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When I got Jack I didnt' know much about him. There are in the upstairs of my landlord's house. Sometimes, he sneaks out to hang with them. He gets along great with the boy cat but the girl cat hates him. Since Jack gets so bored, we're getting him a buddy. I wonder since he took so well to the other cats, does he need to be separated from his new friend like the website says. I wonder if he would be flexible and happy to have a friend. The cat I'm getting also gets along with the other cats in her home. Could I have a possible love connection where they would be upset not to be near each other from the start. I just wonder if I need to slowly introduce such extroverted cats to one another.

The only concern is that the new cat is an unspayed female. Jack is a neutered male. I can only imagine the catcalling if she goes into heat from smelling him. I may keep them separated until she can be spayed.

Any insight would be helpful.
 
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Originally Posted by kpullings

When I got Jack I didnt' know much about him. There are in the upstairs of my landlord's house. Sometimes, he sneaks out to hang with them. He gets along great with the boy cat but the girl cat hates him. Since Jack gets so bored, we're getting him a buddy. I wonder since he took so well to the other cats, does he need to be separated from his new friend like the website says. I wonder if he would be flexible and happy to have a friend. The cat I'm getting also gets along with the other cats in her home. Could I have a possible love connection where they would be upset not to be near each other from the start. I just wonder if I need to slowly introduce such extroverted cats to one another.

The only concern is that the new cat is an unspayed female. Jack is a neutered male. I can only imagine the catcalling if she goes into heat from smelling him. I may keep them separated until she can be spayed.

Any insight would be helpful.
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Yes, you need to spay the female. As for her going into heat, I think she will know he is neutered and actually might try to beat him up for that. You should try to keep them separate until the surgery. After the female recovers, you should keep them separate to see how they interact with each other. I think you will figure out how long you will need to keep them separated by how they interact with each other. When I introduced my two cats, I only kept them separate for less than 2 days, during which they were growling at each other and hissing at each other if not separate. After that, they stopped growling and hissing and I couldn't keep them separate anymore as they were scratching under the door trying to get to each other. They have been best freinds ever since. But they were under a year old, so the younger the cats are, the better the introduction goes.
 
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I'm working on getting her spayed. I'm making the appointment on Sunday for next week. They are both under a year so that's promising.
 
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