Thread: How to integrate a second kitten

Hi

Timmy was no problem - Sarah was awful when I first got Zack but they gradually got over it and as you see from the picture they are best friends now

I dont know what is best but I made up a room for Zack and kept him in there with his own beds, toys, tray and food bowl and brought him out for supervised visits for the first couple of days and put him back in there. I would go down to the room and play with him alone and then come out and fuss the others. After day 2 I left the door open and he ventured out himself and that was when sarah went berserk. I followed them around and seperated her from him and gave her a fuss .

After another couple of days I resorted to the water spray ( works best for Sarah) if she got too nasty and it worked because the next day the hissing stopped they could sit in the same room.

I still left his tray in his room for a couple of weeks and then slowly moved it out to the cat run and moved his food with the others when he started running into the laundry himself at food time.

I left all the Timmy and Sarah's food and toys etc where they always were

One of those things I think - it worked for me but may not for others

PS - I know that awful feeling tho - I remember thinking Sarah was going to kill him to start with - she would bail him in a corner and go for him. I think I posted in a panic but got reassurance from this forum and all went ok in the end