Kitten Emergancy!

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A few months back I adopted a beautiful kitten. Today I came across another; and brought her home... She had a traumatic ride home (as most cats do) and has been VERY skittish since she got here. I haven't given her a chance to meet the other cat yet; I want her to calm down first.

I very well may not keep the new kitten;I may give her to a friend who would make a wonderful home for her!

But I would love to keep her!

I'm just not sure how to get the cats aquainted; and how to handle all of this... A friend who has multiple cats told me to keep them seperated until the trauma calms down... but My baby kitten knows something is up!

 

[_Rain_]

after a sleepless night; I called up a friend and offered her the kitten. Definatly making my baby kitten much happier; she did NOT like the thought of sharing

I'm a little sad; but it's for the better

 

[lucypevensie]

I'm sure you did the right thing The cats will ultimately be happier and you will be too as a result. At least you know where the kitten is and you can still see her

 

[admtaylor]

I've introduced cats before, it's never worked out. My cat Shadow just won't hold back. It's his house and that's the way it stays. The last time I tried he frightened the cat off of a ledge above the stairway going downstairs. It was about a 15 foot drop for the cat, she ended up being fine after the fall, but that was that. We are now and will always be a one cat home. Cats can be selfish you know.

 

[BeanMak]

I have 4 cats. The oldest still will bat at the other over the food bowls, but other than that they get on fine.
When I got a new one, I keep the new one in a room with the door closed~ usually my bedroom. I go between the 2 petting them. That way the smell of each gets on the other. Then I let them smell each other under the door. Then I put the new one in the bathroom with the litter box and food for a while so that the new one's scent is in there too. I keep 2 litter boxes in that bathroom. The next day I start letting the new one out of the room. It never takes more than a week for everyone to settle in.
I read somewhere, never do an odd number of cats if you have more than on.

 

[donnyjoseph]

I had a white cat. It left us one day do you know it came to our house after a year. we were so happy to see it come back. It was just like the prodigal son story.

Now it's dead

 

[IvoryRain]

I have a cat and often foster others - I think introductions alkways need to be done slowly, if not for your own cats' sake for the others'!

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=introducing+cats