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Anonymous
Hi,

We just received a new family member Manta. She seems to be fine after moving to us, but there is one problem. We have one cat already, and she isn't working out with the newcomer very well.. she is just.. doing all kinds of noises and so on. Any suggestions how I could get these two cats to work along?

Video of Manta playing for a reward for your help: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWJVBXhjkIQ
>> Anonymous
Might it be jealousy? You need to give your old cat some extra attention so that it doesn't feel you don't love it anymore. Also, you shouldn't introduce a new kitten to an older cat right away but keep them separate at first while letting them "trade smells" using a shared sleeping blanket or some other way that helps to mix their smells without the two actually meeting. After the kitten has enough "old cat smell" on it, it will appear to be a member of the family to the older cat.

Cute kitty, btw. :)
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
Second post is right. It's a gradual process. I introduced a kitten to the household recently. Old cat did not liek.

It took about a week. Getting them used to smells, as anon said, is a good first step.

Another important thing is to feed them in a common area. Keep the bowls separate but reasonably close to one another in the same room. Getting the cats to eat in each other's presence is an easy way of getting them used to co-existing with each other.
>> Anonymous
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Thanks for your help guys (and girls), I'll go ahead and buy the cats different cups to eat from. The older cat has got now a LOT more attention, but still it is jealous. After she saw that Manta was playing with her toys, she started once again to play secretly at night with the toys of hers. And both of the cats actually slept in the same place last night, but when my mother saw the cats sleeping next to each other, the older cat stood up and went somewhere else.
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>> Anonymous
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Good luck.

Word, my cat's also dilute. :]
>> Anonymous
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>> Anonymous
1. By big box
2. Put both cats in
3. Let them settle out there differences

makes sense...
>> Con
When I got a kitten my mom already had 3, I kept her in my own room for a month, but after a week I let her downstairs a few hours a day. and all but our male cat accepted her.
Now it's two years later, and the male cat still doesnt accept her at such a point, the livingroom is a mess if she stays downstairs for the night. So some accept, but some don't, I do hope for you, that the kitten will be accepted.
>> Anonymous
It usually takes time for cats to get used to one another. The same thing happened when I got a rescue kitten, our older cat would hiss and strike him whenever he got close. However, after a while the kitten stopped taking her shit and would turn her feeble attempts at turning him away into a game.

A month of chasing after her, stalking her, and playing around later and they were best friends. They still sleep curled up together :P

The best advice I can give is to introduce them gradually. So good luck, I know some cats simply don't get along well with other ones. It might be easier if they're both relatively younger too.
>> bouncy_weasel
it says in a book that i've got that you're supposed to make the new cat smell like the old cat by rubbing some litter on it or something of the like. this makes the old cat think it's their property, and then they be friends. the book says it's to get a cat to care for a new kitten, but it probably will still work if their the same age or something like that.
>> Swallow-It
Take the new kitten and when your in need of a bath wipe its under your arm pit . Do this every few days for a while. If the older established cats view you as part of there pride they will accept the kitten. I found this out over 30 years ago.