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Alright /an/ I need your help.

My girlfriend has a cat who followed her home a year ago and has stayed with her since. Today, she decided to adopt a kitten because otherwise it would go to the humane society and chance euthanasia.

What is the best way of introducing the cat? We're doing it balls out and unfortunately saw Pandora, her cat, cry. She's throwing a hissy fit and everything so...bit of help, names. Female cat and male kitten.

Closest thing I could find to a cat that looks like Pandora.
>> Anonymous
keep them in separate rooms until they get used to each others smell.
>> Anonymous
>>272534

Ditto...
>> Anonymous
>>272477
it cried and had a hissy fit? explain.
>> Anonymous
Our cats had a hard start too. Now they are even eating side by side and sniffign at each other (looks like kissing on the nose) but once in a while they'll fight to see who is dominant.
>> Anonymous
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I see this question all the time so I'll write out my advice again :D I should keep it in a text file! I've got three cats now. About a month ago I introduced a new kitten and using this strategy, they're all the best of friends. I'll put it in point form:
- Separate feeding bowls in separate areas away from litter boxes
- Separate litter boxes
- Supervise their initial contact
- Allow them to hiss, growl and puff up on their own without interfering. This is all about dominance and getting to know where they fit in with each other
- If they get serious about fighting, get the hell in there and separate them until they calm down.
- DO NOT lock them together in a small room. Cats need their space to work out their own hierarchy
- Some cats just won't get along with others, but hopefully your cats will adjust
- Feed your older cat first, then the kitten. This lets your older cat know she's still the dominant one who gets to eat first
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www.felinewellnessmagazine.com
current issue has a fantastic article on introducing new cats to an existing household.

don't just throw them together.
keep them separate at first, maybe with the kitten in a room behind a closed door.
let them adapt to each other's scent that way for a week ro so, using each cat's blankets under the other's food bowl and such for their scents to becoem familiar.
slow and steady wins the race when introducing a new kitten.. cuts way down on stressing both pets.
PS that magazine I mentioned is awesome.. I just found it at my local store yesterday.. they had a free copy there so I grabbed one.. best quarterly cat mag I've seen.
>> Anonymous
>>272547
It didn't OP just felt a need to anthropomorphize the cat, like a lot of pet owners do.