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Big cat vs new kitten.HELP

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Question
my un-neutered cat(2 years) keeps meowing and attacking our new kitten.the kitten defends himself by hissing mostly and waving his up[laws around..but we only have them for one night.. and today...will they get along.the kitten sleeps in another room..but the big cat is obsessed with it..when the kitten is not around the big cat keeps looking for it and meowing all day..but sometime he attacks the little one.what should we do..also the big cat is not eating..i gave him a lilt mushy sausage today..but he is so obsessed with the other cat he ignores his food..and he usually is always eating..him scared for my big cat and don't want to give the liilte cat away..because our big cat hates attention and is men./.the new kitten loves attention,licking,playing,snuggling

Answer
Kelly,

There are a couple of reasons that your male keeps attacking your kitten - first because it's not uncommon for intact male cats to try and kill offspring that aren't theirs. Your best solution is to keep the kitten separated from the older cat and have the older cat neutered - you should be able to reintroduce them in a month or so once the older cat's testosterone levels have dropped some. Also when you bring a new cat/kitten into a household with an older cat or a kitten already in residence you can't just stick them together - cats are very territorial by nature and they need to be introduced slowly over the course of 2-3 weeks starting from behind either side of a closed door. For more information on proper new cat/kitten introductions please check out my previous answers on this subject. If you have any further cat related questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me again - I'm more than happy to help in any way that I can.

Kind regards,

Ali