6 Tips to Introduce Cats FASTER (With NO Isolation)

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We just got a new cat(1), but my parents decided to introduce him to my older cat (3) and dog (10). The cats can’t be around each other without hissing and growling and the new cat growls at my dog when he approaches. We just got him yesterday, and my parents insist on just ripping off the bandaid and letting them be around each other, but I’m not so sure. Any ideas?

I had a 17 year old with 2 5 year olds and my female and him got a long rather well, played and everything.

I'm going to be introducing my 2 new kittens to my 2 older resident cats. My resident cats are 11 and 13 and more laid back and don't play as much. I was originally only going to get one kitten but decided to get another so they'd have each other to play with. I got the first one yesterday, he's 4 months old. And I'm getting the other one tomorrow, he's 2 months. I'll have to introduce them to each other and then to my older cats. I'll update this post with how it goes 😊

Stunning car!

Choosing the right cat?? 😅😅 What if your Dad died two weeks ago and you gotta take them on? And then introduce them to your 17 year old cat?! Not asking for a friend.

What if I didn’t have a choice?

I wish I had seen this before renting a room to Amber Heard.

I have a 12 year old bengal who wants to sleep all the time but recently rescued a 5/6 month old kitten who is very outgoing and active. We've opted to adopt another 5/6 month old kitten to match activity while my old cat sleeps.

Introducing cats is like the borg .... older cat: i am alpha cat you will bow down to me and be assimilated. RESISTANCE is futile ... followed by head bops 😂

My 4-5 year old male cat is like on attack mode every time I bring out the kitten from his safe bedroom area to play. It is like I can't let him out because the older cat will attack us both, hissing and swatting. What can I do? The kittens breeder said I can bring him back if it is not working out. Don't these things take time, or is this a no win situation? Back story, we took in this stray orange cat last year in September. He was neutered and can be very loving an affectionate but has this out of the blue aggression even when you are doing nothing but letting him lay on your lap.

When I was 11 years old that I became best friend to a stray cat. He stuck around the house for a month and a half before adopting him into our home. We had a cat before him. The 2nd cat was introduced towards the 1st cat. They started to played and wrestling in the living room. They became friends to each other. This happened in mid November 1981. The 2nd cat was my cat. He did liked my sister and my parents. I was so lucky to have them in my life.

Hi! I'm in the process of introducing my resident 4-year-old cat to a six-month old kitten with a broken leg. The kitten has been prescribed cage rest and has to be monitored closely when he's out of his crate to make sure he isn't running, jumping, or climbing. This has made the introduction process pretty tricky, so I wanted to see if anyone has any advice.
My partner and I did quarantine the kitten in a separate room for two weeks, which has been complicated because our apartment is so small, and resident cat seems a bit unhappy about having part of her territory cut off. We now have the kitten's crate in the bedroom during the day, and the resident cat in the main living area, and then in the evening we switch them. The only other room is the bathroom, which is not an option because it's too small for the crate to even fit.
We started having them on opposite sides of the same room at dinner time, with one of us holding the kitten in a chair and the other playing with the resident cat. We've now gotten the kitten a harness so he can be on leash and walk around a little, and this seems to have been a breakthrough. The cats can now approach and sniff each other without any concern that the kitten might go running off and hurt his leg.
I feel like we are on the right track, but about half of these little approach-and-sniff events ends without incident, and the other half of the time, someone hisses. Resident cat also sometimes goes to hide under the table, and the kitten cries at her. He seems to really want to play with her, and they both LOVE to play. But it's been a little over two weeks, and they still seem very cautious of each other. We don't want to hover too much, but we do need to be near the kitten with the leash so we can intervene quickly and easily if it seems like he might get hurt. He doesn't seem very aware of his injury at this point, and he obviously wants to run and jump around and do normal kitten things. I'll probably take another 3 weeks or so before he's cleared to do that, though.
Does anyone have any experience with introducing cats when one of them is injured and needs to have their movement limited? Any advice on how to keep this process going smoothly? Thank you so much in advance!

I think it depends what kind of cats you have. I have a 15 year old who lost her brother a year ago. I thought it was time maybe for her to have a friend bc I’m not home much and travel a lot for work and I have to bring her with me. I watched videos , read etc and went to shelter three times trying to figure it out. I thiight I found a good match. An 8 year old that was already in a home with a sibling. I tried everything from swapping blankets , rooms , the screen. Nothing worked. My 15 year old was attacking the door at 3, 4 5 am. Attacking the screen door , she stopped popping , ate less. However , I didn’t have much time to try to do this introduction. I have to travel a lot for work and have to take her with me and I just can’t take two cats with me who can’t be together for 2 seconds. I’m bringing the adopted cat back to shelter soon. I’m calling them tomorrow to schedule a time to bring him back. I think you need a lot of time and patience to do this. I don’t have time or patience for this. I know I will not ever be trying this again

