adopted cat

I know others asked this but if your male cat is not neutered that must be done first, new kitten too. Unneutered cats in the house are going to be an awful smell once they start spraying. We have 2 adult house cats, male and female. Last Monday my husband brought home a stray kitten from town, he didn't want it to get killed. Our female was indifferent to it, but our male (fixed) went wild. Hissing, growling, tearing through the house. No one could come near him he was so defensive. It lasted for 2 days like that, he has 'calmed' a little but still is not friendly to her. I took her to the vet today. They gave her a worm med that will take care of any worms and gave her all vacinations. She is a small cat but they said she is full grown. She was extremely hungry when he brought her home! She is so full of love and has found her sleeping spot. Our tom has calmed down alot and tonight was the FIRST that he has come to see me since we got her. So It will take awhile but they should adapt. My female, Angel, came from the shelter and it took her 1 YEAR to warm up to us..now she thinks she owns our bed!!! Good Luck to you.

they both need a time of adjustment to get used to each other. the new cat needs to get used to his new home, and the old cat needs to get used to a new face. don't show any favoritism in front of the old cat so it won't get jealous. pet them together and show both of them that u love them so they both feel comfortable. when i adopted my current cat, it took him one week to get used to his new home. now, he is running around in the house, jumping up and down happily, and acting like a normal cat. when u play with both of them together, give them treats at the same time. try to make them comfortable when they are in the same room together, and give them time. everyone, including people, need time to get adjusted to a new everyone and new people.

Are your cats neutered? Neutered males will be much more accepting of one another than non-neutered males. Then again, some cats never warm up to the idea of another cat, and you may need to find a new home for one of them.

With our cat's case she fought with a younger boy that live by the neighbor but then learned to stay peace with him. She probably knew he's just going for the food and not to be taken part of the household so she stopped making fuss. I think if you feed the orphan well your cat will understand that he is already accepted and that fighting with him will only make you mad and the cat's reasoning then does not permit any sense of disgust toward the other one.

Hey there, you deserve a pat on the back for taking in a homeless cat :-) Looks like your cat is jealous of the orphan cat. Earlier he had all you attention but now your attention will be divided among the two. Also since both are males, they won't get along well at first but slowly they will learn to live side by side. If either one would have been female, it would have been much better ;-) Please don't cage the cat, cats are not meant to be tied up and caged but to roam around freely. Just make sure you keep an eye on them so that they don't get into fights. I've had so many cats and kittens and a few of them are attention-seekers and get jealous when your gives the others more attention. Bottom line: let both cats roam around freely, they'll get used to each other soon and will become friends. Good luck :-)

There will always be territory disputes between established cats and new arrivals, but usually they settle down within a couple of weeks and work out who "owns" which areas of the house and a hierarchy will be established. We had 4 cats living together at one point and they were all fine, but it does take time and adjustment. There are a load of websites that will have tips for this kind of situation. Good Luck!

Hey this is really cool for having another cat, we have five at home and yeah they are not related at all to each other so I had to introduce one by one to the elder one who is Zeebaw. Now they are all together and when they play you will never say that they are not siblings. I sort of giving them food together at the beginning and when they would try to fight I would simply take the food away and then they all come together to ask for food so little by little they got to understand that unless they are together and behave properly that I will let them inside the house.

the fighting is a way of establishing territory. They will settle down sonner or later.

oohh what a kind person you are :3 and yeah, it really is a biiig problem if you put two male cats on the same house. your first cat might think that the other cat will steal his care and love from you. im starting to imagine your situation right now and hoping that it would be alright in the coming days. what if you do this,,, get a plate of milk and let the two share with it and repeat it everyday i think that would work... but aggressive cats are somewhat bad in your house, its a bad luck :) just try and observe them :)

Hi setsuna! I really admire you for being a kind soul. But personally I'm not sure how you would tame two male cats in a place dominated by the other. It makes it all the more difficult as cats are equally territorial. Sounds like a good idea to have one caged until they both decide it's high time for peace. Till then may you have peace yourself.

first, im happy with what you did. why don't you make them play together? is the old cat much older than the new one? that thing happened to my cat too. what i did was i bathed them and i put them together. when i did that, they comforted each other because we know that cats don't like bathing. since then they accepted each other little by little.

i like cats so much. i want to adopet also cute cats. give me the cat to me i will adopt it. hehehe. i want to take care that cat. and i think your adopted cat is really cute. i think you can also take care of another cat. take care of it. and be careful to that cat maybe sometimes will eat your food like the other cat called "cat in the street"... ^_^