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I jsut brought home a new cat older male I have a young female kitty prolly 7 months do they need seprate litter boxes? they have not met each other yet the new one is secluded
 

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Are they both spayed and neutered? Ideally you should have as many litter boxes as you have cats.

Oh and congrats on your new kitty.
 

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Originally Posted by ink

Are they both spayed and neutered? Ideally you should have as many litter boxes as you have cats.

Oh and congrats on your new kitty.
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Ideally 2 cats, 3 litterboxes...
Congrats on the new one!
 
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so far the new cat has been secluded in my room for a few hours i used a towel to get its scent on it then I let the old cat play with it and you can tell they know one another is here so before I left for the store I switched there places old cat in the room and let new cat wonder around when Iintroduced the towel neither cat acted angry just curious so that I have returned I put new cat back in the room any ideas where to go next they clearley know one another is here i watched my old cat she is not fixed and still young new cat is a lot older boy but fixed I adopted him from a shelter what should I do next?
 

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Originally Posted by jeremydeal

so far the new cat has been secluded in my room for a few hours i used a towel to get its scent on it then I let the old cat play with it and you can tell they know one another is here so before I left for the store I switched there places old cat in the room and let new cat wonder around when Iintroduced the towel neither cat acted angry just curious so that I have returned I put new cat back in the room any ideas where to go next they clearley know one another is here i watched my old cat she is not fixed and still young new cat is a lot older boy but fixed I adopted him from a shelter what should I do next?
First of all - have you taken the new cat to the vet, and has it had a clean bill of health, including feline aids and leukemia test?
 
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well day 3 is going good the first day was alot of hissing and swiping now they tolerate one another hopefully it progreses into a better relationship.
 
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