Questions tagged [introducing-pets]
How to introduce two or more pets to each other.
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maltipoo and kitty [duplicate]
I've recently got a new kitty after two or three weeks of close door sniffing and viewing our vet gave us the go and we started doing face-to-face with a leash my dog is more interested in food than ...
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Trying to introduce a new cat
Here's the progress so far, I'm looking for tips on how to make sure the situation doesn't degrade.
We got a new cat about 1.5 years old. His owner had passed and he's a little withdrawn. We started ...
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How do I get my adult cats to get along with my new adult cat I adopted 6 month's ago [duplicate]
My partner and I adopted a 4yo male cat 6 months ago
We bought him into our home that already had a 1yo male cat and a 2yo male cat.
It has been 6 months and my resident cats are still fighting the ...
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New kitten lunges at older cat
We adopted a 1ish year old stray cat. We already had a 10 year old cat. We did a slow introduction and all seemed to be going well. Most of the day they retreat to different rooms, occasionally they’...
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Difficult introduction: 5mo male kitten an 14mo female cat don't get along?
Been introducing for 7+ weeks now. We have so far made slow but steady progress. The two cats eat side by side, and can sleep and play in the same room, although the cat reacts negatively to the ...
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Catsitting a kitten
I will be catsitting a friends kitten for a couple of weeks starting next week, the kitten is a female, about 2 months old, not litter trained and probably not yet neutered last time I checked. I have ...
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How do I introduce my rat, Squishy, to (a) new rat(s)?
Squishy is my pet rat, he's a male. I got him and his brother Loki at Petco (a horrible environment for them, I saved them from becoming snake food.)
I'm a new rat owner they are my first rats. I've ...
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How much hissing should I tolerate from old cat getting used to new cat?
Just going to start with the basic info:
Cat 1: Pancake (female, spayed)
2 years old
lived with us for 1.5 years
came from shelter, abandoned at birth
very anxious, scared of everything
Cat 2: Bean (...
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I'm worried about my dog and cat interacting with each other
I have had my dog for 5 years now, and my girlfriend and I recently adopted a cat. Most of the time, I am in boston, so the cat stays with my girlfriend. When I am home though, the cat is often at my ...
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How to introduce a cat to a new cat? [duplicate]
I live in a small room and believe me when I say it is really impossible to separate the two (I live in a poor house, there is not much space). How do I go about doing it? My old cat generally have ...
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How can I predict whether my cat is "dog-savvy?"
We are considering adding a dog to our household of 2 adults, 1 child, and 1 cat.
One of the rescue sites we like regularly posts dogs that are described as being good with "dog-savvy cats."
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How can I ask my middle-aged cat if she'd accept another in the house?
Hazel is now around 12; middle-aged for a cat. She lived with her sibling Harry until we lost him, but she's had me to herself for several years now.
It isn't clear whether Harry was a special case ...
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How to introduce multiple cats into a two-cat household?
We have two adult cats, and my son, his wife and their son are moving in along with their three adult cats.
I've read up on how to introduce one cat into a household ... does introducing multiple cats ...
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How can I get my cat comfortable around other cats after a traumatic fight?
This is my first post so I am sorry if this question is irritating to anyone. I tried to search up the answer to this but I just found posts about re-introducing cats who fought each other. My cat got ...
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How can I introduce my puppy to my boyfriend's dogs?
I recently moved in with my boyfriend and brought along my year-old intact male pup, and my boyfriend has four other dogs. Including his attentive, jealous German Shepherd, and I want my pup to get ...
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