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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2007How to integrate a neww addition to my house of cats.
I have four 1 year and 5 months old cats. They were adoptede 2 by 2 a day apart. They were all 6 weeks old and all got along. I am now babysitting a cat for an undetermined amount of time who is 3 months old. There is alot of hissing and grunting. One of my cats has accepted the new addition. They even eat out of the same bowl. What can I do help the other three accept this house guest? >I have four 1 year and 5 months old cats. They were adoptede 2 by 2 a day >apart. They were all 6 weeks old and all got along. I am now babysitting a >cat for an undetermined amount of time who is 3 months old. There is alot of >hissing and grunting. One of my cats has accepted the new addition. They even >eat out of the same bowl. What can I do help the other three accept this >house guest? I have exchanged toys to get them familiar with each others scent. Put them on opposite sides of the door. Use treats to do all this. What else can I do? Rub them all with the same towel to further exchange scents. Play with them when they are on opposite sides of the door (dangle something near the bottom of the door so their paws touch). Is it just hissing or are they being aggressive toward the newcomer? It sounds like you're making progress since one has already accepted the new kitty. Give them a little more time to adjust. Cats are creatures of habit and can adapt slowly to change. >Rub them all with the same towel to further exchange scents. Play with >them when they are on opposite sides of the door (dangle something [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the new kitty. Give them a little more time to adjust. Cats are >creatures of habit and can adapt slowly to change. The older cats just hiss at him. What I find funny is the newcomer (Stormie.. found in a tree after a bad thunderstorm) is the aggressive one. I let stormie out of his ensiute and was walking around sniffing things out and Tigger the friendly adult cat just sniffed his butt. Stormie begian his gurgle type hiss. Tiger did not react and just sat next to him cocking his head side to side. Than stormie stuck his tail and but in Tiggers face hissed and wacked my poor curoius tiger. > The older cats just hiss at him. What I find funny is the newcomer (Stormie.. > found in a tree after a bad thunderstorm) is the aggressive one. I let [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > head side to side. Than stormie stuck his tail and but in Tiggers face hissed > and wacked my poor curoius tiger. Trying to post again--am having some troubles with Google. Sorry if there are any duplicate posts. . . If it's just hissing, it isn't too serious. I would still put Stormie in a separate room when you're not in the house as a safety measure. Try and play with them together. The exercise will tire them out so there is less pent-up energy, and will also bond you with them. When they interact nicely together, praise them and make a big fuss. It sounds lame, but I've done it and it does help--positive reinforcement. I am implimenting all the suggestions you have kindly given me. Stormie is teh aggressive part of the equation. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks for all the advice. >> The older cats just hiss at him. What I find funny is the newcomer (Stormie.. >> found in a tree after a bad thunderstorm) is the aggressive one. I let [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >they interact nicely together, praise them and make a big fuss. It >sounds lame, but I've done it and it does help--positive reinforcement. This is interesting for when we get another addition to our house because I am worried on how Rover will take to another cat or cats. I guess you got to let them get used to one another and treat them all the same....A bit like kids I guess? I got the one child and only the one cat now :-( Clare x >Rub them all with the same towel to further exchange scents. Play with >them when they are on opposite sides of the door (dangle something [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the new kitty. Give them a little more time to adjust. Cats are >creatures of habit and can adapt slowly to change.
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