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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Hello, back on the site again! We thought things were going quite well. We are at 5 months as of yesterday. The swapping the cats in their other spaces seemed to work well. We wanted to try taking the gates down with some supervision. We did this a few times and ended up leaving the gates off...
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    Long term introduction success stories?

    Hi -- hopefully this will give you peace of mind that you are not alone in your situation! I also started a thread with a very similar situation, we've had our new cat for about 5 months she's female and 2 years old and so is our resident cat (female 2 yrs). The two still don't roam together...
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Hello! The cats seem to be doing much better! There are many signs that make us want to take the gate off. They now sniff each other and play alittle bit through the gate. Sometimes they will rub on the gate too. Gab now loves the front room and isn't as afraid to venture out. The swapping...
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Sorry I didn't see you response! Yes, We have swapped them a few times, but Gabby will cry and want to go back into the safe room. One of the times we tried to let Gabby roam while Ellie was in the gated room, and Gab just ran under our bed for a few hours. We aren't sure if Gabby has past...
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Hello again! Was curious if I could get a little advice. It's been over a month now, and the growling from Ellie has stopped, but she still will hiss/chase and batt at Gabby, but they don't roam the house together, Ellie is still quite territorial. We do have some good days when they are both...
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Thank you!! Lol I just get so nervous about this stuff 😅
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Thank you very much for these articles -- they helped us so much. Patience is key. We've been referring to them as a guide in the last week.
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Hello! Tomorrow will be a week of having the new cat. Ellie will go in the room and sit near Gabby. But she will occasionally growl or hiss still. Yesterday she hit (batted) Gabby on the head a few times but I yelled at Ellie to get out. I later read we shouldn't yell at our resident cat...
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Things seem to be better - we put Gabby's smells around the house, and Ellie seems like she's making progress accepting her existence through her smell. Little bit of hissing but not like the day before.
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Thank you! This is my first time introducing, I will definitely slowdown the process.
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    We think we may have introduced our resident cat to our new cat the wrong way.

    Hello! I had done some reading about cat introductions before we decided to get a second cat, we wanted to get it right and it feel natural. We have one current cat, her name is Ellie, she's 2 years old. We adopted her in March of this year (2022), so we've had her for about 6 months. She is a...
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