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First introduction: kept the new cat in the room for almost a week. Housecat could pick up his scent from outside the door. Then one day we just opened the door and everyone got together. The housecat was smart to not do anything infront of humans but when we were not looking he would attack the new cat.How did you introduce them? Are both your boys neutered?
Second introduction (a year later): same thing as above. At this point we know the cats are all fully aware of each other’s existence so we just gradually started letting them hang out in the hall under my close supervision. Occasionally housecat would chase or hit the new cat but I would stop it immediately. But I guess to the new cat, the trauma is still there even though a year has passed. It’s difficult for me to know because he always behaved so confidently and happily infront of the housecat like he really didn’t care. In fact it was the housecat that we would often see secretly gazing at the new cat.