We introd new cat too fast and twice old cat has attacked new cat -- they are separated but any advice?

The cats met after 2 days and the old cat attacked. We separated them and did food on either sides of the door and exchanging bedding. We tried again 9 days after arrival and old cat attached again. New cat is hiding under the bed in her closed off room.





How do we rectify what was probably a too quick intro?We introd new cat too fast and twice old cat has attacked new cat -- they are separated but any advice?
Cats - for some reason - are not as socialized as dogs. It took our two cats over 1 year to get used to one another. It just takes time.





They will figure it out. Separate them if they fight, but they will need to figure it out. Cats don't ususally fight to the death, they have their tiff and then go on.





Our one girl cat wouldn't even let the boy cat be in the same room as her for 1 year. After awhile, she just gave up (I guess she finally realized that the other cat wasn't going anywhere!)





At some point, the new cat will fight back and balance will be re-established.





We put them in the same basement to sleep and the boy would come up in the morning with one eye closed. We would say ';oops, guess she got you, called him one-eyed willy for a day'; and then one morning she was the one that came up with one eye closed. (never were they so injured or maimed that they required medical care!!) After that, they were fine and I would say ';tolerated'; one another. It was never a loving relationship (they never cuddled or cleaned one another) but there was peaceful coexistence and they stopped fighting.





For us it took one year. So it may be a slow slow process.





Since they won't fight to kill one another, you may just have to deal with it.





I have heard of people that spread tuna all over both cats and threw them in the bathroom together, but we never did this (has anyone??!!) I heard that works but I was never willing to try it.





Fights are natural between cats. Eventually they will get to the point that they just don't care. Just be patient. Patience is what will prevail in this situation. Don't give up!We introd new cat too fast and twice old cat has attacked new cat -- they are separated but any advice?
get a matel bar crate and put the new one in it. not all the time. just when you are not there. this way the other cat can come and sniff it and get to know it tho any harm can not be done.
sorry i had the same problem and it dont get better you have two get rid of one cat they will never get on
I think a lot of it has to do with the age of the cats being introduced. I adopted a male kitten (~2 months old) to keep my ~2 year old female cat company. I had a friend carry the kitten in (I read somewhere that it is better if someone else brings the new cat to avoid your cat being 'jealous' of you bringing another pet in). Then we let it out of the carrier after about 5 minutes and completely ignored them both. Long story short, for the first couple of days, the older female hung out in the closet and if the kitten came anywhere near, she hissed and growled. After 2 days, she emerged from the closet and 'reclaimed' her turf. She would not play with the kitten and if he came near her, hissed and growled or 'attacked' him (although not with claws or teeth- more like hard swats, etc)... Within a week, they started playing (although only when the older cat is in the mood to play)... and now they are totally fine (it's been about 4 months, but they have been totally fine since about 1 1/2 weeks after their intro). They play, they snuggle, they bathe each other, etc... When my older cat was young and met two older cats (again both of the opposite sex), it took them a few days to warm up to her and then they were fine.





I'm unsure of how severe the attacks are, but if there are no claws, no injuries, and seems more about the older cat asserting his/her dominance over the younger cat, I think that's fine... they just need to work out the 'pack leader'. In my opinion, maybe keep them separated while you are out if you are nervous, but just let them both out when you are home, so you can be sure things won't 'get out of hand'. Other than that, they will eventually need to work it out among themselves...
I just went through this it took 3 months for our other 5 cats to stop picking on new kitten, dont worry, they will get along, it just takes time for the older cat to share his home, now everything is fine here. they even clean the new kitten.