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My cat is mad at me! I got a new kitty and my other cat

Posted: Aug 23, 2010

is pretty peeved. She's not real happy with the new kitty and won't let the kitty get near here. She growls and hisses at the sight of the new kitty. Today when I was holding the kitty, my cat jumped up on my desk and made her little growling noises and hissing. So the kitty jumped down and went into the other room. When I reached out to pet my cat to let her know it was okay, she growled at me! She's never done that ever!

So what do I do to make her like me again and to stop being so hateful to the kitty?

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Cat - medtyper

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Give them time, they will work it out. My 10-year-old female hissed and growled at my new kitten 2 years ago and in 3 days they were sleeping together. Basically she is teaching the new kitten she is the boss of the house and establishing the ground rules, once the kitten accepts the way things are all will be happy again.

it takes time - a few suggestions

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Cats take a while to acclimate to each other. First, I would isolate the new kitty in a separate room for at least several hours. I usually do it for a full day. Then when I let the cats mingle, I keep their food and water separate so they don't start fighting over it. I also make sure I'm home to supervise them for at least a day or two, and spend alone time in a room with the oldest cat so she doesn't think she has been replaced with the new kitty.

Another thing you can try is Feliway, although it's expensive. I used the vaporizers you plug into outlets and it actually helped, but one vaporizer only works in one small room.

Your cat still likes you! She's just stressed and doesn't know what to make of the other cat. I've had adjustment take a couple days, but usually it's a good week or so before they start to get comfortable.

Is new kitty a kitten? - Happy MT Robin

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If so, then you have a much easier road ahead of you. Like the other posters have said, cats are very territorial and will hiss and spit at each other for several days. Usually only 2 to 3 if it's a kitten being introduced to an adult cat.

One thing to mention is, if you let the first cat outside, keep her inside for several weeks until she adjusts to the new cat. I had a friend who brought home a new kitten and one of her two older cats took off never to be seen again.

If the new kitty is an older cat and not necessarily a kitten, you have a longer period of adjustment. I have integrated both kittens and older cats into my household. The older cats take a lot longer for the hissing to die down and they never really learn to like each other, they just learn to stay out of each other's way.

Even with kittens, sometimes an older cat just never really will take a shine to it. It just depends on the cat. They learn to adapt, though, and your older kitty will be back to liking you again in a couple of days.

Yes, the new kitty is a kitten. Thanks to everyone for the advice. - LoriMT

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My older cat, Sofie, has been the only pet in the house and then a year ago, we got a dog which she absolutely despises, but tolerates. Now with the new kitty, I think Sofie has just about had it with sharing her space.

I'll make sure to spend alone time with Sofie, maybe that will help.

keep them seperated and rub the kittens face with a cloth, then rub it on the cats's face a few - mtstudent

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How old is Miss Growl and Hiss and how long - have you had her?

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Of prime concern to the original kitty is her source of food and water, her favorite sleeping spots and her status as alpha pet with you. She will begin to loosen up a bit once she realizes her routine is still intact. This will take a couple of days, assuming you do not deviate from her normal feeding times or let new kitty take over her favorite places in the house.

If she continues to growl at you or the kitten, you need to let her know this is not acceptable. Use a consistent signal to express this to her. I have had a multiple cat household for more than 40 years. What I do is raise my voice a little, use a stern tone, look her straight in the face and tell her, No, No. Bad so-and-so (use her name). Get down/go away! while pointing my finger away from the area where she is growling and firmly stomping my foot once. Always follow through with this command until you get the desire result, even if it is only to see her go somewhere else in the house away from you and continue to growl. Use the same pitch and tone of voice each time. It does not take them long to get the message. Even alpha kitties do not like to get in trouble with their people.

When disciplining her for growling and hissing at the new baby, do the same thing, but instead of telling her to get down or go away, tell her, leave poor so-and-so kitty (her name) alone! You could also try growling and hissing back at her, pointing your finger and issuing the command. Spraying water from a bottle is an effective discipline, but I usually use that to keep them off of places I do not want them to use. I think the consistent voice command would be more effective in this instance.

Other suggestions would be to buy two new catnip toys (one for each) to help distract from the tension or a new feather toy that you use with BOTH of them together, as well as each of them separately. When they are being good, ALWAYS talk to them A LOT, heap praises on them, tell them how beautiful and what good kitties they are. They respond well to baby talk and repetitive rhythmic nonsense phrases as well.

New kitty will need a little help figuring out how to be number two while getting the reassurance she needs that she has found a home and she is every bit as loved as alpha kitty. She should have at least one special spot of her choosing (a pillow, blanket, box, closet, etc) that you enforce for her as her SAFE spot by preventing alpha kitty from dominating it. Keep that water bottle handy. Also, spend plenty of quality time with each of them separately, petting, scratching, tickling, etc., trying to get them to purr. However, I think separating them in the house for long periods of time only prolongs the inevitable.

The age thing is a factor. BTW, are they both female?

catnip - sereneone

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Be careful about giving catnip to a cat that has never had it before, ESPECIALLY when there are already territorial issues. We had a huge male tom once that was the sweetest, most laid back, loving cat you ever saw UNTIL you gave him catnip, then he turned into Mr. Hyde and would go after his sons (female already preggers before we realized they were old enough to neuter/spay, we ended up keeping the 4 kittens and made sure there wouldn't be any more). I've never had a cat react this way to catnip but if one can others can so be careful when first giving a cat some catnip.

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