HELP, STRAY CAT!!! and others...?

Question

i found a stray cat(female), very friendly and cute, but i also have 2 other cats, one of them (male) can be very mean, he hisses at every other cat he sees. the other (female) scares easily. i have them separated, but im scared for them to meet. what can i do, to make sure they are all safe and dont fight.

Answer 1

Introduce them one at a time and hold the new cat. Let the other smell her and pet them both back and forth. Let your cat smell your hand with both of their scents on it and talk calmly and loving to both. Don't let your cat be aggressive, but at the same time, let your cat know he/she is the "favorite" of the two. They need to know they are not losing their place in the "pecking order", but that you will protect the new one.

Answer 2

It is very common. It all has to do with being the alpha cat. The smells of the other cat has brought out a challenge, and she is miffed at you. (You are 'cheating' on her). By the way, Fancy would never consider herself 'spoiled'. It is impossible to state how long it will take for them to get along well, but time usually heals all problems. Sometimes they simply ignore each other, showing what we would consider resentment at each other. It can be from days to weeks, and in the meanwhile, you need to assure Fancy that you still love her. What will happen during the introduction time is the decision between them of which cat will be the alpha cat. There can be only one alpha cat, and that is not a constant. And size really doesn't matter all that much either. There are a number of approaches to introductions. My method is to do it when I have a reasonable length of time to be around, and simply put them together. You will learn quickly if there will be any serious issues. You can expect hisses and growls, and even swatting. But it is rare for blood to be drawn. The other approach is a slow introduction, but that is not easy living in an apartment. You will need to have at least two litter boxes, and another thing that really helps is vertical separation. By that, can one cat cross the room at a different level than the other cat, such as jumping onto furniture while the other cat is on the floor?

Answer 3

Put the male into a carrier and set it in the middle of the living room floor for an hour, bringing in the new cat but not putting her near the carrier. She should investigate it on her own.

Let the male out, wait two hours then put the new cat into the carrier and put it in the center of the room and bring in the male cat but don't put him down near the carrier.

If you want, lay a towel so it covers half the front of the carrier as a protective barrier.

This gives each cat a secure area plus can check out the other. Keep them separated for a few days, letting them sniff each other under the doors. Supervise any encounters they have for the first week.

Answer 4

WARNING - My daughter just brought in a stray and I had her segregate the cat until the vet could examine her. Turns out the cat proved positive for feline leukemia. We had to put the stray down.

Answer 5

Put one in like a box with a screen door on it and another in one right next it. So they can see each other. Then once they stop hissing and clawing at the screen of the box, let them both out, if it gets to violent, put them both back in the boxes.

Answer 6

u could just put the stray cat in a non kill shelter, but if you dont want to get rid of him, try and hold both cats close to eachother, until they finally shut up

Answer 7

Give them a bit of time to get used to each others scent then allow them to mix they should be okay

Answer 8

you have to slowly introduce them. keep the newcomer in one room only for now, and let the other cats in their when you are in the room. it will take a while, but the'll get used to each other.

Answer 9

put a little doggy fence in between them and see what happens they cant hurt eachother

Answer 10

keep them seperated