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Introducing new cat to resident cat?? Help!?

  • So I got a second cat a week ago and am working on the whole introduction process to my resident cat. I currently have a neutered 4 year old male cat and adopted a 2 year old spayed female. I've had the new cat in a seperate room with her own food, water, scratching post, litter box, bed, toys, etc and have been trying to get them used to each other scents. However, last night was I was leaving the room she escaped and chased after my resident cat hissing with her mouth wide open. I have a baby gate in front of the room and keep the door closed but as I was climbing over the babygate she jumped over it, I guess my strategy of using the gate to keep her in while I get out didn't work out this time. So now my question is, what should I do next. Originally my plan (before this whole incident) was to open the door a little bit tonight and let them have their first face to face introduction through the baby gate (I was planning on doing two stacked on top of each other). Should I still do this tonight (in about 12 hours)? Or should I wait? Should I try putting the new cat in a cat carrier and bring my resident cat into the room. I think my resident cat is scared of her now. Last night after she got out she kept making these crazy noises in her "safe" room and my other cat would just stand there and stare at the room. Any ideas on what I should do now? Do you think this new cat is going to be a monster to my poor little guy? Or think there is still a chance for them to get along? Everyone says there will be hissing but is hissing and chasing at the same time normal? Any help or ideas about what to do now would be great!

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    This on-line brochure from the Cornell Feline Health Center might help: http://www.vet.cornell.edu/FHC/askDr/CW_introductions.cfm

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It's usual that the cats will hiss at each other for a while, but eventually they will calm down and be the best of friends. It is also probable that one will turn out to be the dominant cat, though they shouldn't be too different in that respect to cause any real issues. You just need a lot of patience at the beginning.

I used to face the same problem . what I had to do then is to put them both in the same room and stay with them just to make sure that no one would chase the other. and try to make them feel that they're one famly . play with both of them together . feed both of them together . Don't put them in seperate rooms if you want them to get along. They have to know that they're going to live together. put them in the same room for good . they might not get along in the very first hours but they will after a while . be pateint ;-) Good Luck <3

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I've done this. You have to keep them separated for 2 weeks. Letting one in one room and the resident cat in the whole house so that it can go up to the room and smell each other underneath the door. When you are home it is ok to take the new cat out and watch them. Each day you can let them interact more and more. At 2 weeks it will still be a tiny bit tense but you should determine if you can just let them be all the time. oh yes, and you need to mix their litter together after the kitten goes put it's mess in the other's litter box so they can get used to the fact that they are going to have to live together.

First of all, you shouldn't keep them seperated for too long because then both of them will feel betrayed or invaded when you introduce them. for my first two cats, I put the new one out in the house to explore and get used to the scents and sounds, and the other in a bedroom with the door closed. Then I put the new one in another bedroom, and without letting them see each other yet, put the old one out and about where the new one was hanging around so that he would know that there was someone else there. do this until neither acts hostile when they smell the other cat, then get two people to each take a cat and bring them together so that they won't be able to hurt each other. When we got our third one, he was always hanging around outside and meowing to get in (he was a stray) so the cats saw, smelled, and heard him all the time through windows and sniffing each other under the door. when we decided to keep him, the cats just hung around like nothing was different. If you want to, the new cat could have a special place with a window in the house that only he is allowed in, so that they can get used to each other from afar.

Many cats are rather territorial. That means that when the new kitten arrives, their thoughts are something like "What is this HORRIBLE INTRUDER doing in MY HOUSE?" But you can change your cat's thoughts on this subject. It may take some patience on your part, but it can be done. Take a look at DearTabbyTheAnswerCat.com. They have an excellent article in "Cat Care" on "How to Introduce the New Kitten/Cat to Your Cat." Helpful!

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