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Hello everyone!
We have 2 dogs and 2 cats already and we want to eventually bring in one of the strays we care for. I am a little worried about 1 of our cats and the new cats introductions. We have been bringing in the new cat a few hours a day into the bathroom and letting her back out at night. I have read to let them see each other and smell each other from under the door and to let them eat on opposite sides of the door to create positive associations. However my cat gets pretty riled up and makes the ugliest sounds along with hissing, growling, and sometimes tries to attack the door. The new cat is very sweet and has purred most of the time except I have found that when I am in the bathroom with her sometimes she starts to get feisty as well and starts hissing at my cat but only when I am with her in the bathroom. I have also been letting them lay on the blankets and swapping them out under their food bowls.
Does anyone have any advice about introducing them?
We have 2 dogs and 2 cats already and we want to eventually bring in one of the strays we care for. I am a little worried about 1 of our cats and the new cats introductions. We have been bringing in the new cat a few hours a day into the bathroom and letting her back out at night. I have read to let them see each other and smell each other from under the door and to let them eat on opposite sides of the door to create positive associations. However my cat gets pretty riled up and makes the ugliest sounds along with hissing, growling, and sometimes tries to attack the door. The new cat is very sweet and has purred most of the time except I have found that when I am in the bathroom with her sometimes she starts to get feisty as well and starts hissing at my cat but only when I am with her in the bathroom. I have also been letting them lay on the blankets and swapping them out under their food bowls.
Does anyone have any advice about introducing them?