Cats · by Mariana Costa · 2026-08-31

anyone introduce a 12-week kitten to a very chill adult and still get surprise grumpiness?

Our older cat is usually unbothered by everything: guests, thunder, vacuum, movers. So I assumed kitten intro would be easy mode. Instead she's being politely crabby and I think I got overconfident. Not asking for medical advice, just calibration from people who've been through it.

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Marco Conti · 5 likes

Yes. Different kind of disruption entirely.

Tanvir Rahman · 0 likes

Confidence with vacuums sadly does not transfer to confidence with babies.

Lotte Jansen · 3 likes

A chill adult can still be like 'why is there a toddler here.'

Oussama Alaoui · 0 likes

Polite grumpiness is still grumpiness but it's workable. Keep going slow.

Mariana Costa · 0 likes

'why is there a toddler here' is exactly her face lately

Noah Miller · 0 likes

That face can last a bit and still turn out totally fine.

Can Arslan · 0 likes

My calmest cat took the longest because he liked routine more than I realized.