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Originally Posted by jager Thank you all for making me feel a little at ease. I really hope Jager (cat) adjusts to her. Since my last post about his swatting at her, he doesn't;t seem to be getting any better. Last night Lady was playing in her little area and Jager went right up to the babygate and hissed at her. I feel so bad cause she didn;t even do anything wrong, I have kept her separated from him, Jager has the whole run of the apt. and she just has the kitchen area and hes still not happy.
Though Lady is well protected in her crate, I just hope Jager doesn't keep going up to her and hissing. Already my boyfriend has mentioned that it this keeps up Lady is going to have to be the one to go, since Jager has been there first (which I do agree) I just hope the two can learn to work it out so no one has to go. If anyone has anymore tips for please I'd appreciate it. I'm so upset about this. |
The first part of your paragraph: "Jager has the whole run of the apartment".... NOPE he doesn't have run of the kitchen anymore
Your second paragraph: "she is in her crate while you are at work": I bet Jager was happy as can be about that!
Deb is right: within a few weeks or so, they will be fine together. And realize, Lady has no idea how small that crate is, until you do what I did to Chloe at 8 months ( I started leaving her out of the crate at night-BIG mistake on my part, now it seems to small to her. But if I remember Chloe 5 months ago, the ONLY time I took her out of her crate was when she was sitting on my lap, or playing with me on the floor or outside. They sleep so much, and I also think they feel more secure in the crate when they are little, and while she is sleeping in her crate Jager can be having the whole apartment if she is sleeping in her carte and Jager will be happy to have his kitchen back!
(I'd just be sure Jager could get to all sides of her crate where you place it, I watched Mango and the more he got to circle and smell her, the quicker the adjustment went. I might mention to, whenever Mango was sneekign around her, he made sure I wasn't around and thought I wasn't watching. Also I remember when my daughter went through this, her cat hid for months. I think Jager is past that point (which is good for both of them)
And as Deb said, she won't mind the hissing. Let's just hope Lady doesn't learn to hiss!!
