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Well, even behind closed doors, Luna is hissing at the new cat! She hissed mightily and Rame got so scared he jumped in the bathtub and POOPED!! Poor guy! (It was kind of him to go into the tub, but now I hope he doesn't think that is his litterbox! I sprayed it well with cleaner for just that purpose!)

They will stay in separate rooms for a few hours while I study in the same room with with the resident cat. That will give both of them time to sleep. They are both exhausted from being anxious about the other and they are fighting sleep. Rame gets up from his bed and tries to escape everytime I go to his door and Luna is so antsy she keeps doing the cha-cha all night long on my pillow.

Ahh.. and why did I think getting another cat was a good idea???

Hi There,

Hissing is very normal whenever a new kitty is brought into a home. Luna is letting the newcomer know that she is not pleased, and that he is in her territory. It's best to keep your new boy in his own room for a couple of weeks. This will give them more time to get used to each other's smells before they actually meet. All introductions should be slow and gradual.

Please be sure to use an enzymatic cleaner to clean the bathtub. Otherwise, the odor is likely to remain and the tub may well be used as a litterbox again.

Hope to see you in chats this week

Regards,
PHKitkat

Here are a couple things to try in order of least confrontation to get them used to each other over a few days to a couple weeks.

1. Rub each cat down with a separate towel. Then they can smell the other cat's towel and get used to new scents without confrontation.

2. Lock Luna up in a room and give new cat full run of the house to sniff around without confrontation. Also lock new cat up in the carrier out of site (in another room) or loose in another room and let Luna sniff out new cat's room (where new cat is spending all his time. This way, they can get used to new smells without facing off.

3. When you do start gradually introducting them, put new cat in the carrier and let Luna sniff thru the carrier slots so they can safely sniff each other. I'd clean the offensive carrier out well to get rid of other conflicting smells (other animals, etc.)
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Tammy and Pookey
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I don't think they is need to bring some other cat because already it is causing so much of disturbance to you and bring one may led you not to sleep at night!!!!
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