My two cats aren't getting along and it's been 3 months already?

Question

Well, i brought a female 2 month-old kitten to my home in September.At first, normally my 3 year-old cat and she didn't get along.But it's December now and they're still not getting along.My older cat just slaps her away when she comes near him and she starts fights with him.My dad thinks that my older cat is getting so much stress because of the kitten because he threw up yesterday.Has this happened to your cats?I'm thinking of giving my kitten away to my parent's friend's daughter who's in college.
But once I give her away will my older cat be happier?
Please help I don't know what to do!

also, my older male cat is neutered and the kitten isn't if this is some info you need to know.

and yes, my older cat tends to hiss when they fight.

i want to keep my older cat definately though.

Answer 1

The best that you might be able to expect is that they will
"tolerate each other." I have a 12 year old cat who is as grouchy and a loner as any cat and I have brought home 5 kittens during the past 6 months. At first it was war, then I made sure I gave him a lot of attention and feed him in a separate room. Keeping them apart a lot has helped, now I leave the doors open between rooms and they socialize together. He seems to enjoy watching their antics and tricks.
I think you need to give it more time. Cats vomit pretty often, it probably had nothing to do with the stress from the relationship.

Answer 2

The older cat will probably never completely accept the kitten. It will get easier as the kitten becomes an adult, but that will probably be another year or so.

I would look into getting the kitten spayed now anyway as she could become pregnant anytime soon if she has access to other cats, even if she doesn't the process of coming into heat is stressful and not a great experience for anybody involved.

As she gets older the other cat will probably come to terms with her, I presume he is neutered? An older cat will rarely completely accept a kitten for several months. Since they are male and female I would give it till she is an adult and see how they get on then.

Answer 3

No worries, Hon. If my calculations are correct, your baby is now five months old and she's still that---very much a baby. Kittens are fearless, and will often try to instigate play (or trouble!) with older cats.
It won't be too long before she starts maturing and settling down a bit. I find that the main reasons cats don't like little kittens is the baby's energy levels are so high. These should start to slow down soon. By the time your kitten is eight or nine months old, she should be considerably more settled.
Alternately, you could adopt another youngster as a companion for your kitten, one of similar age. Regardless though, I've never had a kitten that didn't eventually fit right into my cat "family"---and there have been a lot of them! Just give them more time, and good luck :)
PS Cats do throw up a lot!

Answer 4

Our 2 cats didn't get along either. It seemed as though they both wanted to be master. It was more than a year before our original cat (now 19) was just getting too old to bother fighting and would simply ignore the swiping of the new cat - no more fights. Give it a bit more time.
As for vomiting in the older cat, keep an eye on it. Sometimes, when the cat grooms a lot and you don't brush, the cat will ingest a lot of hair and throwup hairballs. If your cat is throwing up food, that's different and you should suspect illness. IF the cat is throwing up liquid, it usually means upset stomach, which could be caused by any number of things. Vomiting can cause a cat to become dehydrated. If you have any concerns, take the cat for a quick trip to the vets for a checkup.

Answer 5

Your older cat is showing who is boss. He would prefer to be an only cat. The fact that the kitten is 5 months old is that the kitten is very rambuntious and playful yet compared to your older one. You may also have an alfa male and an alfa female and they both have minds of their own. If you were to give the kitten away your other cat could care less, but in time he would learn to realize that the cat was there to stay and tolerate it at best, but they will never become true buddies.

Answer 6

I'm a cat lover and currently have a Simese, calico female. I had a similar situation where we had 2 cats in the house. Older cats have a tendency to be set in there ways and territorial, kittens on the other hand have no hang ups yet so they are very care free and free spirited, they want to play with whatever they see. I would give them both a little more time. If by 5 months it doesn't work out then I would consider giving the kitty to your parents.
Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Same happened with my cats. I had one 9 year old female when we got a kitten and they never got along, they fought heaps and the older cat started to loose weight. recently she just ran away so it could be an idea to give the kitten away, except my older cat was not very happy in the first place so she might have ran away anyway. hopefully they get along soon.

Answer 8

the older cat is annoyed by the younger one. I have the same problem. Either wait till the younger one get to be old enough to stay away from the older cat, or get rid of one.

Answer 9

Some cats are one person owners...cats are cats. However, you can try Feliway spray or plug-ins. They are natural pheromone sprays that can help cats feel more relaxed. This is a good option to try and has helped many cats and cat owners. I have 10 cats and have used this whenever "breaking in" a new cat.

Answer 10

maximum cats will finally get alongside, even though it incredibly is mandatory that they are presented *slowly*. With canines, you could throw them the two in a room, they sniff one yet another, then they are buddies. Cats are extra particular approximately their limitations and private area. ideally, in case you have the area for this (and the staying power), you may placed them in separate rooms which at the instant are not adjacent. After a number of hours, change them so they could scent one yet another's fragrance, yet do not enable them to make certain one yet another yet. If this is going nicely, the next day, placed them in adjacent rooms so they could see one yet another under a door. optimistically they would be curious, poking at one yet another playfully. slightly hissing/growling in the beginning up could be ok, yet while the two cat seems somewhat agitated, bypass back a step to unadjoining rooms. If it went nicely, then the next day placed them interior the comparable room jointly and see what takes place. in the event that they provide the impact of being ok, as in smelling one yet another, enjoying, even tough enjoying, shop an eye fixed on them for a on an analogous time as till now allowing them to be jointly unsupervised. in case you spot agitation, hair status up, consistent growling/hissing, separate them back. sturdy luck, and luxuriate in! :)