I’ve recently got a 3 month old cream British Shorthair and also have a 11 month old British Blue Shorthair (house cats and both males)

Charlie the British Blue is really friendly and playful but has really not taken to the kitten. Its now the 4th day and he’s still chasing the kitten around the house and trying to pin him down and looks to be nipping him softly I think.

The kitten of course retaliates and which causes Charlie to try harder to get him. Sometime pooing himself all over him and Charlie (nice)

We of course only introduce them to each over ever 1 hour giving a break between the two and separate at night.

We have also rubbed Gizmo’s (cream shorthair) sent around the house. Ive also heard rubbing food on the kittens head helps bonding as the older cat licks it of “without eating him of course.”

I’m just concerned about Charlie and hope this will not affect his lovely nature as he is defiantly loves to be around you where ever you go.

Is it to soon to tell if they will get on and am I worrying to much about Charlie?

Any advice would be helpful.

ps I’ve attached two pictures so you can see what they look like.

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I hope to get another cat next month to join a 5 year old Siamese but I must admit I would have never get another male. I am sure they will eventually bond but it is far easier with male and female. The last time we had two males was when one came as a stray and while they got on most of the time, every now and again they would be like balls of fur rolling over and over fighting and white hair all over the ground outside.

The last time we introduced a kitten to an older cat, the kitten wanted to play and the older cat, a female wanted nothing to do with the little upstart. Once she actually put her claws into him resulting in a one inch wide deep wound. It takes time, the kitten came in October and it was only at Christmas that the older cat would try and climb into the same cradle to sleep with him.

Patience is required, lots of it. Gorgeous kitten though.

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a cat soiling itself is NOT normal. I can imagine the stress levels are at their max! A scuffle is normal, but a kitten getting so scared he poos is not! Pooing is a big sign things are not right in the home, so lets see what we can do to sort it.

Time for back to basics. An introduction should take days and weeks not hours.

This is what i would do...

1 - isolate gizmo in his own room. Let that be his place alone for now, it needs to have all his essentials in there. Under no circumstances allow charlie in this room until all introductions have finished.

2 - get some feliway and some rescue remedy to treat both cats.

3 - leave the cats seperate for at least 3 days to try and reduce the stress. Spend plenty of time with each cat.

4 - after 3 days start swapping bedding around and let them scent the other cat

5- bring gizmo downstairs in a cat carrier. If charlie bolts from the room, hisses or growls then take charlie upstairs again... repeat until charlie no longer reacts. Best to do this at dinner time (give charlie something extra tasty like slightly warmed tuna)

6- once charlie is happily eating in the same room and showing no signs of agression then allow gizmo out of the carrier. Initially for 5mins a day and building up to a couple of hours. Never leave them unsupervised. again meal times are a good time, the cats are hungry and hopefully more focussed on their dinner than each other.

7- once they are happily spending a couple of hours together, then introduce toys and see if they initiate play. so long as there is still no agression keep this up for a couple of days - increasing the time together.

8 - Finally you should be able to open gizmo's door and let him roam... however make sure you keep them fully supervised whenever they are together.

9 - hopefully by now you should be 100% confident in them both, and should be free to leave them to it.

I realise this is probably long winded, but its a tried and tested technique and works with more antisocial cats. However you should bear in mind that they may never be buddies, they may just tolerate each other at best. Some cats really are made to be singletons.

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its does seem playful fighting from charlies side but I am thinking its because charlie is still a kitten himself really. “and a big one at that”

I think if we got a girl kitten at this strange it would just be the same issue of course when there a little older they might get on a little better than two males.

The British shorthairs are usually known for there good temperament so I am hoping charlie will calm down and stop treating gizmo like a new toy

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hi billyboysmammy,

thanks for the advice

we do think he had a poo because he was a little lose so might be why it just popped out.

Charlie hasn’t meowed, hissed or made any signs of hate towards the kitten besides playing pounce on the poor thing.

they do come and sniff each other and stuff and it only seems to start kicking of when the kitten plays and runs about the place?

we have separate rooms we have kept them in.

so do you think he is just being to heavy handed when playing?

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