Please don’t feel like you have to answer if you’d rather not! I was only wondering, since you seem to know plenty about cats… What would be the best way to introduce cats to each other? Family is thinking about getting a kitten, but we already have a sweet furbaby boy in our home. He’s not antisocial or anything, just guarded to anyone that isn’t his safe people (the family) or isn’t people his safe people know- The only other time we tried introducing him to another cat, he was very patient and respectful of the other cat, but she wasn’t very receptive of him so they fought sometimes... Ah- I’m rambling, sorry. I don’t think he’d be aggressive to other cats, but we’ve also never seen how he behaves with new cats in ‘his territory’.
If only people like Choromatsu and Osomatsu had the decency to start their asks with something like "Please don’t feel like you have to answer if you’d rather not", because I wouldn't.
A question about cats though? I couldn't comprehend not answering it...
Even though I am a cat, I'm also cursed with human DNA. So I understand when there are just some cats in the world that don't want to be with another one. No matter what. It's just the way we are. I feel that way about humans myself.
Nothing you could ever try would work to make me want to be with another person... Not even endless compliments.........
Anyway...
I avoid bringing cats into the house since I don't trust the 5 pigs in there. You know how long it took me to break Karamatsu from trying to replace ESP Kitty's glasses with miniature versions of his dumb pointy sunglasses?
But if I did live in a realm that wasn't Hell, and if I was able to bring cats in to live with me, I would go with the "room separation" method.
For the kitten... bathroom. Make sure cabinet doors are childproof so the kitten can't get into any cleaner and stuff... even try blocking off the tub in case there's any residual soap scum.
Your current cat and the kitten should have instances of sniffing each other through under door crack, but there's still that barrier there.
Um... next part is the important bit that most people miss when they do this...
Get a hoodie (preferably Karamatsu's so it has a chance of being ruined with kitten pee as it is still learning how to use a litter properly).
Put it on the floor as a "bed" for kitten. Atop of that, get an old t-shirt or towel. Something where the fabric has run very thin.
Set that atop the hoodie.
Now you have kitten's bed ready.
Do you know about the "Yeowww" banana cat toy?
That catnip toy is different among all the other cat toys in existence. They claim it is "quality cat nip". But again... as a cat myself... I can tell you that they actually secretly made cat-cocaine and put that in there.
Get 2 of those. Kitten might not be interested since some kittens actually can't detect catnip at young ages... but that's okay.
One goes to kitten. The other to current cat.
Wait at least 3 day. 6 preferable. (Ugh that number...)
At the 3 or 6 day mark, take the thin top layer of kitten's bed and put it near your current cat's bed or favorite spot in the house. (Only the thin top layer of kitten's bed, because this way it doesn't think you are taking the bed away from it as you'll leave the hoodie) Current cat might avoid the spot once the fabric is there, but that's to be expected...
Then... do the 'ol switcheroo' with the Yeowww bananas. Kitten's banana goes to current cat. Current cat banana goes to kitten's.
And likewise... so... everything in your house already smells like the pussy you have. So just take something like the pillow case on your bed or futon and set it next to kitten's bed in the bathroom (not on).
Then wait another 3 days...
Um... that's it then. You can try letting them be together after 6-9 days of separation.
I hope you are able to like... succeed in this in order to give another cat a roof.
...Apologies for writing/saying so much. Not trying to talk much like that other disgusting blue-turd...
