Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: empress_3 on August 12, 2008, 21:44:44 PM
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Hi,
I've got a 16 year old male (Dante - healthy but quite possessive) and I'm introducing a new cat into the equastion (Lilah - 8 years old and a little thin)! It was all going smoothly
but then I left the door open to the spare room where she was and he ignored her. We went and sat in the living room and she entered. he went wild and I had to separate
them with towels - she poo'ed herself in fear and I've had to clean the walls as it was sprayed up up them.
I've only had her four days so it was a bit soon but it all seemed to going well. What do I do next?
All advice welcome as I am desparate and rather upset.
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Hi & :welcome: to Purrs
I think the best thing to do would be to start from scratch again as if you were on day one. Have a look at this link http://www.wizz-catz.co.uk/introducing.html It's written by an animal behaviouralist who runs her own rescue so is top advice. Another thing to consider is getting some Feliway which is basically a plug in (odourless) of calming cat pheromones, you can get it from the vets but it will be much cheaper online...
http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=149_1&products_id=334