Re: introducing cats!

zara — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:11:30 GMT

have a look at the fab website - http://www.fabcats.org/behaviour/introducing/index.php

they have loads of fact sheets on feline behaviour and care

Re: introducing cats!

Dax — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:08:17 GMT

Hi,

I think I would keep them separated for now with short periods of supervised interaction ( I never feel that cats pay much attention to telling off and you never really know who is initiating the bad behaviour as even though you may see one cat lashing out the other cat may have been provoking him with stares and resource blocking for ages). Swapping bedding regularly will also help as it will get them used to each others scent very quickly. After a few weeks you can start having longer periods of them being in the same place and as long as they are not fighting and drawing blood you should be able to judge when it is safe to just leave them to it.

Keep using the feliway as this should lower stress but also make sure that each cat has a hidey place and escape route always available. Also (you probably already know this) make sure they never have to compete for resources separate areas for feeding and toileting are a really good idea.

Hope it goes well for you.

Re: introducing cats!

Royalsuper_fairy — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:04:29 GMT

my two still hiss at each other and I've had them both 4 months. it's just going to take time. I let mine just get on with things and got involved when things got a bit out of hand