I rescued this kitten a couple days ago and brought her home. My dog loved her immediately, shockingly. However, my cat Queso (Male, neutered) is terrified of her, every time he sees her he hisses and runs away. I have them in a separate room, I try to pet Queso while holding something that smells like the kitten, and fed him too.

Any other tips so they start to get along? I know it can take some time

We adopted a 3.5 month old kitten (Sesame) and did scented swapping with my resident cat (2yo Topaz) for 4 days before we introduced them. They showed no signs of aggression when they first met, and they rarely growl or hiss at one another.

However, sometimes Topaz will chase the kitten and swat her with no claws. She can be a little be relentless with the chasing and will corner her and sometimes pin her down for a moment. I can't tell if this stalking/chasing behavior is just play or Topaz asserting dominance or if she is being aggressive. I'm worried that she's scaring the kitten.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Any advice would be appreciated :)

Hi all,

My partner adopted a lovely blind male cat (~7-9 years old) a few months ago and I already have a homeless fat boy - Ginge - that I rescued from my street (11 years old) who has lived with me for 2 years now. Unfortunately Ginge is still a little feral and doesn't get on overly well with other cats, even though he was only homeless for 10 months and was previously domesticated. Don't let his dopey facade deceive you, as much as I love him he is a grumpy monster a lot of the time.

We don't live together yet but we plan to move into a new house in the next year or so, so I wanted to know if anyone had experience with bringing in blind cats or recommendations for slowly introducing the two over the next year before they live together. Thanks!

Our vet recommended something she called “a hiss can” for training our cat. She described it as a can. That makes a hissing sound when you press it. When I googled this I got no results. Does anyone know what this is?

My 6 month kitten has never been aggressive to our 10 year old chihuahua (luckily). Introduced them slowly but we still have to keep them separated, while we are at work during the day 🫣 unfortunately, the cat isn’t trusted around the dog.

If she’s sleepy, she will happily sleep next to the dog (or sit on the dog 🫣😅) but when she’s not, she will chase the dog and try jump/wrestle her. She does try and groom the dog - which I guess is a good sign? Although, if the dog moves, the cat will bite her.

It was very stressful at the start of intros, due to our chihuahua being scared of the kitten. She still tries to run away from the cat, which makes the cat think she’s playing a game.

Will our cat eventually get bored of the dog and grow out of the ‘chase’? At 5-6 months old we have seen her ‘less crazy’ but appreciate cats will always have their mad moments

We are hoping to get a catio built soon, so hopefully she can burn off some energy. I make sure to play with her a lot every day, to tire her out

Hopefully we are doing all the right things… I don’t expect them to be best friends but I’d love it for my dog to trust the cat, but know she can be a bit unpredictable!

I've had my kitten for about a month now (she's 2 months old roughly). She stays in my room for now because my roommate is allergic to cats, so I'm waiting until we move in a month for her to free roam. Every time I leave the room, she starts screaming. Especially when I'm leaving for work. I was using a spray bottle, but now she's scared every time I spray anything. Whether that's perfume or my spray for my pillow. I was told spray bottles were effective to train cats. I now know that's false. How can I quickly stop this behavior? I understand kittens cry when they're lonely, but I need to nip this in the bud asap. I am with her 24/7 when I'm not at work.

Edit: I am aware that keeping her in my room is not the best thing. It is temporary until I move. That is all. She was not and is not meant to be a bedroom cat. I prefer my animals to free roam. Due to how small our apartment is, my roommate uses the living room for his computer area. He sneezes just by walking into my room or anywhere near her. I do not need to hear about how she needs to free roam or needs a buddy. I am fully aware. I just need to know how to get her to stop yelling when I leave the room for right now. Because even if she was free roaming, she'd still cry when I leave

Hi, it's been a week and a half since I adopted my new kitten (2 Month Female). My resident cat (5 Month Female) was not fond of this little baby and would hiss and growl like crazy whenever she smelled her. Fast forward to now, resident cat still hisses and growls, but mainly only when the kitten gets close to her or when she approaches the kitten. Whenever we let the kitten out, the resident cat would refuse to let the kitten out of her sight and would often chase after her and sometimes even try to smack the kitten with her paw before quickly backing off a little. Then there are times where they seemed completely unbothered with each other.

