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Introducing the new to the old..?

post #1 of 4
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Okay, so about a week back I found a trio of kittens that someone had dumped by the road in a box and took them in. All three of them are the most beautiful, affectionate and obedient girls I've ever met (I say girls because I speak not only of cats when I say this, but rather of humans too. ) and they're only just old enough to have started eating solid food and peeing/pooping on their own. (I know this because I hadta help the smallest one pee for a few days.)

Anyhow, I found them while staying at another house, and now that I've returned to my own house I'm wondering how to introduce them to my other cats. I've got a mother cat, who has already managed to wriggle her way into their room and hiss at them, and her own four kittens. How can I get these cats to like each other? One of mommy cat's kittens, Silky, also managed to get into the room (little brothers don't close doors.) and she seemed perfectly fine with them, sniffing them and coming close to cleaning them.

So, any advice?
post #2 of 4
I understand a quarantene is no big issue for you? Them vet checked and so on?

I think swapping smells should do much. Ie, setting smells of the resident litter kittens on the newcomers.

Setting a Feliway diffuser if the mom is known as very protective should also help some.

There are surely also other ideas.

Good luck!
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Yep, a Vet checked them out and said they were fine. He also gave me kitten food for them.
I've been trying to swap scents, but all that really happens is that the mommy cat catches a whiff of them, and then gets so worked up she starts hissing at her own kittens and hitting them around. (I mean, they're pretty big so they can take it, and they never get hurt, but still.) She's not normally so protective, and she has been introduced to other cats and kittens before, so I've no idea why she's so hostile.

Feliway is kinda hard for me to get, tbh. I've never seen it around and I'm told I have to order it from online, which is pretty much impossible for me since I haven't got a credit card and whatnot.

What other ideas are there, anyhow? 'Cos, honestly, I'm getting a bit tired out spending all my time running after two different sets of kittens. I just really wish they would get along and stick together in the same spot so I didn't need to do twice the amount of cleaning as I am now, using two different rooms for the both of them. -headdesk-
And the new kittens really do need a mother, even if they can eat solid food. =(
post #4 of 4
Is there anything else stressing the mom? Or otherwise feeling not well?

Cats dont feeling well do have less patience than usual...Teaching either it is necessary or not.
Or if the stress niveu goes on - the same.

Moms are protective, but lessening stresses may press down their defensive attitude.

You cant get Feliway... OK.

Music, low played, calm music is often good. Classical Harp Music is best, but almost any calm, soft music could work.


Good luck!
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