I always give the new kitten the guestroom for the first two days...he gets his own litterbox and food and water...so I can monitor what goes in and out...once I see everything is good, I allow the other cats in for a few hours at a time...so they can all figure it out...once everyone is playing nice...(which usually takes about 3 days as Bentley can be stubborn)...the new kitten can have full run...but...I leave the second litterbox in the guest room for about another week or so, but show him the real litterbox also...but during his free run of the house, I frequently pick him up and take him to the real litterbox...this way he navigates himself from it often...once I've seen him use the real litterbox on his own he is home free...literally...and mine jump all over everything...we don't mind...



During the the first few days when he is "quarantined" we go in as frequently as possible to play and snuggle with him so he does not get too lonely and starts to bond with us...if you are getting 2 at the same time this won't be as much of an issue...and one of us will sleep with him at night...this was how I bonded Fin to my son...he got to be the night sleeper and spent most of the time playing with him the first few days...



This pic is what I found day 3 of Fin's new arrival...after letting Alastair visit...

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