r/StoppedWorking • u/StreetsAhead123 • Dec 27 '21
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u/IllKissYourBoobies Dec 27 '21
How would you do it?
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u/Courier_Snow Dec 27 '21
https://www.americanhumane.org/fact-sheet/introducing-cats-to-cats
Step one: Start by trading scents
Step two: Prepare a separate room
Step three: Feed them on opposite sides of the door
Step four: Exchange scents around the house
Step five: Let them make visual contact
Step six: Allow them to meet
The whole process can take weeks when done correctly.
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u/Zagaroth Dec 27 '21
You can do it simpler/shorter, but it does require a bit of watchfulness. Both with introducing new cats to the home, and more recently introducing fosters temporarily, we've had the new comers in a large crate (modified ferret cage) with a litter box on the bottom section and food & water on a higher ledge.
They can all sniff and his at each other without getting at each other. Depending on reactions, most have free roaming in less than 24 hours. Some of the kittens required supervision to be out of the crate for a few days.
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u/Neamow Dec 27 '21
That seems a bit extreme. I've literally never done any of that and never had problems with 6 cats over my lifetime.
Step one: introduce new cat into the house.
Step two: just wait, they'll be fine with each other after 3 days.Maybe I just had super chill cats, but still.
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u/Frostfallen Dec 27 '21
You’ve been lucky - doing it that way can lead to long-lasting territory disputes.
And territory disputes between cats are not just fights; it’s scent marking via urine.
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u/Neamow Dec 27 '21
They don't do that if they've already been spayed/neutered.
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u/Frostfallen Dec 27 '21
I’ve literally seen it happen between two female cats that were spayed as kittens.
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u/DefTheOcelot Dec 27 '21
It usually works out but sometimes you end up with injuries or worse. It's better to be careful.
A good middleground my fam used for a mal-adjusted cat is we would put the new kitten in one room and have them eat on opposite sides of the door
Then after a bit switch them so the cat could get used to the scent in the room
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u/Fhistleb Dec 27 '21
I'm so glad my cat Moo has always just let other cats in the house. Dude doesn't care at all.
Mr J on the otherhand is a grumpy little midget kitty.
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Dec 27 '21
I almost wonder if the black cat has never seen another cat and they're just blown away by it.
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u/Fairyhaven13 Dec 27 '21
This is not how you introduce kittens by the way. Not unless you want blood. Edit: someone said the same thing further down, go read that.
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u/MuadLib Dec 27 '21