I have a little kitten (14 weeks old, female) and I thought that it would be better if she still had someone to play and cuddle with, especially when I'm at work. That's why I brought in a new kitten (9 weeks, male).
Unfortunately, they don't understand each other until now, at first they just growled and hissed when they saw each other. However, it is now so that the older always chases the little one and jumps on him and then they are fighting. The little one howls sometimes during the fight. I'm so sorry that she always goes for him, unfortunately I don't know what to do there. The problem is also at night, she always sleeps with me in bed and the little one also wants to go to bed with me, but she doesn't seem to like that at all and she attacks him again.
What is strange again, however, when I'm sitting at the laptop because of home office, both come to my lap and sleep next to each other without any problems. But as soon as they are awake again, the whole thing starts all over again.
the little one has been with us for almost 4 days. Can someone help me there, what I can do that they understand each other.
As long as they don't actually injure themselves, that's pretty normal. Playing always looks very rough to people. But in principle I would not classify this as a concern if the hunted does not show permanent stress.
Everything OK with you:-)
This is normal behavior for small cats. Small cats are always fighting. It can sometimes be rough and sometimes squeal. Besides, the new cat has only been there for four days.
Please do not intervene, the two take care of that alone. And as you can see, they are already sleeping together with you.
They are small children. It's like human children:-)
Much fun yet
Unfortunately, I can't really say anything about it now. So now that sounds normal to me. The pissing at the beginning is quite normal. If they seriously injure themselves, it's different.
Exactly, the cats don't argue or fight (that would look completely different!), They play. : -)
I often have orphans at home to raise. It also happens that I have cats from two litters that are of different ages. Similar to yours.
I always make my gut decisions. If I see that one of the younger animals is being annoyed / attacked by an older animal and is visibly suffering from it (hiding, showing clear fear), then I step in between and separate the two. The fact that the two of them then lie on your lap when working from home is of course a good sign. But that doesn't mean that the little one is afraid of the big one in some situations.
Howling and growling or meowing are normal in the game. It gets serious when you see that the defeated cat is running away, trying to hide, under the couch, under the bed or anywhere else. Then she is really scared and you can step in and distract the other animal (e.g. By playing) or carry it away.
It can take a while for two animals from different litters to approach each other. The older animal has to get used to the fact that there's still a kitten at home that will also get attention from people.
Sounds normal at first and as long as she doesn't seriously injure herself or one of the two pulls away, it's not a problem.
However, I wonder why you took the cat (s) so young… The first one seems to be a bit with you and the second is clearly too young at 9 weeks. Cats should stay with mother and siblings until they are 12 weeks old and should not be separated before that…
How can you tell whether it's fighting or playing?
You can distinguish this immediately and without a doubt, even without any knowledge. Check out the weapons used by cats: after all, the deadly weapons of a predator! When cats really fight, tatters fly (some village dog knows how to howl!), Then blood flows and the defeated victim dies in the process if he can't escape - because cats live on it.
It is also very impressive when you experience the fighting rituals for the "wedding" of cats for the first time. And there's not even killing, but the opposite is fabricated! But viewers learn very quickly not to mess with angry cats! ; -)
I will never forget when we moved to the country with our two cats and the neighbor's farm dog ran up to us in a good mood to explore. Well, cats are distinct territorial animals. Our adult cat shot like a black lightning bolt at the neighbor dog and covered him with a thundercloud of insanely quick scratchy slaps without a friendly sniff of greeting! The frightened dog (they later became quite respectful neighbors) had clear scratches in the muzzle - the dominance was thus distributed for the time being.
And that's what your cute cats are all about. Yes - yes, they "understand" each other very well in their language and just playfully push each other's limits. However, I would have the utmost respect for a really angry cat!
You will notice something wonderful with your two cuties - they do not take offense and do not hold anything against each other. Because that would be very human bad habits. : -)
