Introducing new kittens to the house
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We have an 8 year old male black cat who we adopted about 4 or 5 years ago. Long story but he's now officially "ours" (to the extent that any cat can ever really be owned!). He's a lovely boy around people - friendly, good natured and relaxed.
Around other cats, though, he's a complete nightmare - he can't see another cat without shooting off and chasing after it. He always seems to be fighting and/or getting into a hissing contest with some other cat. Basically he's a bit of a bully, despite being physically quite small.
My wife has now agreed to take 2 kittens from a friend of hers whose cat has recently had a litter. They're both boys and we're getting them next weekend, when they'll be 10 weeks old. We're quite concerned that the current cat will not take kindly to these new faces (we don't have any other pets at the moment) and that he's likely to terrorise the poor buggers!
Any tips on the best way to introduce the kittens to the house to minimise the carnage would be very much appreciated!
Edited to add gratuitous cute kitten pics:
Around other cats, though, he's a complete nightmare - he can't see another cat without shooting off and chasing after it. He always seems to be fighting and/or getting into a hissing contest with some other cat. Basically he's a bit of a bully, despite being physically quite small.
My wife has now agreed to take 2 kittens from a friend of hers whose cat has recently had a litter. They're both boys and we're getting them next weekend, when they'll be 10 weeks old. We're quite concerned that the current cat will not take kindly to these new faces (we don't have any other pets at the moment) and that he's likely to terrorise the poor buggers!
Any tips on the best way to introduce the kittens to the house to minimise the carnage would be very much appreciated!
Edited to add gratuitous cute kitten pics:
Edited by TheGreatSoprendo on Tuesday 26th August 20:19
We have an 8 year old male black cat who we adopted about 4 or 5 years ago. Long story but he's now officially "ours" (to the extent that any cat can ever really be owned!). He's a lovely boy around people - friendly, good natured and relaxed.
Around other cats, though, he's a complete nightmare - he can't see another cat without shooting off and chasing after it. He always seems to be fighting and/or getting into a hissing contest with some other cat. Basically he's a bit of a bully, despite being physically quite small.
My wife has now agreed to take 2 kittens from a friend of hers whose cat has recently had a litter. They're both boys and we're getting them next weekend, when they'll be 10 weeks old. We're quite concerned that the current cat will not take kindly to these new faces (we don't have any other pets at the moment) and that he's likely to terrorise the poor buggers!
Any tips on the best way to introduce the kittens to the house to minimise the carnage would be very much appreciated!
Around other cats, though, he's a complete nightmare - he can't see another cat without shooting off and chasing after it. He always seems to be fighting and/or getting into a hissing contest with some other cat. Basically he's a bit of a bully, despite being physically quite small.
My wife has now agreed to take 2 kittens from a friend of hers whose cat has recently had a litter. They're both boys and we're getting them next weekend, when they'll be 10 weeks old. We're quite concerned that the current cat will not take kindly to these new faces (we don't have any other pets at the moment) and that he's likely to terrorise the poor buggers!
Any tips on the best way to introduce the kittens to the house to minimise the carnage would be very much appreciated!
Edited by TheGreatSoprendo on Tuesday 3rd February 11:22
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