Two 6-month old kittens rough housing, now one of them is avoiding the other
I recently adopted 2 kittens, who the humane society said are from the same litter and bonded. One of them (<PERSON>) is a bit bigger than the other (<PERSON>). They’ve been play fighting as normal this past week since we got them on Tuesday, but last night I noticed <PERSON> being a lot rougher with <PERSON>. 311
Eventually one of them hissed at the other while <PERSON> was “bullying” <PERSON>. I split them up and they have since calmed down.
I did google it and apparently it’s normal for kittens to hiss at each other when play fighting since it’s their way of saying ‘going too far’ but since last night, <PERSON> has been sort of keeping her distance from <PERSON>. They’ll sit in the same room together or sleep on the same sofa/blanket, but each time <PERSON> tries to initiate play fighting, <PERSON> always backs off and scurries away.
Is this normal? Is it best that I just give them both time to get back to normal? I’m scared to leave them alone in case things escalate. 311