Thread: How to integrate a second kitten

Was sad to see Fryja's empty pen at the show but so pleased for you that there is some form of normality for you at home,amongst the hissing....
I have always kept the newbie of the household seperate for a few nights but during the day as long as we were about we have just had open house & let them get on with things,Bruce was awful to Merlyn when he arrived & Bruce plus Merlyn were awful to Shims & Welly,lots of the hissing & growling & Bruce not wanting his cuddles but eventually they all worked themselves out & harmony reigns most of the time.
Strange thing happened to me with the Feliway though,when daughter was moving back home to live with her two cats I decided to use the diffuser to see if it would keep mine calmer,it done the complete opposite to Shimba,when Lynne arrived she said Shims looked spacey & his eyes were glazed,I went to pick him up to have a look & ended up bit & scratched for my efforts & him a quaking heap under the bed,we got rid of the diffuser, shut all the other cats up, opened all the doors & windows for a couple of hours,bl***y cold because it wasn't the warmest time of the year but when Shims came out of the bedroom he was his usual loving self,would never risk using it again,I suffered & the cats all got on fine !
Will follow the next few traumatic days with interest & wait for the excitement the first time they actually get into the same room together,you think you are winning with them & then they take two steps back before starting again,how many of us have been there,done it,got that T shirt......x