Hey I’m Emily joined cause I need advice. Long story at the start we had two female cats Mya and Luna - our neighbour asked if we could rehome a intact male - we said yes and bought him home the same day - Ginge is semi feral lived on a farm with ten dogs (terrified of them the owner would let the dogs chase him). He settled in very quick….. was going to start the introductions next day but had a loss in our cat family - the day after we got Ginge Luna was hit by a car and died.
We we’re in two minds about keeping Ginge after this but decided he deserved a home and started introductions with him and Mya. The introductions were a good distraction for Mya and took her mind away from losing Luna. We are 3 and a half weeks in and the introductions aren’t going great - this is what we need help with. They will be nearish each other and have treat and then Ginge will get to close to Mya - Mya will hiss - Ginge’s tails starts wagging and yowling (he doesn’t meow). We always try to distract before it gets to this point and finish the interaction but today we couldn’t and Ginge went for Mya we stopped it before they connected but I feel like the introductions are at a stand still. Any suggestions? We did scent introduction to start, then base camp swapping, then visual introductions with them between a door, removed the doors done introductions with treats and catnip as distraction then it turns to hissing and near attempts at Ginge going for Mya. Would it help if Ginge wasn’t intact anymore? Any suggestions greatly appreciated xxx
We we’re in two minds about keeping Ginge after this but decided he deserved a home and started introductions with him and Mya. The introductions were a good distraction for Mya and took her mind away from losing Luna. We are 3 and a half weeks in and the introductions aren’t going great - this is what we need help with. They will be nearish each other and have treat and then Ginge will get to close to Mya - Mya will hiss - Ginge’s tails starts wagging and yowling (he doesn’t meow). We always try to distract before it gets to this point and finish the interaction but today we couldn’t and Ginge went for Mya we stopped it before they connected but I feel like the introductions are at a stand still. Any suggestions? We did scent introduction to start, then base camp swapping, then visual introductions with them between a door, removed the doors done introductions with treats and catnip as distraction then it turns to hissing and near attempts at Ginge going for Mya. Would it help if Ginge wasn’t intact anymore? Any suggestions greatly appreciated xxx