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Hi all. I have had two cats, a brother and a sister, that we have raised since they were 2 weeks old for about four years now. They are both small. The larger of the two is about the size of the average runt while the smaller of the two is about the size of a half grown kitten (only about 2 1/2 lbs maybe 3). Over the course of the years the smaller one has become incredibly skittish and the lager male somewhat agressive. He chases her like a normal cat would for playing but she just runs. The male is an orange flame tabby while the female is a long haired back and white angora.
Recently my wife and I wanted to get a new cat. We found one at our local SPCA and she is everything I've ever wanted in a cat. She is a medium hair length pure black female who is a little over a year old and spent most of her life at the SPCA. The new cat is very sociable and calm. She took to me and my wife immediately marking us and letting us rub her belly while she was still in the cage at the SPCA. We planned on trying to put her in our guest bedroom and let her out when we could after locking up the other cats. The female I wasn't really worried about but the male and his semi-aggressive behavior did worry me.
When we got her home she was still in her cardboard box and we were trying to wrangle the cats to heard them into our bedroom when she managed to get ouf of the box suddenly right in the middle of it. The female cat of course ran and hid while the male cat stalked her and then attempted to attack her. We separated them and let them have a day or two to calm down and slowly introduced each other's smells to each other.
Is been almost a week now and we have been slowly integrating them together in the same room while being suprvised. The aggressive cat as swatted at the new one twice now and the new cat is just so gentle she ducks and runs. Now she is scared of the male cat.
Today we finally made some progress and got them in the same room together. I slowly backed out of the room to see if they would be okay. The male cat went to sleep while the new cat just sat and watched. I left for a minute to see if I could get some treats because they were doing so good but by the time I had come back the male cat had attacked the new female and cornered her behind a chair. I removed them but now I am questioning if they can ever be brought together. My male cat just seems to agressive.
Is there any hope I can get him to accept the new cat? The female cat and the new female cat have gotten along just fine and are already okay enough to lay together. I really really really love our new cat and I don't want to have to take her back to the SPCA since she had been living there already for so long.
Recently my wife and I wanted to get a new cat. We found one at our local SPCA and she is everything I've ever wanted in a cat. She is a medium hair length pure black female who is a little over a year old and spent most of her life at the SPCA. The new cat is very sociable and calm. She took to me and my wife immediately marking us and letting us rub her belly while she was still in the cage at the SPCA. We planned on trying to put her in our guest bedroom and let her out when we could after locking up the other cats. The female I wasn't really worried about but the male and his semi-aggressive behavior did worry me.
When we got her home she was still in her cardboard box and we were trying to wrangle the cats to heard them into our bedroom when she managed to get ouf of the box suddenly right in the middle of it. The female cat of course ran and hid while the male cat stalked her and then attempted to attack her. We separated them and let them have a day or two to calm down and slowly introduced each other's smells to each other.
Is been almost a week now and we have been slowly integrating them together in the same room while being suprvised. The aggressive cat as swatted at the new one twice now and the new cat is just so gentle she ducks and runs. Now she is scared of the male cat.
Today we finally made some progress and got them in the same room together. I slowly backed out of the room to see if they would be okay. The male cat went to sleep while the new cat just sat and watched. I left for a minute to see if I could get some treats because they were doing so good but by the time I had come back the male cat had attacked the new female and cornered her behind a chair. I removed them but now I am questioning if they can ever be brought together. My male cat just seems to agressive.
Is there any hope I can get him to accept the new cat? The female cat and the new female cat have gotten along just fine and are already okay enough to lay together. I really really really love our new cat and I don't want to have to take her back to the SPCA since she had been living there already for so long.
Don't despair either!!!!!! I am going to post a recent thread about someone going through major introduction issues and how well it all turned out in the end. Each introduction is going to be different. Some cats will readily accept a newbie and things move fast. Others take much, much longer...... weeks and even months. Patience, and SLOW and easy does it. 
