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Originally Posted by Rayquaza17
Thank you for the article. But what happen if my cat is an indoor outdoor cat? She is still coming back and all but then she will not go in the room unless her food bowl is really far from the new cat which means her bowl must be in the other room.
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You're welcome, but did you
readthe article?
The article says you should keep the new cat isolated from the present cat, in a separate room. Not just at feeding time, but at all times, until they get used to each other. The key word is
separate: cats, beds, food & water bowls, litter boxes -- all in separate spaces.
As the cats get used to each other's scents, they'll grow to tolerate each other, and the article gives some tricks that you can use to help this process, such as wiping one cat down with a towel or cloth and then putting it into the room with the other.
Although I'm the one who posted the article in PF's library, I did not write it -- I put it together from posts that other, more experienced members had written and info I found on various web sites. Blackie007 posted the first thread when she got distressed by stories of so many people who adopted cats and kittens, and then lost them shortly after. Why? The cats would try to leave their new home to return to a more familiar place and often fell from balconies, were hit by cars, etc. Also we saw a lot of forum posts by people in your situation -- adopt a new cat and the existing ones are fighting with it. I also had this problem when I brought in my 2nd cat, and I followed the steps in this article very patiently for about 2 weeks. It paid off! My 2 girls are best pals now, but if I'd just thrown them together, I think they'd have beaten the stuffing out of each other. Separate rooms and patience -- it works!
