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Sam asked in PetsCats · 11 months ago

New kitten?

So I already have a 6 month kitten, and have had to take in 6 week old kitten due to the mother passing away. We have had her a week now and the first few days the older kitten would hiss and spit at her so it wasn't looking good. Now though, they seem to play fight alot with the younger kitten always running back for more. The strange thing I have noticed is when the older kitten pins the new one down, she grooms her all over. I'm just curious why she has gone from hissing last week to now grooming her? And also the play fighting sometimes gets a bit rough so I stop it but they both seem happy enough 

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  • Anonymous
    11 months ago

    That's pretty normal. The older kitten felt her territory being invaded, and acted on instinct to assert her dominance. It can sometimes take a few weeks for a newly introduced animal to be accepted.

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