Introducing a New Kitten to Your Resident Cat

My husband was frustrated with my older cat because she runs from him and everyone who comes in the house. I got her from a rescue almost 2 years ago, and she just won't warm up to him, so he wanted his own cat.

My daughter brought him a cute baby of around 13 weeks old. Now, my cat hides in my room and won't come out, not even for me. The kitten is kept in a kennel right now so that my older cat can come see him, but I'm so afraid that she won't accept having another cat in the house. I don't want her to think that we don't love her anymore.

She had been through so much before I got her. The first lady that adopted her had her for almost 2 years, then her boyfriend returned her to the shelter in a cooler with the lid closed. Then, an older woman adopted her and after 8 months, she had to move into a skilled facility, so her son brought her back to the shelter. I saw her a few days later, and had to have her. I was hoping that she would learn that she could trust us and that she would let me love her. After 19 months, I finally got her to come and lay down on my lap, and my husband gets a kitten. She isn't coming to me now.

I just rescued a small kitten and she is finally rehabilitated and healthy so it's time to introduce her to her siblings! One is 1 year old, one is 8 months old, and, one is 7 years old. They are so friendly to each other and to her! However, our kitten hates them, she can't even go near them without hissing! What do we do to help her feel safer and like her new siblings?

I've got a 3 year old cat that is very laid back and I just recently rescued a kitten from the RSPCA. It's only been 4 days so far.

My cat either hisses at him, or pays no attention to him. The kitten has started to copy some of her actions such as hissing, but I'm not sure he knows what it means as he hisses when his playing games.

My cat who was very loving towards me now doesn't come near me which is very upsetting as I feel I've let her down when the main reason I got a kitten was so she wasn't alone all day!

Help/advice please.

I don't know what to do with our 2yr neutered male cat. We got another cat and were told it was a female, but it is a male. My older one really is not getting along with him. We have a plug in thing, but it has not worked. Should we keep him in as we've let him out and he disappears for 24 hrs? He hisses and growls whenever the kitten is around.

So I adopted two siblings kittens at 7 weeks. One is a female named Sparkles (she is space gray) the other is a male named Tiger (he is gray and black). They are now 3 months old and today on my way to a pizza store with my boyfriend I found a stray male kitten 2 months old. It is bright orange and white and I named him Ginger and from the looks at it he hasn't been on the streets for long.

My 1 year old cat was introduced to a 9 week old kitten. The cat isn't acting like she feels good. Is this common? Is she just exhausted from watching the kitten?

I just brought home a six week old female kitten. I have a four-year-old cat, who is also female, who is not impressed. I've kept them separated for a little over a week and offer visits only through the crate, I don't see much on here talking about two female cats getting along.

I introduced a new kitten to my resident cat. She went outside today and last night she seems to be upset and comfortable with the new kitten although I put the new kitten in a crate. Will she come back, since last night she was not getting near me, and my resident seems to be a naughty cat and seldom wants to be pet. Please give me more insights on this.

I have an issue with introducing a new kitten to my resident cat. The resident cat is 13 years old and has always been solitary and generally doesn't like other cats. In the past, she has tolerated 2 other cats and they were both males and younger cats (they were neighbors' cats). We recently got a new 4-month old kitten from the pound (male) and he is very friendly and can be quite playful at times. For most of the time, he is confined to a bedroom with his own toys, litter, and food bowls. My resident cat has the rest of the house with her own stuff, too. They're not sharing anything at the moment. They have met a few times in the main areas of the house under our supervision, for a short period of time (i.e. one hour or so).

On occasions where my resident cat meets him, she will hiss at him. The first time they met, they both touched noses and she hissed first, and then he hissed back at her. We separated them immediately. She continued to hiss at him whenever she sees him, but since then he seems to not show any signs of retreating. He would just go about what he is doing and ignores her (he wouldn't go near her, though). I think she's annoyed at this and that's why she continues hissing. Last night they were both out in the main areas for longer and she retreated and hissed at him continuously. She was visibly upset, and when we put him back in his room, she was still upset at us and she continued hissing and complaining to us for another hour or so.

What should I do so that the new kitten understands that she wants to establish dominance? And will my resident cat eventually get used to him?

Thank you.