Thinking about adding another kitten to our family...?

Question

We have a 9 year old female cat who is the princess of the house. When my boyfriend and i moved in he also had a female cat and they just didnt get along.. our friend adopted our younger female cat. We are wondering if our older cat will accept a male kitten. The vet said females and males get along better... Has anyone had the same experience?

Answer 1

I did add a new male cat to my family when my oldest "princess" was 9 years old. I don't feel that the sex of the kitten was as important as the temperment and age of the new arrival. Colby respected Ariel's authortiy, and so it worked. However, when I added a third cat (also male)...Ariel was not as accepting becasue that one just was not as respectful of her "position" in the house. It did end up workign though as she just learned to ignore him.

The introduction is SO important. You cannot just through 2 adult cats in a room and expect them to get along. They already have their personalities formed and they may or may not "click". Plus, cats do not care for sudden change. However, a controlled and gradual introduction should work to integrate most cats. This is easier with a kitten because the kitten is still learning and developing a personailty...therefore is less likely to be considered a threat by the resident cat.

When a new kitty comes home, you should have a room set up just for the new arrival. You can allow resident kitty to check out the new kitten through a carrier. You can towel-rub kitten's head to get his scent on it and then leave it in your resident cat's area. Also, you can switch the cats first...putting your resident cat in kittens room while allowing kitten to explore the house. This will allow them to get used to each other's scent before an actual introduction. When you do introduce them, monitor the interactions and if resident cat isn't cool with the situation, move kitten back to his own room. Go gradually. Do not just force the new kitten on your "princess" and she should (at least eventually) accept the new kitten.

Answer 2

Good luck! I have 2 cats: Oliver age 15 & Elizabeth age 7. I also have been fostering cats/kittens for 5 yrs. Oliver ignores all of the cats including Elizabeth. Elizabeth accepts only the kittens who arrive here under 2 wks; any older kitten she won't for some reason.

I have never adopted a cat with another 1 or 2 in my household who has been accepted by the others except once & they were 2 females. However, they usually come to tolerate the presence of the new cat. But I just remembered I did have one cat who stalked the new one & I had to return the new one. So again, I wish you good luck.

Answer 3

I have an older female cat she is about 12 years old. There is only 1 other female she gets along with and that is me. When I brought my males into the house though, she gets along with them fine. She basically ignores them, but that is better then them fighting. It should be fine for you to bring young males in the house, just make sure you still show her a lot of attention.

Answer 4

Your cat might not be accepting of any kitten. Some are that way. They are the only cats and want to be the only cats.

Then again, it just might take time for your cat to accept a kitten. Keep in mind, any young kitten will want and need to play, and having an older cat might cause problems. My older cat got used to my kitten, but hardly ever wanted to play with it. Often, the older cat would get irritated with the kitten and swat it, ect. Good luck trying it out! I hope you are thinking of shelter kittens! There are so many that need a good home (and most will take them back if it wont fit into your home).

Answer 5

I have a 7 yr old female cat who is also very spoiled. Recently we added a male kitten to the house and she absolutely despises him. She hisses whenever she sees him and runs away. If it wasn't for her being declawed I would think that she would try and hurt him. She gets along better with our male Shih tzu. My female cat is fixed though, so she might just despise male presence.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Yes, our whole household was disrupted by hissing, and fighting, and non-acceptance for about 4-5 days. In my experience, everything settled down after that. They should then become close. If not, at least they will become civil to each other.

Answer 8

No I haven't had that perdiciment but I know allot about cats.Get an older cat and they will get along fine.

Answer 9

well we have 3 boys kitties and 1 girl. and the girl is the crabbiest of them all. i think the cats just need to get used to each other. i would say go for it!