have 2 cats, both female, 6 months and 9+ months. have had them together for 3 months total now, and theyre tolerant of each other and have been this whole time, but they still wont play together. its very frustrating because they both are a lot of work (in terms of playtime) and so i have to play w/ both of them separately, so it actually doubles my playtime. i got a second cat so they would play together, so that i wouldnt have to spend so much of my day with them and they would have each other, yet they just really avoid each other. also, the older one is not only bigger by age, but is also a bigger breed, so there is a size difference between them. so when they do play, its usually the older one kinda smackin around the younger one, so the younger one just usually ends up running away, which probably doesn't help them in becoming better friends lol. anyways, lookin for tips on how to get them playing with each other so they arent so dependent on me. thanks.
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maybe instead of having any of them sleep with you have a designated spot for both of them to sleep...so they won't be dependent on you. put them with a cat bed or someing ina certain room with their cat box, food, water, toys,ect and close your door! have them sleep together :)
i have 3 cats, 2 male and 1 female, both males chase the female. and both males fight, alot sometimes. but, they are just playing. i would suggest to leave the cats alone, and dont play with them, alot. maybe they are dependent on you too much to play with. i dont play with my cats all the time, and they play together. yes they fight, but they are having fun. females usually like to stay alone anyway. my female is always off by herself. get a male, maybe that will help also. best of luck!
This is a really interesting question. Sometimes cats don't like each other they just tolerate each other. Its nothing you can really control. It is unusual that cats that are introduced as kittens don't play together especially since kittens are extremely active. Which cat came first? The older one or the younger one? I tried introducing an older cat to my 9 week old kitten and it was disastrous. I had to give the older cat away as i didn't have time to introduce them properly cos i work during the day. I am really interested in this question as i would like to try get my kitten a playmate but want to know if i should rather try introducing a younger kitten to him. So would really like to know which cat of yours came first?
I sort of had the same situation. My male Persian cat was over two years and I bought him a female Persian-Himalayan female kitten (she was three months old.) It was hard, but manageable.
The female was very playful while my male was very cautious and shy. After a few months, like four or so, they got over the tension. And now, two years later, they have two beautiful kittens which I am also keeping.
Don't worry. They'll play together soon. Hope this helps.
Cats are very independent creatures. And they do what they want not what you want. I believe you need to leave them alone and let them do what they want when they want. It will take time but I am sure they will become friends . They need to learn about each other . I have 2 older male cats one 7 and one 16 and I got a new female kitten last fall. They all stayed far from each other and just observed, for a long time. Then the 7 year old starting coming around and we couldn't believe this but he took on the mother role and started to clean this kitten and sleep with her and taught her to play! It is something to watch. Then just this past spring the older male started doing the same thing he cleans on her and they all sleep together, and play . But it took each older cat there on time to get used to the new cat. But they all did. So please be patient and let them do there thing. And they may never want to do all things together but that is OK too I said the little female kitten won the males over and now has them wrapped around her little paws!! And all cats have different personality's so let them find there's. That is the fun of cats!! Good Luck!
cat's always have to establish a pecking order ... which ideally should go you-oldest cat- youngest cat. do you feed them together? try playing with something they both like.. ie food! if you start by showing them that play together = food and play apart = no food but cuddles, they might start learning to play together
your older cat if not fixes yet problem thinks she is her mom, so there is not much play with them but more be told what is what. I just got a kitten two weeks ago, i also have a year and 1/2 old they play so well i get no play time with them sometimes. the older one is fixes it is female and the 4 mouth one will be fixes when he is old enough. so just play with them together if you can, but don't get up set if it doesn't happen. they do care for each other.
When i moved out to the country, i had 2 cats and my stepmother had 2 cats and when we put them together they got in a fight. My cats didn't even go near my step-mothers cats but after a year they started to tolerate each other.
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