How do you introduced a new cat to a excisting one?

Chaz: How do you introduced a new cat to a excisting one?
I currently have a 2 year old female cat. I have got a new 4 month old female cat today. How do I introduce them best?

My current Cat does not go out side. She is an indoor cat. She has come into contact with other cats before (at old home she went outside) She just hissed at them and the other cat would tend to leave her alone.

So what is the best way to introduce the new cat to Fluff?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Lil Shay
first the new cat needs to get use to the surrounding so u may have ot put the other cat in a room and keep her there. then after the new cat gets use to the surrounding then let the other cat out and keep ur eye on them. if need to be bring both togather so hold the new cat in ur arms and let them sniff each other so if some thing was to go wrong u can pull them away from each other right away

Answer by Pooh
This is a difficult one. First of all get another feeding bowl and cat letter box. Trust me! The cat you have now will try to keep her space. Put it like this, Your cat you have now is thinking this stuff is mine! The food the litter box the couch the everything! Unless the cat is lonely and wants a friend your cat will say its all hers! I have seen cats lay in the litter box with all fours spread-ed so that the new cat cannot use it.
I should warn you, If your cat isn’t responding to having a new cat in the house, your cat will try to runaway! good luck…

Answer by Aubrey
May sound funny but cats rely heavily on smells. They need to get used to the scent of the other cat. rub one each cat with a towel, and rub that same towel on the other cat. repeat a few times.

it may take a while for cats to get along. possibly even a month. but it should happen. Dont force it.

get a laser toy or a favorite toy and get them both interested. they will both realize that the other just wants to play… just like them.

Answer by Delilah
It’s important to do the introductions slowly. Here is a short article with guidelines for introducing a new cat to a household: https://www.bestfriends.org/theanimals/pd…

Also, if you haven’t already it is best if both the cats are spayed. You’ve probably already spayed the older one, but it’s not too soon to have the younger one spayed now too.

Good luck!

Answer by Valerie – from PetFoodDirect.com
Congratulations on your new kitty! Your two year old cat may seem very upset and hateful to the new baby but in time, that should change as long as you take your time with the introduction.
I recommend that you set up a spare bedroom with a litter box, food, water a bed and toys for the new kitten. You can use a baby gate or even a spare window screen to block the doorway. It’s unlikely that your older cat will jump the barrier but the screen or mesh allows the cats to see and sniff each other before meeting.

You can try to easy both cats’ anxiety by spraying Feliway Spray around the room.

After a few days, try to bring the kitten out into a family or living room for some play time. You can engage the kitten (and hopefully your older cat) to play with an interactive toy while they learn to be around each other.

Supervise their play for the first few times, returning the kitten to it’s room after each session.
If all is looking good, in about a week, you can allow the kitten to explore the rest of the house.
Watch your older cat for any sudden attacks. Normal behavior will be cautious sniffing and lots of hissing but those are not to be feared.
Best of luck!

Answer by Bob N
Cats need to be properly introduced to the new home, the new humans, and the existing cats if they are to get along well and not have problems.

Contrary to what many people think, domestic cats are not solitary creatures. Nor is there any dominance issue about introducing cats to each other. There is virtually no dominance issue with domestic cats like there is with dogs.

A cat who has never lived with another cat might not like the idea, at first, of a new cat in the family, but they will accept the new cat if the introduction is done properly.

If cats are properly introduced into a family, they can get along with the existing cats and the existing cats can accept the new comers.

Here’s how we introduce newcomers to our gang:

Cats need to be introduced very slowly.

First of all, we do not allow a new cat to have any contact with our other cats until a vet has given the new cat a clean bill of health. This includes tests for such things as FIP and Feline Leukemia.

Cats can be successfully introduced to each other regardless of their ages or sexes.

We have successfully added adult cats to our family containing both young and old cats as well as introducing very young kittens to the other cats.

It has to be done slowly. If you simply put them together, you will have behavioral problems the vast majority of times and they may never really get along.

The new cat has to be given time to get used to you and the new environment – don’t try to introduce the new cat to the new home, to you, and to the other cats all at once. Do it in stages – first get the cat used to you and its new home – or at least part of it – and the noises and smells of its new home.

Then the existing cats have to get used to the new cat – starting with its scent and then its appearance.

We introduce cats by keeping the new cat in the back room for up to a month. My office is there as is my wife’s sewing table. There is a sofa and bookshelves.

We spend a lot of time with the new cat to get them used to us, the new environment and the new smells.

It is important that you spend a lot of time with the new cat. Don’t just put it in a different room and leave it there. The first thing that has to happen is that the new cat has to get used to you and accept and trust you.

After they accept us with no problems, we put a screen door on the back room door frame and let everyone see each other for a week or so.

It may take a lot less time than a month to get to this point but we just take it slow and easy.

Once we judge it safe to do so, we let the new cats out into the house and chaperon the first encounters.

We’ve only ever had one problem introducing cats like this and that problem was resolved in a couple of weeks.

We’ve had 26 cats over the past 22 years and many of them were adults – 12 and older – when they joined our family.

We’ve also introduced several kittens, ranging from ages of 7 weeks to 4 or 5 months, to the rest of the crew with no problems.

You have to take it slow.

If you can’t put up a screen door, perhaps two baby gates, stacked one on top of the other, will close off the door but still allow the cats to see each other.

If you can’t use a screen door or baby gates, try letting the existing cat into the room with the new cat for a few minutes while you chaperon.

If things get bad, take the cat out of the room.

You just have to introduce cats slowly

There are cats who could be thrown together and become pals but they are few and far between.