My cat Puss Puss is having a difficult time adjusting to my new kitten. She growls and hisses at her everytime the kitten gets near her. What can I do to make her more acceptable and to keep Puss from getting jealous? Will it get better?
2006-12-25 15:35:02 · 6 answers · asked by LenaRose 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Give her time and don't force the kitten on her. Put the kitten in one room for a while with food, water, and a litter box, and let the older cat get used to that being the kitten's room. Get someone else to hold the older cat and you hold the kitten in the same room. Let the cats look at each other, and get used to the ide of there being another animal in the house. Slowly let the kitten out in the rest of the house for short supervised periods of time. Be sure to spend itme with your older cat as well, letting her know she's still loved. Give the older cat someplace safe to go away from the kitten (give the older cat a safe kitten-proof room). Go about it slowly. Make sure everyone has their own beds, toys, etc so the older cat isn't jealous. If the older cat attacks the kitten seperate them immediatly, and be very careful about when the cats are together. After a time, the cats should begin to get used to each other, even if they aren't chummy.
2006-12-25 15:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by PenguinMoose 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went through this a couple of months ago. Putting the baby in a separate room for a day definitely helps. Your older cat will probably sit outside the room and growl, which is fine. Then open the door just a crack--use those rubber door stops that you can get at the hardware store to prop it open--so that the kitties can sniff each other through the crack, and bat at each other with their paws, but not get through. After another day or so, let the kitten out again for short amounts of time and see what happens. In my case, the older cat trailed the baby around, growling, for another day, and then they settled in with each other. Now they're good friends.
2006-12-25 17:16:40 · answer #2 · answered by Vaughn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first off i 2 had to deal with this problem. with my 3yr cat & my 7 month old kitten, try to let the kitten fall into a deep sleep, then gradually let the older one check him or her out. In cats its their natural behavior to think of other cats blonging to another family as enimes. So be careful, but make sure during any session you have with both your cats not to let the older one get to annoyed. The older cat is no longer a kitten and does not have a very playful attitude anymore so the kitten might want to play and the older one will try to stop the kitten by hissing or even slapping the other one with its paw. Just be sure you are always there during these ocassions, to make sure if anything happens you are there to take care of it.
2006-12-25 15:52:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many times it just takes cats time to get used to each other. Hopefully it shouldn't take more than a few weeks.
2006-12-25 16:33:27 · answer #4 · answered by HarmNone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take more time and allow the older cat to get used to the kittn. They end up sorting it out.
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2006-12-25 15:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by webseo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give her cat nip to settle her down, it is always a intrusion when a new cat comes home, she will get better,
have both cats fixed also
2006-12-25 15:58:58 · answer #6 · answered by rich2481 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