Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me.  We recently adopted a 2 month old kitten
from the humane society and brought him home..

We have been trying to introduce our kitten to our resident cat and in some
ways things have been going well.  Our cat is comfortable with the scent of
our new kitten, and is even comfortable being in the same room as our
kitten.

The problem is that every time the kitten gets close to our cat, the kitten
starts chasing after him.  The cat responds by hissing, growling then
eventually running away, but nothing seems to stop our kitten from chasing
our cat.  Is this normal?  We assumed that the kitten would be shy and timid
when wandering over to our cat, but instead he seems to show no fear even
when our cat hisses, growls and bats at him.  When our cat runs away the
kitten thinks he's just playing, when really, he's terrified.

How should we deal with this situation?  We have tried distracting the
kitten when he starts to attack, with loud noises, or throwing something at
him (which is difficult given his speed!), with varying degrees of success.
Right now I just feel like our cat will never like the new kitten, if every
time he comes out, the kitten terrorizes him!  How should we try to stop our
kitten from chasing?  How can we let our cat know he's just trying to play?

Thanks,