Just brought my babies home!!

Hi, I'm new here.

i just brought my new kitties home!! They are brother and sister. The male is named Charlie and he is a black shaded persian, and the girl, Lola is a flame point himialayan. Welcoming them (we hope) is their big sis, Azrael, a 4 year old seal point himalayan.

They are still in their "safe room", (which is my closet in my bedroom.) They have been home three days now. I put them in their carrier and placed them in the middle of the living room so Azrael could smell them. She hissed and swatted at the carrier and then sat in the corner and watched them.

How long should I leave them in the "safe room"?

Thanks!!

Carrie

Hi Homemommy,

Welcome to TCS. If you get time feel free to post photo's of your babies .

Hi Carrie! Welcome to TCS! You may want to slowly introduce them to other parts of the house without Azrael around. I assume the bedroom isn't their safe room because that's part of Azrael's territory? You may want to close her out, and let them play - get their scent around, so she .... gets used to it.

If you aren't already using Feliway, you may want to get that going.

In the meantime, I'd work on scent swapping. Rub the two new kitties all over with several cloths. Rub Azrael all over with several. Put one of the new cats' scented cloth under Azrael's food dish, and vice-versa. When you play with Azrael, put treats down for her after the play session on the new kitty-scented cloth. Get them associating each other with good things.

When you set their carrier in the room, give her treats, play with her - distract her. Make her think having them around means a total party - that she gets MORE attention, that she gets more play, and more love, more brushes - whatever are her biggest motivations.

How long the introductions will take are up to you - your sense of how Azrael is reacting, really.

If we had to wait until one of our hissy females stopped hissing and swatting, new kitties would be in their safe room for 6 months.

I'd give the scent mixing/swapping a few more days, and then maybe a supervised intro with just one of the newbies in Azrael's territory - the living room or something. But don't make the focus their "meeting," again, play it "casual" with that, and focus on doing something that makes Azrael happy while the kitty explores.

With the ideas of how to go about it now in hand, trust your instincts, and play it by ear.

Congratulations on the new additions!

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Welcome to TCS and congrats on your new babies!

Hi there welcome along to tcs

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Welcome to TCS and congrats on the new additions

I finally let them explore the living room last night as Azrael was eating in the bathroom. I just closed the door so she wouldn't think I was locking her up. I have never had new kittens and didn't know how fun they are! We have a long hallway that comes off the living room and Charlie would start at the end and run breakneck speed down the hallway and pounce on Lola and then they would switch and Lola would run and pounce on Charlie.

They are better than TV!!

I also put Soft Paws on them today and they look so cute with their manicures. I thought it would be harder than it was. I wrapped them up like burritos in a blanket and Charlie purred the whole time I was putting them on!! Lola was the difficult one. She squirmed and meowed the whole time, but I did get them on her front paws eventually. Now we shall see how long they last. It's been over an hour now and they don't seem to notice they have had their nails done.

Thanks so much for welcoming me and I will post pics soon!!

For some reason your photos are not showing up...
I am going to send you, right now, a private message that might help.
I want to see your sweetie pies.

Charlie and Lola



Lola



Charlie



Me and Azrael

Oh how cute...
I can see why they won your heart.
Charlie and Lola are adorable Carrie.

Your babies are adorable. Welcome to TCS!

Hi there

we're so happy to get the chance to welcome you and your gorgeous furfamily to TCS. I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay with us - we're one great big family and you'll find loads of friends here. If I can help at all while you're finding your way around TCS just click on my username and send me a Personal Message - I'll do what I can to answer your questions.

Welcome to TCS!

Congratulations they are adorable...I think I'm in love!

Makes me want to get another kitten

Your kittens are beautiful! good luck in the cat show

Welcome to TCS! Your babies are really really cute!

I see you are from Knoxville. Myself and a few others on this site are as well. Keep an eye open for meetup posts if you are interested in that sort of thing!

Originally Posted by CruiserMaiden

Welcome to TCS! Your babies are really really cute!

I see you are from Knoxville. Myself and a few others on this site are as well. Keep an eye open for meetup posts if you are interested in that sort of thing!

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I will keep an eye out, that would be great!! How nice to have people from K-town on here. Go Vols!!

Do you have any more recent pictures? You can always post them in the Fur Pictures and Videos Only! forum.