I have attached a video of them looking relaxed around each other.

Could I please get any advice on how to navigate their current relationship?

We got a new kitten about two and a half weeks ago. We did everything right when it comes to introducing them and at first everything was fine and they got along (see picture). However, in the past week the kitten has become much more aggressive toward our older cat, stalking and attacking him constantly, basically being the only interaction they have together now, including biting. The older will chase him back and swat him at first, then runs away when the stalking and attacking doesn't stop. The older cat does have places to escape to. This has made our older cat anxious and he is vomiting every day. I have tried redirecting the kitten with toys but it only works temporarily, once he grows bored of the toy he goes right back to stalking and attacking the older cat. We have a hormone diffuser but it does not seem to have any affect.

The kitten is very social and sweet otherwise. I am an experienced cat owner and this is the first time I've encountered difficulties introducing two cats. My wife, who is not an experienced cat owner other than our older cat, is very upset and is threatening to rehome the kitten, which is causing tension in our marriage. We will be keeping the cats separated for now but it is very stressful; when we close the kitten in a different room he loudly meows constantly and it drives us crazy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I introduced a kitten (younger cat YC) to my resident cat (older cat OC) of 4 years last winter, they are both girls and are both spayed. It has been about a year now and I'm still unhappy with how YC treats OC. We did a classic slow introduction and it went smooth and YC loves OC but is constantly trying to dominate every aspect of OC's life, therefore the love is mostly one sided: OC tolerates YC. YC follows OC around everywhere and will try to steal everything it can from OC whether that be attention from me or my partner, toys, scraps of food found on the floor, etc. This cat is obsessed with everything my resident cat does and wants everything that OC shows interest in.

It also doesn't help that my OC tends to back down when YC wants to take something. YC will constantly body block OC and run in front of her everywhere around my 2br apartment. OC will hiss or slap sometimes but I think she gets tired since it is CONSTANT and she usually tends to just walk around YC when she blocks the older one or turn around. Some things have gotten better over time but I still have to watch and make sure that YC is not always blocking OC from food/water bowls and litter boxes.

We separate them when it is time for their daily wet food dinner and dry food is refilled once per day and stays out. We also alternate who gets to eat where each night for dinner so they can both feel ownership of the whole apartment, same goes for playtime. We have two litter boxes. Food and litter boxes are in different rooms so resources are spread out. YC shows light resource guarding with food and litter boxes and some days are better than others. I try to do what I can. I play with both cats a ton, separately unfortunately because YC will dominate playtime. I put them in separate rooms when OC needs a break. I do my best to discipline YC by redirecting when she tries to dominate OC but it's very hard when YC is so persistent.

YC shows signs of affection to OC like licking and smelling, tail up. I can tell she loves OC but she just doesn't understand to give her some space. The resource guarding is not as extreme as it can be with other cats but it bothers me that I give each cat everything they need and it's not enough for one of them. I know I could make small changes like a third litter box or a third water and food bowl but I just find it hard to believe that will fix this major behavioral pattern in any significant capacity. But please any advice is welcome and I will hear you out.

To summarize: My younger cat bullies my older cat and tries to dominate every aspect of her life. Older cat tolerates this behavior but it causes her stress I'm sure. It's exhausting for me to constantly deal with because I care deeply about my resident cats happiness. I can't deal with this forever and I keep wondering if I will have to re-home my younger cat if she can't learn to coexist healthily with my resident cat.

I have two cats from the same litter. A male and a female. The male is significantly larger than the female. Both are fixed. Both are 3 yo.

They cannot play without it turning into violence. If the female initiates play the male will very shortly escalate into attempting to bite her hard enough that she yells and we have to break them up. If the female doesn’t initiate play the male stalks her for hours at a time and repeatedly jumps on her and bites at her and just generally will NEVER leave her be if he has any energy. They’re perfectly amicable to each other whenever the male does not have energy. They will cuddle gladly when they’re both sleepy. So I don’t know what’s going on. They don’t hate each other in day to day life, the male just will not leave her alone whenever he has any energy.

When he is rough he tries to latch onto ears, legs, and the scruff between the shoulder blades. Hes not fighting like a proper cat fight, but he is behaving far too roughly in his “play” behavior.

We put the male in a bathroom with a water bowl for 15 or so minutes after each incident and he is usually not a problem for an hour or two after that.

