New kitten

[catherinewales]

So we got a the cutest kitten ever on Saturday, he's 8 weeks old. We already have a 2 year old kitty. Both are male. The 2 year old has been neutered at 4 months and the new kitten will be done when the vet will do him. Anyway the 2 year is petrified of the new kitten. He was just running away from him, he is now spending more time around him but he is growling at him and he has tapped him on his head a couple of times. Does this sound like progress at all? We keep them separated over night and then supervised throughout the day. I've tried to keep my older cats routine as normal as possible.

Excuse me but you've forgotten the law: you must post a photo of said adorable bundles of fluff. I have no advice, sorry. I just come on these threads for the photos.

I'll give advice, but there's no photo of your darlings?

Yes, when introducing a new cat into the home - there's a lot of anger, especially from the first cat as they're territorial. If they're not actively fighting - actual fighting, then don't worry too much.

Some cat's never fully settle, while others can take 6 months of so. x

Sorry thought I had 🙈

@kamboozled thank you so much. He's just tapped his head a couple of times but he is actively seeking him out now. We keep the kitten in a room everyone uses then he sleeps in my daughters room over night and if we go out as her door is always closed so our older cat doesn't go in there much. The lady we got the kitten off said she'd take him back if it didn't work out but I think it'll will. I know it'll take time hopefully it'll be quick xx

I only clicked on this thread for kitten pictures...

To paraphrase the OP. I have the cutest kitten in the world, but I'm not going to show you 😹

Thanks OP 😁

Too cute! And look at the cross expression on alpha kitty's face 🤣 I hope they both adjust soon .

@Grumpyoldpersonwithcats as I said I thought I had added them but they seem to not have posted so I did add them separately 4 minutes before you commented.

Yup - saw the photos as soon as I pressed post - hence my thanks on the next post 😁.
In terms of advice - if the worse you've have is a bit of growling and the odd biff on the head, I'd suggest that you really don't need to worry. Enjoy your new kitten - he's lovely.

It sounds like it'll work out and things will have settled within a month. :) Serious cute overload.

I'm currently introducing two adult cats. I've found that now new cat is not separated. They are getting on better. My old cat knew she was there but was getting annoyed as she could t see her.

They'll be fine. Some growling, hissing etc. is perfectly normal when introducing cats - if they're not fighting then I would just leave them to it (under supervision of course) and they'll work it out.

We brought a six week old sem-feral home in May and our resident boys were very suspicious of him - but after two days they mellowed and they all get on fantastically now :)

We’ve introduced many kittens (we live rurally and now have a name locally that we won’t say no to taking in any abandoned feral kittens!). I wouldn’t introduce an adult cat again but kittens do settle in. Does takes weeks/months rather than days depending on personalities. Usually they become very settled when the kitten is old enough to go outside. When I’m home I leave them to it (whilst keeping an eye) and at bedtime or I’m out, the kitten goes into a large crate with a covered bed, toys, litter tray, food and water. We also use felloway defusers - the friends ones. I was sceptical but they really work for us. All our cats sleep o n the same bed. If they ever bicker, it usually means I’ve not noticed the defusers have become empty.

Thank you everyone for you advice and well wishes. We've had some positives today but it seems the kitten wants to wind the big one up. I'm hoping it'll be ok. I know my big one wants a friend to play with so once they'll are settled I think they will be best friends xx