Any suggestions on bringing a kitten into a house with an older cat.

[efhmc]

We have tried all the tricks suggested on line. Older cat continues to growl if the kitten gets within five feet and will swat at it if the baby gets too close.

[2naSalit]

1. How long has that been gping on?

It takes time for the older cat to accept the presence of the kitten, depends on the older cat. If you let them gradually encounter each other, they will eventually come to some kind of truce and sometimes as friends.

[efhmc]

3. The older cat seems to just want to be away from the baby.

Her companion cat died and we were hoping for a new "friend".

[efhmc]

6. Going on the second week.

[Phoenix61]

2. They'll adjust. The older is is just making sure

the little one understands who’s in charge. Worst case scenario the little one gets pinned and learns to leave the older one alone. You may be surprised. My 15 year old kitty became best friend’s with a 6 month old rescue I brought home. First friend he ever had.

[efhmc]

4. How long do you think this might take?

[Phoenix61]

5. Mine settled down in about a week.

Have you tried giving them treats when they are near each other?

[efhmc]

12. Did that this morning.

[Phoenix61]

13. How did it go? nt

[efhmc]

14. She looking and growling. Baby happy and bouncy.

[randr]

7. We introduced a new kitten to our teenaged neutered male a while back

Our older fella limps around with a past injury to a rear leg so he was not pleased. The kitten persisted and now after a year they are constant companions. Best thing that happened to the old tom.

[dragonlady]

11. We had a similar situation

We found a 2-week-old kitten who had been abandoned by her mother. While she was being bottle fed, we kept her in one of the bathrooms and away from the older cat. He could smell and hear her and was of course curious. After a few weeks we brought her into the living room in a carrier and let him see her. After a few of those meetings we tried letting her out with him and they were friends forever.

[ailsagirl]

16. Perfect!

[randr]

17. My new cat, who I call Itty being what started out as a small manx

loved to run up behind his elder, named Butters, and easily knock him over due to his bad rear leg/hip issue. Butters would then grab Itty, knock him down, pounce on him, and gnaw at his neck. Playfully. Itty has grown, weighs more, is quite a bit stronger & nimble, yet still respects Butters' as alpha cat in a very loving manner.

[Peregrine Took]

8. Don't make a fuss over the kitten. Give treats to the older one. Lots of love and cooing.

Then he or she won't be so jealous.

[Bayard]

9. You might try giving the senior some Rescue Remedy

Its has a natural calming effect. Available online, or herbal stores. Maybe make him more tolerant of the young'un. I never had much luck with the Feliway products, but that may be worth a shot too.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Good idea, my vet suggested giving Rescue Remedy to a kitty I brought in from outdoors

I put a few drops in the water dish:

https://www.thesprucepets.com/natural-cat-stress-remedies-555543#:~:text=When%20it%20comes%20to%20calming%20drops%2C%20Bach%20Rescue%20Remedy%20is,anxious%20animals%20of%20any%20kind.

[Grasswire2]

10. try Feliway. nt

[ailsagirl]

15. I use feliway on my cats regularly

It does help, though it doesn't erase the hostility

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

24. I tried a Feliway vaporizer in my house. Had to stop using it.

I found myself calmly watching Fox News, smiling and nodding at Hannity.

I thought the side-effects were just too dangerous. Any more, and I'd start appreciating Trump's empathy.

[ailsagirl]

25. hee hee

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I use a Feliway diffuser, brought in a kitten that I found outdoors and there are older cats here

https://www.feliway.com/us

[LisaL]

18. This doesn't sound too bad.

As long as it's not attacking the baby cat. I don't have suggestions. When I brought the second younger cat home, older cat growled but only for couple days. Then they just worked it out between themselves. I didn't do any kind of tricks to get them to get along.

[3catwoman3]

19. Get a second kitten. They will entertain...

...each other and the senior can watch until he/she wants to be part of things.

[Dem2theMax]

20. I love this solution! Get more kitties!

[3catwoman3]

21. The only thing more fun than a kitten...

...is 2 kittens!

[Dem2theMax]

22. I totally agree! More kitties means more love!

😸😻

[in2herbs]

23. We started running our night vision camera in the house to see what our 2 cats do while we're

sleeping as we also have 2 large dogs they're weary about. During the day while we're up and around it's hissing at the dogs. At night, however, they come downstairs where the dogs are able to roam and act like best buds. Just saying: maybe they're looking for attention?