Yesterday I was able to get the pregnant stray tonkinese (i think shes only around 1-1.5 years old) I've been caring for for about 2 months into my house, but I've got a about 4 month old kitten already in the house and while the tonk isnt seeming to have any stress or problems, the kitten is hissing (she never hisses) and I just want to make sure she is comfortable and I really need them to get along because I'll need to be caring for the mom and her new babies within the next month (estimating) and keeping at least one of her kittens as well (we have multiple people already saying theyd like to take others when theyre born). I also have a dog who was perfectly fine with the mom a centimeter away on the other side of a window screen, but now that shes inside shes upset too. I really dont want to screw this up but im worried, not entirely knowing what is best

Any thoughts on introducing a 6-8 month old cat (male recently nuetered) who was an outdoor cat to 2 year old brother and sister cats as well as a 3 year old male? The problem seems to be with the younger cat, He is super chill with humans however he immediatly attacts the older cats. He has been isolated now in a room for 10 days, We have done the food and treat trick on opposite sides of the door. We have swapped bedding for scent recognition, We have let the new cat explore the rest of the house (while the others were sleeeping) Even got a cat harness and leash to be able to control any aggression if he escapes from his area. Which he did once and immediately attacted the older cats and me when I was seperating them. Also note that we have 3 of the pheramone diffusers around the house.
Just give it more time?

I have a stray kitten hanging out in my yard. It runs away easily. Need advice on how to get it to come to me. Do I trap it & bring it to a carrier in the house where it can see us & my other 8 year old cat.

we have 1 male and 1 female siblins...they come together good

They adapt for different sex

If You have femele cat , then another femele is a threath.

My 4 year old cat is fine with my 2 year old foster cat hisses at her and growls I thought it would be the other way round 😢 I’m praying they get along.

I have read from multiple sources that same-sex cats are more prone to fight each other for dominance. Therefor it might be better to adopt one thats the opposite sex. But have them neutered n spayed.

Just thought I should mention it since the video said otherwise.

I followed this video down to the smallest detail. 5 days I commented that my 9 month old kitten hated my new kitten , we were on day 3 .. but we’re on day 8 now and they’re best buddies today. They slept together on the sofa , they were grooming each other. Playing peekaboo in the pop up tunnel, I’ve only had to separate them once today. I’m so happy they’re getting along !!

yeah introducing two cats seems impossible when the couch has space to crawl in just spent the last two days blocking off all visible entry points to it just want my two boy gattos two get aling

I have a turteshell cat that came to us and even leaves the apartment building and comes back but the problem is once she saw my male tabby she been hissing and growling at him and he keeps wanting to see her and launches at her

I’m introducing my cats and it’s not going great.

I have two older boys
Venom (2 years) and Gizmo (1year) i recently got a new Kitten Yuumi (3-4months) is this a good age combination? Im on day 3 and the boys just keep hissing at her. Ive played with all of them at the same time, fed at the same time and nothing... I mean they can get a little closer to each other, but it still ends up with one of the boys hissing at her. And she came from a multicat home... I don't know what to do!

Had a new 8 week old male kitten 4 days ago and we followed the isolation advice. Yesterday we began feeding her on one side of the isolation space and our resident 8 year old female on the other side of the door. The kitten was unconcerned but our resident cat was not happy and hissing! I guess we have a long way to go. Also, the older cat clearly does not want to eat at the top of the stairs! Any tips welcome!

Not sure how much, if any aggressive I should allow between my 1 year old cat and my 11 week old kitten. The okder one "fixates"... regardless of food , laser toys etc... Once this begins...all he wants to do is chase, mount and bite his neck. I try to leave it for a second so he can establish his dominance. But then the kitten will cry out(no blood) and I try to stop it and separate them again for another try. What are your thoughts?

I have a 7 year old cat who’s kind of timid and a 3 year old cat who’s fearless and dominant. Today I brought home a 4 month old Maine Coon kitten… 2 year old puffed up, sniffed and gave one small hiss. 7 year old just came for sniffs and got hissed at by the kitten. No swats from anyone. Any tips for this new band of brothers? 😊

I hope mine adapt well. My new cat is coming from a shelter and was in a room with several cats and got along well. They are both around the same age, both females, well one is a hermaphrodite and I declare she. Haha. Very sweet, petite and girly to me.

Thank you. I'm currently introducing a cat from rescue, I have two 'middle aged' cats and the new one is a similar age. I was dreading the introduction ! but couldn't refuse this adorable cat a chance of a better and loving home and cat Mom ! but having watched your video I realised I had already done/doing most of the things you suggest, and have not had too bad a time. A little hiding, not much because I blocked off places, some refusal of food which was distressing but has now gone back to normal, they now keep a respectful distance with no nastiness but I feel they will be getting along much better soon ! all this in only a week ! The only thing I don't have is vertical climbing structures but am looking into those now.

