We got a new kitten (4mo male) for our other cat (8mo male) to have someone to play with when we are gone. Unfortunatly he wants to kill it. When we brought it home he just chased it around and kept cornering it, then pinned it down once and tried to bite its head off via the neck! So now they are confined to different rooms. This sucks!
I'm sorry for the situation I have always heard never to introduce another male into a home with a dominent male, because they will spend their lives fighting for dominence. I've never had more than one cat at a time, so I dont know from experiance. Of course when I brought my cat home, we had a dog who had always been the only baby in the house for years. She also tried to harm the kitty and would try to get at him every chance she could. We separated them for a bit (through a baby gate) and it didnt take long for the kitten to learn to climb over the gate....so we had to do alot of 'babysitting' with the two of them. Eventually the dog grew to except him and now they are best friends. So you might give it some time and see what happens......good luck to you
are both of the cats fixed? that might help. also, if the older one isn't fixed, he might start spraying to tell the other kitty that it's his house. if they are both fixed, then i'm not too sure what else to recommend. either way, good luck!
I had that problem many years ago, with my two cats. The only difference is that they're both females. After about a week of fussing and fighting, they got along just fine and still do.
Try putting the new cat in a room with the door shut while letting the other cat roam free. Just let them sniff each other under the door. Then put the other cat in the room and let the new cat roam around. This way your old cat can get used to the smell of the kitten. Then let them roam free together and make sure they aren't hurting each other. Especially if they both have claws.
Also I would suggest getting some tuna or something special the cats will like and feed it to them at the same time while they are both close to each other. If your cat can associate the kitten with some postive experiances he might be more apt to accept him. Theres no harm in trying atleast........
That is pretty much what we did. They are already doing much better. They both slept on the bed with us last night and there wasnt much fussing. The older one is still posessive of some of his things, but is getting better by the day.
