Comments on: Introducing Cats http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/introducing-cats/ Where you can find answers to your questions. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kathy http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/introducing-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Kathy Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:57:06 +0000 http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/?p=784#comment-681 Hi Patti, The cats who are already in the house are going to make sure they are the 'alpha' cats and that the new one knows this. It is going to take time and patience for them to accept the newcomer and it is important that everyone in the family makes a fuss of her to make sure she doesn't become too timid. If possible, have her sleep with your daughter to give her that sense of security and have her carry her cat whenever she is taking her out of the bedroom, especially to begin with. The important thing is to not allow the older cats to boss her too much. Aren't kids the best. My two (age 24 and 27) have come home as well. Luckily that's where we want them to be! I must admit I moved in and out of my parents house for a few years. Kathy Hi Patti,

The cats who are already in the house are going to make sure they are the ‘alpha’ cats and that the new one knows this. It is going to take time and patience for them to accept the newcomer and it is important that everyone in the family makes a fuss of her to make sure she doesn’t become too timid. If possible, have her sleep with your daughter to give her that sense of security and have her carry her cat whenever she is taking her out of the bedroom, especially to begin with.

The important thing is to not allow the older cats to boss her too much.

Aren’t kids the best. My two (age 24 and 27) have come home as well. Luckily that’s where we want them to be! I must admit I moved in and out of my parents house for a few years.

Kathy

]]> By: Patti Thompson http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/introducing-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-680 Patti Thompson Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:01:20 +0000 http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/?p=784#comment-680 Our daughter has moved back home with a sweet cat. However we have two cats that aren't to happy to see her....one cat is 12 the other 9....the new little cat stays hidden under my daughters bed. We've only been able to get her out from under the bed once to introduce her. Of course they hissed and growled at her and it seemed to terrify her. How do we handle this so we can get the cats to live together peacefully? Any suggestions would be helpful...we have been following your suggestions....thank you for your help. Our daughter has moved back home with a sweet cat. However we have two cats that aren’t to happy to see her….one cat is 12 the other 9….the new little cat stays hidden under my daughters bed. We’ve only been able to get her out from under the bed once to introduce her. Of course they hissed and growled at her and it seemed to terrify her. How do we handle this so we can get the cats to live together peacefully? Any suggestions would be helpful…we have been following your suggestions….thank you for your help.

]]> By: Kathy http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/introducing-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Kathy Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:09:03 +0000 http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/?p=784#comment-432 Thanks for that suggestion about Feliway Alicia. It will probably be of help to many cat owners. Kathy Thanks for that suggestion about Feliway Alicia. It will probably be of help to many cat owners.

Kathy

]]> By: Alicia http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/cat-behavior/introducing-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Alicia Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:44:32 +0000 http://www.catproblemsresolved.com/?p=784#comment-430 I had just this situation in the summer when I was introducing my new cat to the older one, which I have had for the past five years. This post was really useful –feeding them together definitely seemed to help– but it’s been a pretty slow process. One of the things that I use to help things along in addition long-term was a spray called Feliway. Worked like a plug-in and seemed to calm things down for both cats, so I would definitely recommend it for use especially after that difficult first stage. I had just this situation in the summer when I was introducing my new cat to the older one, which I have had for the past five years. This post was really useful –feeding them together definitely seemed to help– but it’s been a pretty slow process. One of the things that I use to help things along in addition long-term was a spray called Feliway. Worked like a plug-in and seemed to calm things down for both cats, so I would definitely recommend it for use especially after that difficult first stage.

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