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I misunderstood something and got a girl kitten to be friends with my 2 year old boy. I should have watched this video before because he DEFINITELY plays rough

Hey I’m new to the cat community mainly because I’ve been a dog person my entire life. My fiancée recently brought home a lost kitten, 2 1/2 months at the time. Later I decided to adopt another kitten around the same age a month later. Due to an URI the cats have been separate for about 3-4 days but after recovery from the URI I introduced them and it seems the rescue is preying on the adopted cat. I’m confused on what to do…

Thank you for the video! I have an almost three year old Russian blue who is quite affectionate, but doesn’t really like running around or playing too much. Yesterday I brought a new kitten home and separated them , today the kitten got interested in exploring the surroundings and went to the bedroom where my resident cat likes to stay. She started hissing at him and he got scared and ran away to the other room. Really hoping they will get along eventually. Thanks once again for the useful tips!

My cat is a year old. :) I want to get another one for her eventually. Maybe at the end of the year if it is possible.

Our two female rescue cats attack my rescue female cat. We have 4 cats, an older male & 3 females. The male we've had since he was a kitten, a rescue we named Mira showed up , a kitten, just before Winter & we took her in. Mira was fearless, attacking everything including dogs walking by. About 7 months later we took in another rescue female we named Cali. Cali was sweet & affectionate. However, Mira didn't care for Cali. You'd see Mira rush by, SLAP Cali, & run off. We eventually saw them play & sit together, but you still see Mira SLAPPING Carli for no good reason. I brought a young female home, 1-2 yrs. old that I rescued as a snowstorm hit us. This is NOT going well. The 2 girls do not like my little female even though they are close in age. The worst is Mira (of course) with Cali a close 2nd. I've been keeping my cat in my room during he day when I'm a work & she sleeps in my room. I get less sleep as I'm going to bed, she's wide awake. I take my female out in her basket when I'm home & let them look each other out. I have to watch Mira & Cali because they will jump out of nowhere & attack. I love the little female I pulled from the snow, I think we've bonded, I don't want to give her up. If I had to give her up I think it would break her heart. I know it would mine.

My little girl is nowhere near nice when playing lol. She has a more male play style. She's rough and likes to wrestle my arm

Yesterday, I found 3 kittens on my property .... they're about 7 weeks old .... maaaybe 8 weeks, tops. .... some heartless cretin obviously dumped them there, so I had to take them in, or they'd be eaten by predators in the woods behind my building. .... okay, so one of my 'existing' cats is a wonderful Calico who is 20 months old, but she does NOT like these three new kittens, and is hiding in a closet or under my comforter. I Know she needs to go to the bathroom, and I think she went during the night, but she needs to go again. The litter boxes are in the kitchen. Will she go use the litter box when she Really needs to pee, or will she pee in my closet? I'm very concerned.

We are on day 11. Things going well. Letting kitten get much closer now & resident 2 cats have calmed down a whole lot. Kitten is half sister to one of my cats so she fits right in in the looks dept.
They come face to face but don’t touch. No hissing now.

I have two female cats 3 yrs old one and 7/8 month one theyr not happy eatch other can you help? ✌️✌️😭

Bro that gray cat looks like my cat

Thank you so much!! A lot of useful information!! I have a quick question. I live by myself in an apartment with my 9 month old cat. I adopted her last year. She is usually calm but I am nervous bringing a kitten home. I have plenty of time to supervise since I'll be on vacations and now I know I will get another female kitten for better adjustment. But since I am by myself, what would you recommend the sleeping arrangements to be? My cat usually roams around at night then wakes me up for cuddle time. Thank you!!

Great tips 👌
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I’m introducing my Russian Blue mix to my new ragdoll kitty as of yesterday but I’m trying a different technique….I have brought my kitten out of my room in her cat carrier that used to belong to my Russian blue mix and setting boundaries for her to meeting the new kitty. They have not met up close out of the carrier yet but there’s been a lot of progress with this technique. I’m taking it at a slow pace due to my cat’s temperament and the fact my ragdoll is pretty curious.

After 10 hours of wrestling when they first met, my two one-year-old kittens (estranged biological brothers) were somewhat peaceful for the next 10 hours. We'll see how this goes.

Day 1 of trying to Introduce my 3 male neutered 1 and 1/2years cat to a female 1 and 1/2month kitten. I am so stressed out rn. Will it be okay?? There is no back turn. The female cat has so much energy and she plays. My male cats also play but today they didn't due to changes in routine. I introduced them like this channel's video of no isolation.. There was some hissing from new cat and old.. But they were trying to play with her but she is resisting now. Any tips?

I didn't choose my cats, they chose me ... and they're sooo different