Thread: Help! Which to choose Cat or Kitten!

We recently got a 2nd male as a playmate for our male, who had outgrown the female he had been playing with. Considered getting a rescue male, and could find some like 1 yr old MCs (mix) within driving distance. Talked with a number of cat people though, and all said it was much less likely we would have problems introducing a kitten into our group of three. Since that group was getting along so well, we decided not to risk problems, so got another MC male kitten. Went perfectly; the big male immediately loved the new kitten and vice versa, and the two girls avoided him for the first couple of months but are fine now.

I'm sure it depends a great deal on the cats, but that is hard to predict (especially how the new cat will behave). We know that one of our females is a dominant type, so she is likely to be a problem with a new large cat. When we brought her home as a kitten, she hissed and growled at our large male. Not only were we astonished, but you could see he was too! He did not attempt to hurt her though (and he would attack all other cats outside).

When introducing new cats we have generally kept them separated for a few days, so they begin to smell each other and catch sight of each other before actually meeting. That was just impossible with the last kitten, however. I think we were able to keep him isolated for less than a day because he was so rambunctious.