<p>Well…Old Cat and New Cat can now peacefully coexist in the same room while we are here with them. Woohoo. Sometimes New Cat gets over zealous and decides to play “chase”…then we put Old Cat in our room for some respite. Right now they are both relaxing in our kitchen…one in a windowsill and one in the sun by our slider. I never thought we would get to this place!</p>
<p>I still would not trust them here alone!</p>
<p>Sounds like they almost like each other!</p>
<p>I’ve got two shelter kitties that I got a week apart. Three years later, they still seemingly hate each other. But, they do seem to enjoy hating each other. The chasing each other around and hissing seems to be some kind of kitty game they play.</p>
<p>Sounds like some good progress. Congrats :)</p>
<p>We had 2 cats who fought every day for 12 years. They loved it. One died. His brother gets along with the other cat, who walked in one day for food - he was starving to death - but they can’t fight because there isn’t that lifelong degree of trust. So every once in a while there is a chase and some hissing, with the older bolting the room, but they handle it. And the older one sometimes reaches out and hits the younger. Cats don’t have much of a “bullying” need. They don’t have a real pecking order like many animals do. Male cats don’t usually spend much time together so they just sort of co-exist unless they’re really used to each other. Some cats are real alphas but most are more interested in mice and stalking and chasing.</p>
<p>Awww That’s great progress. </p>
<p>My cat has been the head of the household with no competition for over 12 years. I couldn’t dream of bringing in another cat. A kitten maybe, but not an adult cat.</p>