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Integration of New Kitten and 4 Year Old Female Resident Cat?

I have had my new kitten for just over 2 weeks now. My resident female is very territorial so I am being extremely careful with this process. I have done scent swapping, room swapping, and feeding either side of door. Recently I fed treats with door ajar so kitten could put paw through gap, then played with them both.

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Today I put the kitten in a crate covered with a blanket so just a small gap was visible. I fed them both about 2 feet apart and they happily polished off their dinner. I would love reassurance that this is a good sign please? Also any other advice greatly received, thanks.

By Suzanne from South West England

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July 31, 20130 found this helpful

I found this link:
answers.yahoo.com/.../index?qid=20080605193940AA9AC1e

Also with mine, I usually hold the kitten and walk it around the house on a "tour" and let the other kittens see it. Also have a litter box for each cat, and a food dish for each cat.

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Make sure you don't expect them to eat together at first, but feed them far apart.
Love the older kitty and tell him in a soft voice how this is a baby. Make sure the kitty has a room or a place to call it's own. That sounds like you are doing awesome.

Here is a video. youtu.be/grLyTX8Dpso

Last but not least, I always trim the nails of my other cats when a new on is on it's way If you are not used to doing this then get someone who knows how to do it. You just take a small bit off the top of the nail the hook part.

 

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