Ok, the resident cat is named Lucky and the newcomer is Mimi. Both are females. Lucky is approx. 3-4 y/o and Mimi is approx. 6 months. Lucky is fixed (not sure if that's the correct terminology for a female cat) - I'm not sure if Mimi has been yet - and both have had their shots. Both cats are extremely friendly towards humans.
Anyway, my sister and I tried to introduce them last night. She brought Mimi over and I put her in a separate room. But of course my sister "felt bad" that Mimi was "locked away" and kept taking her out of the room and putting her near Lucky. I've read this is bad and, as you'd expect there was a fight. A big one. Lucky was non-aggressive at first, simply sniffing Mimi. Mimi was the opposite.
Mimi has been transplanted to different homes several times in the past 1-2 months (this will be her 4th transplant). She is currently at my sister's place, where she has had several bad run-ins with the 3 cats and 1 dog living there. She's scared by all the new "faces" and places. In all cases, Mimi has been the aggressor, I believe because she is scared and overwhelmed.
Anyway, Mimi kept hissing and growling at Lucky, and eventually after a few minutes Lucky started doing the same. When my sister took Mimi to Lucky's litterbox area in the basement, she attempted to poop in Lucky's box... and Lucky went ballistic. Big, big fight all over the house. Lots of screaming. I had to grab Lucky and take her upstairs into my bedroom (a "safe" place for Lucky) and pet her and talk to her. She didn't calm down for about an hour or two. My sister took Mimi back to her place.
My question is... is it possibly/feasible/likely to get these two cats together after this first bad encounter? The situation is that Mimi needs a home and I am willing to take her into mine, provided she can get along with Lucky. I know how to introduce two cats the right way (provided no one "feels bad" and interferes, heh)... but I just want to know if it's hopeless at this point or not.
Thank you
Anyway, my sister and I tried to introduce them last night. She brought Mimi over and I put her in a separate room. But of course my sister "felt bad" that Mimi was "locked away" and kept taking her out of the room and putting her near Lucky. I've read this is bad and, as you'd expect there was a fight. A big one. Lucky was non-aggressive at first, simply sniffing Mimi. Mimi was the opposite.
Mimi has been transplanted to different homes several times in the past 1-2 months (this will be her 4th transplant). She is currently at my sister's place, where she has had several bad run-ins with the 3 cats and 1 dog living there. She's scared by all the new "faces" and places. In all cases, Mimi has been the aggressor, I believe because she is scared and overwhelmed.
Anyway, Mimi kept hissing and growling at Lucky, and eventually after a few minutes Lucky started doing the same. When my sister took Mimi to Lucky's litterbox area in the basement, she attempted to poop in Lucky's box... and Lucky went ballistic. Big, big fight all over the house. Lots of screaming. I had to grab Lucky and take her upstairs into my bedroom (a "safe" place for Lucky) and pet her and talk to her. She didn't calm down for about an hour or two. My sister took Mimi back to her place.
My question is... is it possibly/feasible/likely to get these two cats together after this first bad encounter? The situation is that Mimi needs a home and I am willing to take her into mine, provided she can get along with Lucky. I know how to introduce two cats the right way (provided no one "feels bad" and interferes, heh)... but I just want to know if it's hopeless at this point or not.
Thank you