I have a 6 month old male cat (neutered) and I just rescued a female kitty (about a month old). He's huge and she is still too small. He loves her and comes to me looking for her everytime he doesn't know where she is. But he plays very rough with her. She doesn't get to be free to play by herself. I've tried to play with him to distract him, but it doesn't help, he only wants to play with her. What do you recommend to calm him down and let her be?
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He is vieing her as prey, and plays with her the way he would a mouse.
The only real solutins are to distract him with really cool toys, which means either investing in cat toys so that he finds them more inteesting and compelling than her, or playing with him for a good hour until he gets exhausted and loses interest in her.
She also needs to build up her confidence. She is feeling insecure right now and probalby walking around with an air of being a victim, which he interprets as prey.
One way to elevate her self esteem is to build shelves where she can perch above everyone else., and always give her an escape plan. This will build her confidence.
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