{"id":121079,"date":"2009-12-31T17:21:44","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blisstree.com\/?p=137656"},"modified":"2009-12-31T17:21:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:21:44","slug":"introducing-a-new-cat-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/121079","title":{"rendered":"Introducing a New Cat: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m going to record my experiences with introducing two cats in my household: one four or five month old kitten<\/a><\/strong> who has only lived outside and a six-year-old resident feline<\/strong>, Choco, who hasn’t lived with another cat since his shelter days when he was a kitten. He hisses at any cat he sees through the window.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The new kitten awaiting a name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Last night I brought the new kitten<\/a> home, and my husband distracted the resident feline while I put the new kitten in his own room (which is a bathroom) with all the things he needs.<\/p>\n

My husband had the idea that if Choco didn’t see us bring in the new cat, he’d just think it magically appeared! I’m not sure if it matters, but I think not knowing what’s in there is really making Choco curious.<\/p>\n

So far, so good. Actually, the night went much better than I expected. I had thought Choco, who hates closed doors, would have yelled at the bathroom all night. Instead, he just sniffed outside the door and his tail fur got really big, what I call the “big tail.” Then he went about his business, but I could tell he knew something was up.<\/p>\n

For the most part, both cats are acting normally at this point (day 1). They haven’t seen each other, but I have<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The resident feline, Choco<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

introduced them to scents via wiping one cat with a towel and letting the other cat sniff it. The new kitten didn’t care, but Choco hissed<\/strong> at the towel!<\/p>\n

I have no immediate plans to let them see each other. That will wait until after the new kitten has gotten a thorough vet check and Choco is more comfortable with the new cat’s scent<\/strong>. Right now, all I know for sure is that the new kitten is negative for FIV and leukemia. (My favorite vet is on vacation until Monday, so I’m taking him in then.)<\/p>\n

Soon, I hope to get the two cats eating close to each other, separated by a closed door. Experts suggest this helps the cats associate the scents with a pleasant activity.<\/p>\n

(Image via Peggy Rowland)<\/p>\n

Post from: Blisstree<\/a><\/p>\n

Introducing a New Cat: Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m going to record my experiences with introducing two cats in my household: one four or five month old kitten who has only lived outside and a six-year-old resident feline, Choco, who hasn’t lived with another cat since his shelter days when he was a kitten. He hisses at any cat he sees through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}