Hello everyone. Im coming here for some advice, and hopefully some support.
I recently got a kitten, lets call him cat B. He is very small and I quickly realised he was given up before he turned 8 weeks old. I would say he is about 6 weeks or so. I was told he was born on June 5th but there is absolutely no way, as he is just slightly bigger than my foot and. Well, looks like a young kitten. Plus my cat was born on June 10th and is almost twice his size. I had been planning to get a new kitten for a while, so this wasnt an impulse decision at all. I prepared as best as I could and read up on how to ease the cat's introduction and all that.
Well, throw that all out the window, because one of my relatives decided to pop them in the same room despite me wanting to introduce them gradually!
My first cat, lets call him A, is a little over 3 months old. Hes not neutered yet (currently waiting for an appointment) but hes very nice and friendly, though very energetic and playful. Cat A often gets really sad when I have to leave rhe house, and as he is very playful I thought it would be a good idea to get him a friend.
Upon being introduced to cat B, cat A looked curious, then puffed up and growled. He tried to get closer to cat B but I quickly took him out of the room. After a while, he kept trying to curiously sniff out cat B, and .. poking? or Swiping ta him (his claws werent out, I checked.) Soon, he was trying to play with cat B. Cat A started jumping on cat B, and biting, licking and hugging/holding? Him. I e been very worried they might have been fighting, but neither of them were hissing, growling, puffing up or reslly swiping st the other. Cat B occasionally meowed, I assume because cat A plays too rough.
However, I am worried that this is too much for both of my cats? I understand bringing a kitten to a new home is already very stressful for them on its own, but I am wondering how stressful it must be to have cat A constantly trying to play too rough with him and chasing him around. Not only that, but Im worried because cat B is obviously not old enough just yet. I keep separating cat A and B when i see A is playing too rough, but he just keeps coming back. Cat A also .. whines, i believe? When he cant see cat B.
I deal with mental health and I'm quickly becoming anxious that im letting cat A hurt cat B, who is just a tiny baby, and that I'm somehow abusing my animals or something. Im also wondering if it might be better to rehome the kitten or something, and try to find someone who doesnt have a cat or is more experienced with introducing cats? I dont know, but im very worried about cat B, and I dont want him tl be in a super stressful environment with a cat who wont leave him alone. I dont wanna be a bad owner
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