My boyfriend and I recently moved to a new place where we can have both our kitties, but the problem is neither have met each other nor have they been around any other cats. Before bring both cats, I read tons of articles but all say something different or are only referring to kittens when introducing. Ethel(My boyfriends kitty) was brought over to the new place first to let her settle in. A couple weeks later I brought over my cat (Mialo). I placed Mialo in a cat carrier and let the 2 cats smell each other. Ethel growled and hissed.. so my boyfriend and I decided to do the separation plan.
Mialo is now in a separate room with all the necessities, and close by the door. While supervised we let them see each other through a crack..but than both cats responded defensive or aggressive, so we stopped doing that and will eventually switch the cats out of the rooms to get familiar with scents. I'm just afraid they will never bond. Mialo is a neutered male cat 1 1/2 years old and Ethel is a year old, she is spayed. I would like some experienced advice or some good articles that are known to work.
Mialo is now in a separate room with all the necessities, and close by the door. While supervised we let them see each other through a crack..but than both cats responded defensive or aggressive, so we stopped doing that and will eventually switch the cats out of the rooms to get familiar with scents. I'm just afraid they will never bond. Mialo is a neutered male cat 1 1/2 years old and Ethel is a year old, she is spayed. I would like some experienced advice or some good articles that are known to work.
