I recently got a new kitten and my cat that I have is not very thrilled. She doesn't attack or go at her, but she hisses and growls. The kitten sometimes hisses back. They will both be living in my room, which is where my cat has always lived. She has always been an only cat, so this is something very new to her. My cat is an 8 year old spayed female, and the kitten is a 3 month old non-spayed female. I put a gate between them, but my older cat never goes up to it. She mostly just sleeps on my sisters bed, a chair, or she eats. So, they are never meeting each other through the gate, and my older cat hates being picked up. How should I introduce them? Also, I have to go back to school in 2 weeks ( I am 15 years old), but my mom will be home. I know you have to go at the cat's speed and have patience, but what is the fastest and easiest way to introduce them and have them be friends?