Fear free kitten.

[ArseInTheCoOpWindow]

This kitten arrived 4 hours ago. Straight out of his crate, wander round, licked a few treats, napped in 2 different beds and is now terrorising the older cat.

Is this normal kitten behaviour?!

These are DS’s cats.

We had one like that, he was right at home straight away. He had a really bold personality right up to the end of his life.

So, I would say it is normal for a kitten with that kind of bold and confident nature.

He’s mental apparently!

You are supposed to introduce new cats slowly and keep them separate for at least 3 weeks. Cats a very territorial and despite popular opinion they are solitary creatures.
you need to read up and research, how to introduce cats. The older cat will be stressed.

Yes, quite normal for a well socialised cat but I agree that your older cat will be stressed and unhappy about this situation.

Yes, that was the idea, but it wouldn’t be kept separate. They had a gate between 2 rooms. The old cat kept jumping over it or crying to come in. The new cat was up against it all the time.

In separate rooms of the house, so one of them feels safe. It will take cats at least 3 days to adjust to a new environment. Also they should not have eye contact as this will be a threat to either of them.
keep kitten in a different room with own feed bowls and a litter tray. Needs to be a quiet and calm environment. And you introduce them gradually, but first week definitely keep kitten away from older cat. Spend time with each cat, petting and playing .

This is what they wanted and tried to do ( it’s a small house)

Both kitten and cat were crying all the time to be let in/out. It became impossible. They were expecting a nervous little kitten who hid. But they didn’t get that.

They are doing everything they can to protect the older one.

I had two super confident cats. They were not staying in their room when I first got them. First time it worked out as both cats got on very well. The second time it didn’t as he really wanted to be friends and play with existing cat. She was terrified of him
although he was very gentle.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow How cute!

How old is the new cat?

One of my three was like this. We got a girl who was super shy and it took days for her to leave the tiny reading nook we set her carrier up in and start to explore.

10 days later we brought home a little boy (adopted at the same time but one came from the shelter and one a foster home) and he tore out of the cage at warp speed and did three laps of the full house before launching himself at me and demanding cuddles.

They are mostly the same now as adults, she's still timid and hides when people come visit me, but loves affection as long as it's entirely on her terms. And he's still a hyper snugglebug. It's just their personality showing through.

Their little brother came home and immediately curled up in my bra and slept in there for two months before starting to explore on his own. He spent the next 11 years constantly cuddling someone 24/7 until he died.

He’s 10 weeks.

Theyve both been asleep on DS’s desk today, and he sent me a picture of them sat together on the arm of the sofa.

Older cat looked pretty happy. It’s already slept in the kittens bed and eaten all its food!

Cats work on a type of timeshare, if you watch cats out in the garden / street then they all have a different time they use the space.

They also have 'crossing' areas, where they cross another cat's territory. Often these are quite high, you must have seen the 'uppy downy walk' on the top of fences.

In a small house you can make 'crossing areas' with furniture so if one cat goes down the hall put some shelves, or a table or even shoe boxes so the other one can cross at a different height.

I had a younger kitten and older cat like that. The older one just saw the younger one and sort of melted and took him under his wing. Younger one was confident going anywhere from the start. They just got on with no problem. Was very lucky as I was in a fairly small flat.

There’s an instergrammer with a cat called Poppy that just adopts all the foster kittens. If anyone knows her name? Her cat just takes them all into her embrace washes them and drowns them in love.