Things I have tried:

Toys: the male has little interest in toys unless the female is trying to play with them- so she ends up not playing with anything to avoid him. Human driven toys have similar results.

Extra attention: any extra attention to either party worsens the situation noticeably.

Separating feeding stations: helps but only a bit compared to what it used to be.

Shunning the male: this is literally the only thing that even slightly works. For some reason if we ignore the male entirely he is less of a problem by a lot although still occasionally causes issues.

Our set up:

We have three litter boxes in different places around the house. We have four scratching posts as well. And we have two cat towers with ample space.

My request:

Does anyone have any strategies that I can employ so my cats can actually be amicable together? The problem is only getting worse as they age and I don’t want to have to get rid of the male but I also can’t keep waking up several times through the night to separate an ornery cat. And I can’t just lock him up at night as he will slam himself into the walls without end.

We’ve had our resident cat (f, 8yrs) for 6 years and she’s always been the only cat in the house. Shes skittish but curious. Recently brought home a rescue (f, 7 months). Kept them apart with the door closed for the first few days, resident accidentally saw the new cat a few days in (instantly ran away); and vet told us to just allow them to see each other through the screen, the door is closed at night and when we aren’t home.

Resident cat has progressed from initially hiding in her bed (only left for food and to use litter) for the first couple days, then began acting like her old self after 3-4 days with purring, cuddling, playing, crying for food all the time.

Resident had also progressed by peeking at the new cat and running away when the new cat saw her, now they’re at the point where they will stare and growl (resident only growls or hisses if new cat initiates growling, or jumps at the screen). This morning they growled for about 5 mins (I did try to distract both with treats which worked temporarily) and then once the new cat stopped growling, resident cat laid down and they just looked at each other until I closed the door so I could leave for work (picture is how they were after the growling stopped).

There is so much conflicting info on the internet, some say growling is okay and it’s just resident setting boundaries, others say to end the interactions when they growl. We have scent swapped, site swapped, and aren’t planning to have a (supervised and short term) fave to face meeting between the two until the growling stops between the screen. I guess I’m just looking for assurance that we didn’t mess up by letting them see each other too early lol.

I adopted a cat (a 3-month-old female) last July,she is 1 year and 8 months.When I first brought her home, she scratched the curtains, caused damage around the house, and so on. After a while, she settled in and stopped doing those things—she would just have occasional bursts of playfulness. Well, four months ago, some younger cousins ​​(aged 16 and 17) came to visit, and ever since then, my cat has been growling, biting, and scratching out of the blue. I have no idea what they might have done to her. I’ve also noticed that she gets terrified and runs away whenever I pick up a slipper—even though I have never hit her. She has become very aggressive and has remained that way ever since; she’ll suddenly attack me and growl while I’m just sitting quietly at my computer. Often, when I try to approach her, she runs off. If she stays put and I try to pet her, she might let me for a moment before biting or scratching me and running away—or she might attack me before I can even touch her. My father wants me to put her up for adoption, but she’s my only cat and I’ve become very attached to her and I love her dearly. If anyone has experienced something like this with their own cat, or if you can offer any help, please—I’m begging you.

I got a new 8 week old kitten like 3 weeks ago and i’ve done all the steps in their introduction. The little one is milo and the big one is nacho. Nacho didn’t rlly care about the kitten he comes from a shelter so im guessing he’s used to being around cats. when they’d “play” usually when milo would hiss or make sound nacho would back off. it’s always milo that starts by pouncing and immediately getting on his belly. nacho does not really care but he gets on him. but now milo seems to not enjoy it. at first i thought milo was just scared but nacho doesn’t rlly back off anymore. like i said i thought it was ok because milo is always the one to engage for some reason lol. Look at he video and lmk what yall think and what steps i should take to get them to be more friendly with eachother because I can just restart the whole process. i just thought it was ok since milo is the one always engaging

I live in a country where we hear phone alarms due to drones relatively often (Baltics) and my cat, who's quite skittish, runs to hide under the bed. Thankfully there has been no real danger yet, but if it happens, I won't be able to quickly remove him, risking injuries/death of us both. How do I train him to choose the carrier instead and help associate it with safety? It's not possible to remove the option of going under the bed, but any way to make it easier will be appreciated.

