I’ve recently bought a kitten - she’s now 11 weeks old. We’ve done everything we were told to do when introducing her to the home and our existing cat who is around 4. Both are females.
The older cat was an RSPCA rescue who isn’t very sociable at all. When we first introduced them the older cat would growl and the kitten seemed to respect this boundary and move away. However as the weeks have progressed the kitten is now ruling the roost and chasing the older cat all around the house until the older cat hides.
The older cat is now reluctant to come inside, hides under the tv, tries to bite her own tail and has begun growling incessantly at everyone. She won’t stick up for herself at all and I feel I have done her a huge disservice by introducing a new kitten to her life and am feeling so guilty.
I am feeding them separately and they are in separate rooms at night - but during the day they are generally alone together.
Will it get better? Any advice? Thank you.