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Introducing new kitten to older cat

by April2, Sep 04, 2007 03:58PM
Hello. I have a ten year old cat. My daughter had been begging for a kitten for awhile. When her friend's cat had kittens, I allowed her to choose one. My older cat has never liked any animals being brought into the house. I used to foster/babysit dogs and a couple of mama cats with kittens. She always would hiss and run away, so I usually kept them seperated.
My question is "How do I introduce this new kitten to my older cat?" We just got the kitten yesterday. She's almost 3 months old. So far we've kept her seperated from my older cat. She is staying in my daughter's room for now. I really don't want to have to do that forever though. Will my older cat ever accept her? I want to go about this slowly so as not to traumatize either cat. Ideally, I'd love for them to become friends but I know sometimes that doesn't happen. Any suggestions on how to slowly get each cat used to each other and not be afraid or stressed out too much? Thanks!
Member Comments (2)

by Fe81, Sep 04, 2007 06:51PM
To: April2
ok I just did this a few months ago. Our older cat is 6 years old and we had a 8 week old kitten. I held the kitten in my lap and let Kazee come up and smell her...I did this over and over until a week later I let her down and he just watched her. Now after 8 months it's hard to believe we were ever worried...they love each other so much and play like crazy...Make sure you pet your older cat as it checks out the new kitten

by carly3, Aug 05, 2009 03:36PM
i have just got a 8 week old kitten and i have got two other older  cats
one of the older cats who is 6 is fine with the kitten but the other cat who is 4 years is very scard of the kitten and wont come in i have to bring him in but then he wont eat or anything just runs away and hides from this kitten, i dont know whatr to do to get him to come in he use to cudde me but now he seems unhappy
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