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We have a twelve year old girl named Honey. I got her as a kitten when I was a teenager, and she lived with my parents three boy cats who were brothers. The boys got along great, but she never really accepted them and would occasionally fight with them. After I moved out she's happily been an only pet, (though we did get a pair of hamsters a few years ago, and she got along great with them,) but recently we've been wanting another cat. Two days ago we adopted a very sweet little boy from a shelter. His name is Mr. Fluff, he's two years old, has had his shots and is fixed (as is she.) Knowing how my cat is, we've kept them apart, he's currently in the bedroom and walk-in, and she has the rest of the apartment. They've seen each other for a quick second when the doors been opened (she hissed and growled at him.) I'm worried she may never accept him. When we went to the shelter we tried to pick someone who we thought she'd get along with, we tried the sock trick recommended (rubbing the new cats scent on a sock and then bringing it out for her to find and sniff.) It's only been two days but I'm worried that Honey is very set on being the only cat, though he seems very interested in her and has rubbed against the things we've given him with her scent and purred happily. Does anyone have any tips for introducing a new cat successfully with the original one?