We got a new kitten (Percy) last week and we are doing all the proper steps to help him feel comfortable with our dogs. We have baby gates, feeding them at the same time near each other through the gate, trading smells, and letting him set the pace of his comfortability with the dogs. Percy goes up to the gate now without hissing or growling and consistently lays near the gate with the dogs being close with his belly up, eyes closed and seems completely unbothered. If he is in the same room as them he hisses and growls and seems to dislike them. The last 2 days Percy has gone up the the baby gate, seen the dogs and willingly entered the room. The dogs naturally show an interest and go up to him, he immediately starts to hiss and growl and act like he hates them. But he continues to do this, sometimes within like 5 minutes after being "rescued" from the room the dogs are in. Is this a good sign and should we continue to allow this to happen or is there an extra step we need to be taking so Percy isn't reacting immediately with hissing and growling.

I got a kitten 6 weeks ago, he was two months old when I got him, he came from a stray family and was sick and had coccidia, I nursed him to health, within 10 days he was better, he has a good routine now, I have a room for him which is his room his kitty proof space and when I am home I let him roam around, but for bed time I let him sleep in his room. He has everything he needs litter, cat scratcher, window, toys, food, clear water etc. Anyway as he is now getting older of maybe more toddler stage at 3 months I find he can play a bit rough, he loved attacking and biting my feet, which I don't love, but when he plays with my boyfriend, my boyfriend allows him to bite and scratch his hands while playing. Also some times I find he completely flips over his water bowl, and the water is seeping into the floor (and yes I have a silicon mat), do weighted bowls help? What can I do to make him stop biting me (I know he's a playful kitten) and I do play with him with the wand toy and other toys often at least twice a day. Yes other times he is so cute and cuddly and is making bread on me and purring. I am in the toddler trenches y'all, how do I sanely get through it? Its also my first pet, no kids, so yeah he's really tap dancing on my patience. Will it get better?

ANY TIPS ON GETTING MALE CAT (1.5 yr) TO STOP BEING AFFECTIONATE TOWARD DOG/PUSHING DOG’S BOUNDARIES? My male cat is still constantly trying to snuggle, rub on, groom, and generally be affectionate toward my dog who clearly shows she is uncomfortable. I remove him from her personal space when I am there to witness. She has repeatedly given him indications that she does not want him around, and I know he recognizes the indication because he runs away, but he always comes back and continues pushing her boundaries. She is very tolerant in general, but if he is not getting the warning when she is simply looking away or showing teeth, I am afraid she will feel the need to escalate. There are plenty of spaces in the home that the cat can get to and the dog cannot (partially for safety if he ever needs to run away), but I’ve yet to figure out a place the dog can get to that the cat could not. Any help is appreciated!

I (20f) have a senior cat (spayed since kitten) that I grew up with. I took her in from my mother’s house because she’s sick of the cat because she pees when she gets mad. I’ve been working with her for a few months, and she is definitely happier now in my car, but I’ve noticed if anything soft is on the floor, she pees on it. She also pees half the time she’s in my car. I’m almost positive it’s a behavioral issue, but I don’t know how to train her to stop. Any tips or advice??

I’ve had my cat Cheeto for a little over a year now, and I got her these scratching post/pads after she started scratching the couch. Once a gotten them she stopped but in the past few weeks she’s been hasn’t been using them and scratches the couch (a part of me feels she also does it to get my attention, because the second I get up from the couch as she’s scratches she runs away). Should I buy a new ones/is there something I’m missing?

