · 13 answers · asked by kitty 6 in Pets ➔ Cats
She hisses at him and swats him , but he wont get the hint . When will they stop this and how long. I wont give up my kitten .
2006-10-18 12:26:44 · update #1
Why does my older cat hate my new kitty?
2006-10-18 12:29:54 · update #2
your old cat my be jealous that you are spending all your time with the new kitten so try to spend equal time with both of them
2006-10-18 12:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by sjp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your older cat probably resents the intrusion into her "territory" of this little creature that is a royal pest. Little guy probably doesn't understand that she's not interested in his crazy antics. There's really not much to divert Little JJ's behavior; if there's another cat in the house, he's going to want to play. I don't know how long you've had the kitten, but they will eventually get used to each other. I brought home an 8-10 week old kitten last fall, much to the irritation of my 10-11 year old cat; initially it was a case of "who the heck are you and why won't you leave me alone"; but now that they're used to each other, they actually sleep together on the couch. The chasing and such is normal kitten behavior; your other cat will do one of several things: she will learn to tolerate it and go along; she will hiss and spit at him so he'll leave her alone; she'll run away from him to find a quiet spot. These are also all perfectly normal behaviors. Like children, they have times when they'll be friends, and times when they don't want to be near each other. Things will calm down as the kitten grows up.
You can't really "make them get along", but cats are adaptable and will at least tolerate one another if they don't become friends.
2006-10-25 20:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by medrecgal1973 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is so funny. I have the same problem right now with my 14 yr.old and 10 month old. I have been reading on the inter-net about cat behavior. What I have maybe found out is that the kitten is got allot of energy and he is just wanting to play, or he can feel the crankiness from the older one and is just taunting it. I feel like the older one is saying go away and the little one is saying oh ya, oh ya, and just bugging the old one. I feel it is either bored or maybe trying to be the dominate one. My older one is a Persian and the younger one is a alley cat. I was brushing my Persian one day and one of the fur balls fell on the ground and the kitten was going crazy attacking it. We all thought it was funny. Well I think we created a monster, because now when the Persian is just sitting and waving her tail the kitten can't help but attack the tail because it looks like the hairball that we had let her play with. It is sad and funny at the same time.lol
2006-10-26 17:44:12 · answer #3 · answered by Tabitha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two factors acting here. First, mama is likely to be jealous of all the time you are spending with JJ. Second, mama is not necessarily 'supposed to' be really sweet to JJ. She's more likely to naturally get a 'tough guy' attitude (mainly females) that will prevent them from being real sweet to a young newcomer.
I want to warn you against showing too much affection to the older cat either though. When I introduced my Pico to my Ripple, i went overboard doding on Ripple. Now Pico gets real aloof when Ripple competes for my attention. Otherwise they're cool.
Hopefully the kitten will get the older cat playing and everything will be ok. One great way to facilitate play is by introducing hermit crabs to the mix.
What it comes down to is that kittens are ANNOYING to older cats. Sure JJ's cute, but he just wont leave big mama alone to go to sleep and just stare at stuff like she used to.
2006-10-23 01:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by Deacon S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imagine an old person with a little kid hanging on for attention. they get agrievated after a while. the same with coco. jj a kitten, rowdy & full of energy. supervise the cats when they're together & don't let them get too rough with each other
2006-10-18 19:36:21 · answer #5 · answered by Magick Kitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
can you tell i love my cat ?
she has her own e-mail suzy_cat201@yahoo.com
we brought home a kitten (its mom run over by a car)
kitten still gets put in bathroom overnight and their food
and litter boxes are kept apart.
yeah the older one is jealus but over time will at least
tolerate the kitten,my suzy is 2.5yrs and the kitten 10wks
realy fun to watch them,the kitten does most of the chasing.
2006-10-23 20:56:00 · answer #6 · answered by suzy_cat201 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes time for new pets to get to know existing pets. They will make peace with each other eventually. Give it a few weeks. Over the years I have often introduced new pets to my old ones and it has always worked out in time.
2006-10-18 19:35:08 · answer #7 · answered by lilahope2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is just being an ole meany. Shame on her. Getting another kitten for JJ to play with would sure show her!
2006-10-18 20:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
maybe the older cat is jealous...the same thing is happening with my dog and my new puppy. just make sure to let the older cat kno that u dont like him/her less than the kitten. good luck with that one!
2006-10-18 19:35:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't do anything animal friendship happens over time its best to get animals together when they are young so that way the grow up to live with each other as if they were brothers and sisters.
2006-10-18 19:28:49 · answer #10 · answered by Lynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