Hi All
I'm looking for some advice on our situation. We have three 4 year old cats, two torties and a black male from the same litter. One of the torties is a lot smaller and is more quiet/shy/independant. They all get along very well, and chase/play/eat/sleep together.
We recently found a 10 week old kitten under the bush in our yard and haven't been able to find the owners after 5 weeks, no microchip, no response to posters, no one called local vets asking about him. We have decided to keep the kitten and he has been living in our bathroom since we found him.
Two of our cats have responded well to scent swapping and face to face meetings and both are very interested in sniffing through the bathroom door and lick/nuzzle him when we have tried face to face meetings. The smaller/shier girl however has no interest in meeting the kitten and simply removes herself from the situation when he is around and isn't interested in meeting him. If we bring the kitten to her, she slow blinks at him but eventually slinks away and goes elsewhere. I think if he blinked back i would make a difference but he doesn't seem to understand that part of being a cat.
If it were just the two existing cats, we would be happy to let the kitten roam free with them by now, as they would hiss/growl if he got too annoying and hopefully he would learn boundaries. We are reluctant to let him loose whilst our smaller cat is still so reluctant/scared.
Can anyone suggest anything we could try to help her?
We have Felliway friends plugged in to try and help
Thanks!
I'm looking for some advice on our situation. We have three 4 year old cats, two torties and a black male from the same litter. One of the torties is a lot smaller and is more quiet/shy/independant. They all get along very well, and chase/play/eat/sleep together.
We recently found a 10 week old kitten under the bush in our yard and haven't been able to find the owners after 5 weeks, no microchip, no response to posters, no one called local vets asking about him. We have decided to keep the kitten and he has been living in our bathroom since we found him.
Two of our cats have responded well to scent swapping and face to face meetings and both are very interested in sniffing through the bathroom door and lick/nuzzle him when we have tried face to face meetings. The smaller/shier girl however has no interest in meeting the kitten and simply removes herself from the situation when he is around and isn't interested in meeting him. If we bring the kitten to her, she slow blinks at him but eventually slinks away and goes elsewhere. I think if he blinked back i would make a difference but he doesn't seem to understand that part of being a cat.
If it were just the two existing cats, we would be happy to let the kitten roam free with them by now, as they would hiss/growl if he got too annoying and hopefully he would learn boundaries. We are reluctant to let him loose whilst our smaller cat is still so reluctant/scared.
Can anyone suggest anything we could try to help her?
We have Felliway friends plugged in to try and help
Thanks!