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We adopted a kitty, June, several weeks ago. It has been slow going getting her to settle in as she is very quiet and gentle, but very cautious and skittish. She has now settled in and seems quite content, although we are now clicker training her as she still won't let us pat or groom her.
Before adoption had been living with a family of cats at the plant nursery which my brother sub-lets. Although the mother of the clan is feral, he has socialised and raised all her kittens with twice daily feedings and the whole clan has now been de-sexed and have been progressively been re-homed. The nursery isn't a safe place for cats as it isn't far from a very busy main road and there are people coming and going from the nursery constantly. Sadly one of June's litter mates was run over by a car a few weeks ago, and so naturally my brother is very keen to get them re-housed quickly.
There is one particularly friendly litter mate of June's whom my brother is very fond of but can't adopt because his currently male cat is very territorial. Naturally he is very keen to get him rehoused quickly. I would sincerely love to adopt him as well, but I'm worried the effect this will have on June.
My question is - will the cats get along immediately being litter mates - or should they be re-introduced to each other gradually as if they were strangers? Is this even a good idea?
Before adoption had been living with a family of cats at the plant nursery which my brother sub-lets. Although the mother of the clan is feral, he has socialised and raised all her kittens with twice daily feedings and the whole clan has now been de-sexed and have been progressively been re-homed. The nursery isn't a safe place for cats as it isn't far from a very busy main road and there are people coming and going from the nursery constantly. Sadly one of June's litter mates was run over by a car a few weeks ago, and so naturally my brother is very keen to get them re-housed quickly.
There is one particularly friendly litter mate of June's whom my brother is very fond of but can't adopt because his currently male cat is very territorial. Naturally he is very keen to get him rehoused quickly. I would sincerely love to adopt him as well, but I'm worried the effect this will have on June.
My question is - will the cats get along immediately being litter mates - or should they be re-introduced to each other gradually as if they were strangers? Is this even a good idea?