Thread: More advice about cat/kitten relationship and Holiday!

I would not leave them alone together if there appears to be any chance that the older male could hurt the younger female. Cats vary in how they take to other cats, and it sounds like Sam is being too aggressive for it to be safe to leave them completely unsupervised. I would have worried about leaving a kitten with our girl Bella for instance. On the other hand, when we got Zephyr as a playmate for Remy, Remy never ever threatened Zephyr in any way, and I quickly got over feeling I had to supervise their play. This despite Remy being just over one year, and huge compared to kitten Zephyr. Remy's personality is very different from Bella's; he is extremely sweet and laid back, while we is a dominant, alpha cat personality. Though she played with him as a kitten (due to his persistence), now that he outweighs her by 10lbs she is generally very aggressive with him, trying to assert her dominance (still successfully).

I agree a bathroom is too small for that period of time, but living/dining room sounds good for one. If they are forcibly separated and can smell each other under a door, it might even make Sam miss her companionship and treat her better (though it might not).