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Surprisingly Aggressive Behavior by Older Kitten Towards New Kitten
We currently have a 6 month old ragdoll cat (Hummy - male) who's been
with us for 3 months now. On Monday we brought back home a 3 month old ragdoll cat (Normy - male) that we purchased from the same breeder. We were expecting for things to go fairly smoothly given that: *Hummy is only 6 months old *has only been in with us for only 3 months *was raised by a breeder who had 20 other cats (and he got along well with the other cats) *both cats are neutered *both cats are from the same breeder *Hummy has always been very non-aggressive and very social with people But we are astonished to see the degree of hostility that Hummy has towards Normy. On day 1 even though we made sure to pay a lot of attention to Hummy and not try anything to get him jealous, he hissed and growled all day after seeing Normy for the first time, and hissed at us when he would smell Normy's scent on our hands. He would even growl while eating, even while playing with us with toys! Normy isn't showing any aggressive behavior at all. It actually doesn't appear that he knows that the other cat is angry at him. On day 2 Hummy is a little better, but still aggressive. He only growls and hisses whenever he sees Normy (on day 1 he growled all day long). He also no longer hisses if he smells Normy on our hands. But he still gets very upset and hisses and appears aggressive whenever he sees Normy. Up to now we've been keeping both cats in separate rooms, both using separate litter boxes and food/water dishes. The older cat has access to the whole house, and the younger one has access to only 1 room at a time. There's been a couple of occasions when both cats have been in the same room at the same time (either Normy escaping the room or Hummy getting into the room) and at 1 occasion Hummy striked Normy's back with his paw - although he did not use his claws. Anyways, my question is whether its normal for such a young cat to be so upset towards a new cat, and how long in general does it take before both cats can live with one another. Although Hummy is only 6 months old, he looks almost like an adult cat, while Normy looks very much like a small kitten. I would guess that Hummy is probably close to 10 lbs. So I'm not sure if he's simply being a bully given that the other cat is much smaller than him. |
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