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I have a bit of a complicated situation to figure out.
I might end up rescuing an indoor cat in need.
I live in a house and although I don’t have any indoor cats, I have two very friendly stray cats from outside that come in during rain and most of the winter to eat and sleep. The cats are both fixed and vaccinated and sleep on our furniture. One uses the litter box in our basement.
I don’t know how to introduce them, technically the outdoors are the resident cats, but because this new cat needs to be inside only he will have to be able to feel at home inside the house and have preference for the furniture now. I don’t want a bad fight to break out (all cats are males).
Im also worried them eating each other’s food and the outdoor cats Injest stuff outside and could contaminate the indoors food and the litter box.
Another issue is the bedrooms upstairs I want the indoor cat to be able to go in, but the outdoors aren’t allowed up there in them, but with all 3 cats in the house at once how can I work this out without the outdoors sneaking in the rooms?
Three young kids also visit weekly, so this cat will have a lot of change coming here.
I might end up rescuing an indoor cat in need.
I live in a house and although I don’t have any indoor cats, I have two very friendly stray cats from outside that come in during rain and most of the winter to eat and sleep. The cats are both fixed and vaccinated and sleep on our furniture. One uses the litter box in our basement.
I don’t know how to introduce them, technically the outdoors are the resident cats, but because this new cat needs to be inside only he will have to be able to feel at home inside the house and have preference for the furniture now. I don’t want a bad fight to break out (all cats are males).
Im also worried them eating each other’s food and the outdoor cats Injest stuff outside and could contaminate the indoors food and the litter box.
Another issue is the bedrooms upstairs I want the indoor cat to be able to go in, but the outdoors aren’t allowed up there in them, but with all 3 cats in the house at once how can I work this out without the outdoors sneaking in the rooms?
Three young kids also visit weekly, so this cat will have a lot of change coming here.
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