I have a kitten that is 10 weeks old female and just got a new one that is a 7 week old female. The older one continually attacks the younger one. They bite, hiss, and growl at each other. I try to break then up, but they just run back and attack each other again. They have done this for two days and it is only getting worse. I would like to know if anyone has an idea how to adjust them to each other?
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I agree with the recommendations here for slow introductions, having their own space, litter boxes and feeding dishes. That has always worked for me. But, when they begin playing with each other and you see more biting hissing and chasing dont feel like a failure. You will see less of it and it will fade away faster, it will not disappear. Especially with kittens. Kittens engaging in this kind of behavior usually dont hurt each other, it just sounds like war. Just keep an eye on them...they will grow up.
We got a kitten, male, 4 months old. We also have 3 otero cats, a male and two females the older of the two females, the matriarch doesnt like the kitten & didnt like the other female when it was a kitten. We expected her to hiss and growl at the new male kitten, and otherwise ignore him. The other male cat doesnt appear to be hostile to the kitten. But the other female cat, who was up until the introduction of the kitten was vivacious and loving, just freaked out, puffed her tail, hissed a bit, and when the kitten approached her she ran outside through th cat door!
Reducing Friction Between Kittens
There are several things you can do.
You need to separate them in a way that they can't get in contact with each other (at all) then slowly introduce them to each other little by little.
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