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Introducing A New Cat
Hi,
I'm fostering -- with the hope of adopting -- a 4 month old tabby and I'm trying to introduce him to my roomate's 7 year old Tortie. I'm not sure if the behavior the older cat is showing is normal. She hisses and growls at the kitten. And the two times I've tried to get them close to each other, they've hissed and screamed. The kittn thens runs into a corner and he seems to be afraid of her. She's had a lot of knocks in her life -- declawed as a kitten, no feline companionship while growing up, and an owner that doesn't keep her litter box clean -- and it takes her a long time to warm up to people. Is there anything I can do to calm her down and not be threatened by th kitten? K |
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Introducing A New Cat
On 29 Dec 2006 20:02:49 -0800, "Kerissa Ward"
wrote: Hi, I'm fostering -- with the hope of adopting -- a 4 month old tabby and I'm trying to introduce him to my roomate's 7 year old Tortie. I'm not sure if the behavior the older cat is showing is normal. She hisses and growls at the kitten. And the two times I've tried to get them close to each other, they've hissed and screamed. The kittn thens runs into a corner and he seems to be afraid of her. She's had a lot of knocks in her life -- declawed as a kitten, no feline companionship while growing up, and an owner that doesn't keep her litter box clean -- and it takes her a long time to warm up to people. Is there anything I can do to calm her down and not be threatened by th kitten? K When my sekritary brought in Beauty last year I didn't like her! Introoder alert! But now we sleep only a few feet from each other. Cinder |
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