Hi, all!
My SO and I recently adopted a kitten - formerly all outdoors/not socialized. We were growing concerned with the fear kitten showed in the first week of being home. Our adult cat (female - 5 years old) was very curious and adores kittens but the kitten was horrified at every stage of the slow introduction process. Fast forward a few weeks and now the kitten is constantly jumping/instigating play/assaulting our adult cat. It's like she can't control herself. She doesn't try to cuddle or any calm interaction. If she sees the adult cat, she's in play-mode. She doesn't even calm down for grooming - when the adult cat physically holds her down LOL. The adult cat doesn't seem distressed, just irritated when she is done playing or when she tries to snuggle with one of us (+ the kitten usually) and the kitten is instantly on top of her.
The adult cat is declawed (we adopted her that way) and we really don't want to declaw the kitten but we are worried she's hurting the adult cat with all of the unsolicited play. The adult cat is also so patient with the kitten and it takes a lot for her to discipline the kitten's behavior. I'm worried the kitten is actually more aggressive v. playful - I've grown up with cats and I've never seen a kitten who legitimately never calms down around adult cats.
If it's getting too out of hand, I like to put the kitten in "timeout" in other room for 10-15 minutes because I don't want to physically discipline her. Is there any training we can do before the adult cat eventually has enough and doesn't want a relationship? Is this aggression or typical kitten play to a crazy degree? How can we curb this behavior?
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