Title: New cat keeps pouncing on my older resident cat: how do I move forward with introductions?
I adopted a 3 year old neutered male on October 10th, and I’m having trouble introducing him to my two resident cats, an older neutered male and an adult spayed female.
The new cat is very outgoing and settled into his base camp quickly. I’ve been doing treats on either side of the door and swapping spaces so they can get used to each other’s scents. My resident cats have been spending the night in his room while he explores the house, and they have the rest of the house during the day.
My female has handled him fairly well, with some hissing to establish space. My older male is having a much harder time. During the first week after October 10th, their first interaction happened accidentally when he slipped into the new cat’s room during treats. There was growling but no physical fighting. The new cat looked a little puffed up, but his ears weren’t pinned back.
Since then, things have been mixed. Sometimes the new cat will lie down near the residents and yawn, with no pinned ears or escalation despite some growling. Other times, there’s been low yowling and huffing from him and growling from my resident male.
A few days after that accidental meeting, the new cat slipped out of his base camp for the first time and pounced on my older boy. He did it again later during the introduction process, roughly within the following week. Fur was flying both times, but I separated them quickly and neither cat was hurt. These encounters have made me much more worried about how the introductions are going.
When my older cat has tried to disengage and go to a quiet space, the new cat has followed him and wouldn’t leave him alone. He has backed off when I intervened, but I’m concerned that he isn’t respecting my older cat’s attempts to get away.
After the accidental meeting and pouncing incidents, I began using more structured screen door sessions. By the current stage of the introduction, all three cats are able to eat breakfast and dinner on opposite sides of the screen door without hissing. That feels like a positive step, although the new cat still pounces toward the screen when my resident cat comes near if they linger or no treats are involved. Those movements sometimes look playful to me, but my resident cat hisses, swats, and runs away, so he clearly isn’t enjoying it. Given the incidents where fur was flying, I don’t want to assume this is just play.
I want all three to feel safe, especially my older boy, and I don’t want him feeling chased in his own home.
Has anyone dealt with something similar? Would you restart with closed door introductions after these incidents? What signs would you look for before trying closer interactions again, and how do you help a confident new cat stop pursuing a resident cat who wants space? I have also considered using a harness when we eventually begin same room introductions with the new cat to help prevent chasing, since he is comfortable wearing one and moves normally while wearing it. I also have spoke to my vet and got liquid gabapentin to take the edge off when introducing them.

Hi all,

After a sleepless night of worry about my cats, I figured I'd post here and see what people can advise.

I have a 10 month old male cat and a 1yo female cat. The male cat is a barn cat and quite big for his age and our girl is a rescue, half bengal and very small (7lbs - but very healthy according to the vet!) Both are spayed/neutered.

Female cat is on prozac for inappropriate elimination/general stress (she's VERY jumpy with noise).

Male cat has been on gabapentin - it didn't seem to make much of a difference for him.

We have 4 litterboxes spread through the house.

We feed 2 wet food meals a day, and kibble in bowls when we are out of the house for work. Multiple bowls of kibble.

Since the beginning of getting the two of them (around the same time in February - wasn't ideal but had to be done to keep the boy from being left to the elements) the boy has wanted to rough and tumble play with our girl. She is a very timid cat and doesn't seem to be used to dealing with other animals in general. This has eventually, become a problem as he has become significantly bigger than her and she doesn't want to play.

I'm much better at point form writing things out, so I'll outline the behaviour my partner and I have seen.

1. Male cat will be chirping and hyper
   1. If we play with him vigorously it still doesn't stop him from tracking her as soon as we stop, even if he is tired
   2. He will get very possessive of fishing rod toys and try to drag them under our bed huffing and puffing and refusing to let go
2. Female cat will just be existing - Male cat will be locked on to tracking her, she isn't usually aware he is coming
   1. He also will run to litterboxes if he hears her digging in them, which scares her out of them.
   2. He sometimes jumps on her if she's drinking from one of our 2 fountains (maybe get a third?)
3. He will launch himself at her, latching on to her scruff. He will then take her to the ground and attempt to wrestle with her.
   1. She is very vocal and will yowl very loud
   2. When we check her afterwards there is no blood or fur missing
   3. She will usually take herself to higher ground.
4. They do play together - sometimes
   1. Her way of playing with him is running up to him, bapping him and then running away, they usually don't have the same interaction as above when they are playing.
   2. They play with toys together until the boy gets possessive
5. When we aren't home - they don't fight.
   1. I have a camera set up, they just take themselves to their usual sleeping spots and there is no issue.
6. Boy seems to get jealous when girl cat gets any attention, especially from me. He is less fussed about my partner giving her attention.

Really what I'm looking for here is any advise we can take to stop him from doing this to her. He especially does it when we are going to bed (I think maybe attention seeking?? Wants to play??), which hasn't been great for my sleeping in specific because I worry - A LOT. We've tried blocking him away from her but he gets incredibly anxious being separated from any of us and hates a shut door.

Just looking for advise here and maybe ways to discourage this behaviour!

Thank you :)