I had a feral mother cat raise a litter of two kittens on my back porch/yard. Long story short after they were about 12 weeks old the mother left and so did one or the kittens. One stayed behind and up to that point all the cats acted completely feral and would flee even from eye contact. This female one stayed behind and changed its behavior over one day and became the most friendly kitten I've ever encounter and let me pick it up and bring it inside.
This was about 4 months ago and I have an 8 year old female resident cat. I didnt really know how to introduce cats and pretty much screwed that up from the get go. After some googling and attempting a proper introduction I didnt seem to be getting anywhere and my resident cat seemed to just get more and more aggressive. I talked to my vet and she put her on prozac. It helped A TON. Calmed her down in so many aspects (she was a very timid cat and would hide under the bed when anyone came over, she now comes out and greets everyone. I worked with them daily after letting the medicine kick in and placed the kitten in a kennel covered in blanket so only the front was visible and played with them and fed them treats and did my best to feed them together as often as I could. (The prozac decreased my cats appetite quite a bit at first when she was adjusting). Things seem to be progressing they even "nose kissed" through the kennel a time or two and I saw little or no aggression from my resident cat. So I asked a friend to come over and help try a face to face...it went horrible and within 10 seconds I was breaking up a cat fight. Did I progress to fast? Is my resident cat just never going to accept a house mate? She was adopted from a shelter and was part of a TNR at one point so I dont really know her previous history with other cats.
This was about 4 months ago and I have an 8 year old female resident cat. I didnt really know how to introduce cats and pretty much screwed that up from the get go. After some googling and attempting a proper introduction I didnt seem to be getting anywhere and my resident cat seemed to just get more and more aggressive. I talked to my vet and she put her on prozac. It helped A TON. Calmed her down in so many aspects (she was a very timid cat and would hide under the bed when anyone came over, she now comes out and greets everyone. I worked with them daily after letting the medicine kick in and placed the kitten in a kennel covered in blanket so only the front was visible and played with them and fed them treats and did my best to feed them together as often as I could. (The prozac decreased my cats appetite quite a bit at first when she was adjusting). Things seem to be progressing they even "nose kissed" through the kennel a time or two and I saw little or no aggression from my resident cat. So I asked a friend to come over and help try a face to face...it went horrible and within 10 seconds I was breaking up a cat fight. Did I progress to fast? Is my resident cat just never going to accept a house mate? She was adopted from a shelter and was part of a TNR at one point so I dont really know her previous history with other cats.