I dont know if this is the right subforum or not, but my friend is asking me to take in her 2 year old cat because she is moving into a subdivision and fears the cat will be run over (it is used to have 2 acres in the woods to roam around in - Rob & I have 1.5 acres away from a main road).
We already have two kittens, about 6½-7 months old. They've been the roost-rulers lately, and we have been talking about "adopting" the other cat from my friend - we just want to know how we should go about bringing them together.
My mom always just brought a new cat in, and set it down and they figured it out themselves - it's seemed to work fine for the last 3 cats brought into the family - they're all sorts of friendly when they want to be, and "get the heck away from me" when they want to be. I'm hoping our kittens are young enough to get used to a 3rd cat if we choose to adopt my friend's cat. I've read you sometimes have to "segregate" them, which will be kind of hard for us, since we're still living with his parents and therefore don't have any room but our bathroom to separate them. The other cat is used to having other cats, as my friend has an older indoor only kitty too. This cat has also had kittens and has been around younger baby cats.
Any ideas would be welcome! She is moving next weekend and we are beginning to get on the ball with talking about it seriously - how we are going to do with a 3rd, although we can afford it and have the room. We just want to make sure our resident cats are going to eventually get along too.
We already have two kittens, about 6½-7 months old. They've been the roost-rulers lately, and we have been talking about "adopting" the other cat from my friend - we just want to know how we should go about bringing them together.
My mom always just brought a new cat in, and set it down and they figured it out themselves - it's seemed to work fine for the last 3 cats brought into the family - they're all sorts of friendly when they want to be, and "get the heck away from me" when they want to be. I'm hoping our kittens are young enough to get used to a 3rd cat if we choose to adopt my friend's cat. I've read you sometimes have to "segregate" them, which will be kind of hard for us, since we're still living with his parents and therefore don't have any room but our bathroom to separate them. The other cat is used to having other cats, as my friend has an older indoor only kitty too. This cat has also had kittens and has been around younger baby cats.
Any ideas would be welcome! She is moving next weekend and we are beginning to get on the ball with talking about it seriously - how we are going to do with a 3rd, although we can afford it and have the room. We just want to make sure our resident cats are going to eventually get along too.