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Hello! I am new here but I have been a cat mom for about 4 year now! Just a little background on my current cat situation:
Currently I have two cats. One cat is a male tabby (Meeko) and my second cat is a female grey tuxedo cat (Nausicaa). I had Meeko since he was about 5 weeks old (he is 4 now), found him abandoned. He is a very affectionate boy, and loves cuddling and getting pets. Nausicaa came into our lives about 2 years ago, my parents had a stray cat give birth to kittens in their yard, so I adopted Nausicaa from them and had her vetted. She is very sweet, a bit more of a hunter than Meeko (she loves to hid behind the couch and sneak attack! Not in a harmful way). Neither cats show aggression and they do love to play with each other. I did bring Nausicaa in as a kitten, and Meeko did not like her at first but it seemed like within a week they became friends and cuddled slept together. We have a pretty good harmonious household. I recently gave some donations to a pet rescue that helps out cats and dogs that are in local shelters, to get them vetted and make people aware they are available for adoption. I donated towards a cat named Raven and ever since I keep thinking about her and want to to adopt her. The volunteer told me that they are getting over capacity at the shelter and soon may have to euthanize cats. This has my heart aching and I want to give Raven a comfortable home. I spoke to the shelter about her yesterday, they said she is very friendly and sweet and they let her out and about in the office from time to time. I asked if they knew if she was ok with other cats, but they said due guidelines at the shelter they don't intermingle the animals just in case of disease, which this makes sense. My hesitation on adopting Raven is that I don't know how my cats will react... I know cats are territorial.
Has anyone had much experience in introducing a new adult cat with two other cats? I don't want my resident cats to experience too much stress and cause them to act out. Am I crazy to even consider adopting this new cat? I just am so conflicted! Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Currently I have two cats. One cat is a male tabby (Meeko) and my second cat is a female grey tuxedo cat (Nausicaa). I had Meeko since he was about 5 weeks old (he is 4 now), found him abandoned. He is a very affectionate boy, and loves cuddling and getting pets. Nausicaa came into our lives about 2 years ago, my parents had a stray cat give birth to kittens in their yard, so I adopted Nausicaa from them and had her vetted. She is very sweet, a bit more of a hunter than Meeko (she loves to hid behind the couch and sneak attack! Not in a harmful way). Neither cats show aggression and they do love to play with each other. I did bring Nausicaa in as a kitten, and Meeko did not like her at first but it seemed like within a week they became friends and cuddled slept together. We have a pretty good harmonious household. I recently gave some donations to a pet rescue that helps out cats and dogs that are in local shelters, to get them vetted and make people aware they are available for adoption. I donated towards a cat named Raven and ever since I keep thinking about her and want to to adopt her. The volunteer told me that they are getting over capacity at the shelter and soon may have to euthanize cats. This has my heart aching and I want to give Raven a comfortable home. I spoke to the shelter about her yesterday, they said she is very friendly and sweet and they let her out and about in the office from time to time. I asked if they knew if she was ok with other cats, but they said due guidelines at the shelter they don't intermingle the animals just in case of disease, which this makes sense. My hesitation on adopting Raven is that I don't know how my cats will react... I know cats are territorial.
Has anyone had much experience in introducing a new adult cat with two other cats? I don't want my resident cats to experience too much stress and cause them to act out. Am I crazy to even consider adopting this new cat? I just am so conflicted! Any advice is greatly appreciated!