We got our new cat, Lazer, last night and he has settled in quite well, eatting, using the litter box, playing, etc. Our resident cat, Mongo, seems to be just fine too, he meows to him through the door (we have seperated Lazer into our extra bedroom for the time being), pawing at each other through a cracked door, only one hiss from both, and generally just smelling and taking each other in. We have let Mongo into Lazer's room (while Lazer wasn't in there), and he was fine, and let Lazer explore the other parts of the house and he was super excited (while Mongo was in his room).
My question is this: do I need to seperate them for a whole week? Lazer has a clean bill of health and they both seem eager to meet each other. Mongo has had a little bit of "What in the world is that?" but hasn't reacted aggresively or with jealousy. Is three days of seperation too little? I hate having to hear Lazer cry when I spend time with Mongo and vise versa.
p.s. My husband names the cats, so that's my excuse for why they are such ridiculious names. I'm using this as collateral so that I get to name our children
p.p.s. for what it's worth, Lazer is 4 months and Mongo is 2 years old
My question is this: do I need to seperate them for a whole week? Lazer has a clean bill of health and they both seem eager to meet each other. Mongo has had a little bit of "What in the world is that?" but hasn't reacted aggresively or with jealousy. Is three days of seperation too little? I hate having to hear Lazer cry when I spend time with Mongo and vise versa.
p.s. My husband names the cats, so that's my excuse for why they are such ridiculious names. I'm using this as collateral so that I get to name our children
p.p.s. for what it's worth, Lazer is 4 months and Mongo is 2 years old