like my older cat keeps not using the kittylitter box so i bought a new one and he still wont use either of them and wont let anyone near him
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Hi there.research has shown that a single hostile encounter between two unfamiliar cats/kittens can set the tone for their relationship for a long time to come. Adult cats have a more difficult time with introductions. So to prevent your new kitten from getting off on the wrong foot with your resident cat, plan to introduce them gradually. Remember to spend plenty of quality time alone with your resident cat in order to minimize jealousy and stress. At first, do not allow face-to-face contact between the two cats. Instead, follow these steps:
1. Confine the resident cat to a room (door closed) while the new kitten explores the rest of the house. Then switch their places. This allows them to become familiar with each other's scent.
2. Keep the cats in separate but adjoining rooms for several days, continuing to switch places every day. You'll need separate litter boxes at this stage, and depending on the cats' preferences, you may want to continue to maintain two litter boxes for them after the introduction is completed.
3. After a few days, crack open the door separating the two cats. Prop it open a couple inches so they can see one another but can't make full contact. Once they tolerate this limited contact, open the door a bit wider. If they start to backslide, go back to step 2.
4. When the two cats seem comfortable with limited exposure, try feeding them on opposite sides of the same room. Then return them to their separate quarters. After a few days of common mealtimes, they may be ready to share the same living space. Remember to let them set their own pace and never force them to be together. Keep them separated when you are not home to supervise until you're certain they can tolerate each other's presence. It may take several weeks or a month or two before they reach this stage.
Stressed cats tend to feel a lack of privacy with a new pet animal in the home. Consider using a location which is quiet and secure away from the kitten until both have adjusted to being around one another a few months from now. It sounds like your the resident kitty is having a difficult time adjusting.
stuff them inn a room together and let them resolve their problems together
let them do some cat nip together and chill
Old kitty probably just has her nose out of joint. Lots of attention. But cats are stuborn that way. good luck.
Place the new kitten behind a door and allow the older cat full freedom. Allow for the old cat to pick up the scent of the new one. Give the old cat more attention for the moment. When all this hissing dies down then get the new kitten and bring it out for the old one to investigate. With supervision put the new cat down and let the cats figure out how things are going to be run from this moment on. If you have to leave your home or go to bed in the first 48hrs it might be a good idea to keep the new kitten in a room the old cat cannot get into. Make sure the old cat is with you! They might fight but that is the way of animals until one becomes the boss.
Its just going to take time, let your older cat know that you still love him,make sure you give him extra you time but still rub his nose in his mess and let him know that you dont like it.. they will soon be best of friends
Do you have a crate? Or something that you can put the kitten in so that each cat can smell each other, but the bigger cat can't harm the kitten. This will let each cat get use to the smell of each other.
The next step would be to have visits outside of the crate, but make sure you are with the two cats. If you see that the older cat is kicking the kitten's butt (seriously harming him/her), get the kitten out of there and seprate the two cats.
the cat probebly thinks that ur not paying enough attention to him.
Everytime i brought home a new cat the others ones would ** for about 4 days then you see them all napping together, they'll be fine.
it takes time for cats to get along you just have to give them space and let them get to know eachother
get another litter box for the other cat. keep them apart and then reintroduce them to each other. eventually they'll get along.
well what we did is we had two cats about same age one of us held one another held the other. and we took a brush brushed one. let the other watch took the brush over let it smell it then brush it and keep goin back and forth it kinda worked for some reason. but the only other way i recomend is u go in a small room with both of them and if they fight u smack them and every while they dont u pet them. gl whatever u do
My cat does that too. she had three kittens and now those kittens are about 3-4 months she gets mad at them. hopefully they wont fight with each other as they get bigger (around her size.)
bubye
I own 7 farm cats. We have tried everything to get the oldest female to take a liking to the younger cats. 5 of the cats are from her previous litters and yet she will have nothing to do with them even after being fixed! I guess that is they way it is going to be. Just like humans. we can be set in our ways.
Best of Luck.
Tie the tails together and throw them over a clothes line the two cats will learn they are traped and work together to get out of the nots on the tails..
I just got 2 new kittens recently and I had the same problem with my older cat. If you have 2 bathrooms in your house (upstairs and downstairs) then I would suggest you put a litter box in each of them. That's what I did. It might take a few days or even weeks but he'll start to use it eventually. He can't hold it forever. LOL!
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