What is the best way to separate my two cats from each other?
clint2121 asked:
We have a cat that is about a year old and just got a kitten that is 12-13 weeks old. The issue we are having is that the kitten seems to have attached itself to our other cat. Everywhere our older cat goes, the kitten is right on his heels. We have to hold are kitten just for the older cat to use the restroom. When we separate the two cats, the kitten just whines and whines and whines. If she can’t see the older cat she continues to whine. Please help with suggestions and ideas. Will this behavior soon stop? We are worried that the kitten will get into a bad habit and not be independent.
We have a cat that is about a year old and just got a kitten that is 12-13 weeks old. The issue we are having is that the kitten seems to have attached itself to our other cat. Everywhere our older cat goes, the kitten is right on his heels. We have to hold are kitten just for the older cat to use the restroom. When we separate the two cats, the kitten just whines and whines and whines. If she can’t see the older cat she continues to whine. Please help with suggestions and ideas. Will this behavior soon stop? We are worried that the kitten will get into a bad habit and not be independent.
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:10 am
We had a similar problem with cats the same ages. We asked the vet and they said we shouldn’t separate them and that they will assume a natural order sonn enough. It worked out very well. Both cats get along wonderfully and each is independent. Good luck!
April 17th, 2009 at 6:10 am
well try keeping them away more and more each day slowly one day don’t let the cat see the other cat ( please put up with the whining )
April 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
the kitten need parent figure!!!!!!!!!!!! its ok that it is attached! its like a basic need of life! Let the kitten have a parent!!!!!! Do not deny this little kitten of his basic instict for parental love and warmth!!
April 17th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
the new kitten probablly just misses her family and so she is doing with your older cat what she did with her mom…..if they aren’t hurting eachother let them be…..as the kitten gets older she will gain her own independance and they will be good friends…..
April 19th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Take one of the cats to your neighbors house and ask them to watch it for a couple of weeks.
April 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am
I don’t think they need to be separated unless the older cat is just reallllly irritated by it. I got a kitten who followed my oldest cat around constantly. They even curled up to sleep together. My older cat actually liked having the company and even groomed the new kitten. Now that the kitten’s grown, he’s not clingy and is quite independant, but they’re still best of friends and will still groom each other every now and then. They’re both males and some people find this behavior strange, but it’s comfortable to them. Because they have that bond with each other, I don’t feel as bad when I’m away from the house for long periods of time.
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
That behavior is very very normal for kittens who NEED an older cat to show them how to be a cat. Don’t stop the kitten from following nd bonding with the older cat. As the kitten matures, the habit will gradually disappear. In the meantime, let Mother Nature” takes its course and do its work! When we adopted a stray 2 month old male kitten, he also shadowed our older cat and copied everything he did. It was cute. The older cat actually taught the younger one how to sleep, where to sleep, where NOT to go, how to poop and pee and where to poop and pee, how to defend itself, which things to avoid, etc etc. You should count yourself fortunate that the kitten has taken on to the older one soand the older cat tolerates it. If your older cat has good manners and good habits, you’ll be assured that the kitten will grow up to have good manners and good habits - all from learning from the older one.