My outdoor cat has yet to meet new indoor cat, anything I should know?
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at
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Cats are generally territorial and will hiss at each other. I think you should bond with Drew first, because if he finds out there is another cat, he might be scared away from you and M2. Give it some time. After awhile, use your sliding and glass door method. I’m guessing one of it will be running away from it after a glance or so, but keep trying. You could try feeding them food at the same time. If they’re unfriendly, you should separate them for some time. M2, probably won’t be territorial indoors, but the problem is that Drew might think its his place. Some cats will be scared away and never dare approach anymore, so really be catious. Until you are sure they can be good friends without fighting, always supervise. Neuter M2 first, that’ll get rid of some aggression problems. There is a slight chance that they can be good friends, just a heads up.
It’s good to keep them separate. Cats are so territorial! Even though one may seem content with his space, he is always trying to enlarge it. So yes, this will cause conflict. Don’t ever let the opposites in or out.
You know, that is a really good question. But I would think that there might be some slight "terrorital" problems; but it depends on the cat’s actual personalities. But I don’t know… I would get M2 fixed before I tried to introduce the two to one another.
Make sure outdoor kitty is tested for Calci virus, FIP, herpes, and given leukemia, rabies, etc. shots before exposing to indoor kitty.
Make sure you take it very slowly, eventually they should be ok, but this can take awhile
I have three cats and they all came to us a year apart from one another, the last cat took a good two weeks before they wouldnt hiss at her. Then another few weeks under the bed and skirting around the house trying to avoid the older two.