New Kitty Troubles

My boyfriend and I recently adopted a new cat as a companion for our existing cat. We had been house sitting one of my folks cats and they got on really well, but when the time came to giver her back to my folks, Winnie (my current cat) seemed lonely at the loss of her playmate. So came the idea to adopt someone new. When we found Marcus he seemed like a good match, similar in age, he's about 2 shes 3 1/2, he is playful and affectionate. Now we knew there would be a period of time where Winnie would not be happy about the new comer, pretty typical of her but give her some time and she's just fine. We went through all the introduction steps, keeping with each step until everyone was acting normally again. The only one that we couldn't quite get was they recommended us putting them each in their carriers as a way to intro them face to face but nobody having an upper hand they both seemed so upset at being in the carrier that they didn't notice each other. So we let Marcus out of isolation and he wants to play with Winnie, and of course now she wants nothing to do with him. She just hisses and runs off. Well now it's gotten to the point where Marcus will not leave her alone after she hisses and even "yells" at him. She even seems to be eating less because she's so stressed, and shes jumpier than usual. ( she's always been a little skittish) So now what we are doing is isolating them in turns, where one is out during the day and one comes out at night, and vice versa. Both of us work 40hrs a week so don't have a whole lot of time to train Marcus, and we feel like we are running out of options. We don't want to give him back because he is a real sweetie, he just plays a little to rough. Any advice on how to handle this situation?

Marcus



















Winnie