My cat growls and paws at new cat. Is this normal? Should I continue?

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Today was the first time my cats met without a gate after a week. Even with the gate up Luna would raise her paw at Mina (new cat) but couldn't do much else. Today when they met without a gate for about 15min Luna growled a couple of times, mostly stared, but a few times she went up to Mina and raised her paw and looked like she was gonna hit her (we stopped it by distracting Mina), her ears would go back a bit but her tail was fine. Is this ok behaviour and is it ok that they continue to meet? Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed | 6 months and 28 days old | 9.6 lbs

Jenna Beyer, DVM, MBA, cVMA · Accepted Answer

Yes, it all sounds very normal! I would continue to supervise their interactions for a few more weeks, but it sounds like they are getting used to each other. Unless they start fighting a lot, I wouldn't recommend trying to distract either of them while interacting since it could cause them to be annoyed with you or cause one of them to get hurt while being distracted.

My cat growls and paws at new cat. Is this normal? Should I continue?

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