Thread: Integrating a second cat into the home

We had a two-year old MC who definitely got lonely when we weren't at home - the neighbours got very fed up of his howling!
We got him a 14 week old kitten for company, thinking he'd cope better than with an adult cat. The positives were that, as he was terrified of the kitten, at least she was a lot smaller than him at first! On the negative side, he was an adult, she was an idiot and kept dive-bombing him and generally being a kitten. It's only since she turned 1 that they have really started to get on well, now she appreciates his personal space and is behaving more sensibly.
As MCs are quite different to ordinary cats, I would definitely make sure that the new cat was at least half MC so they are going to be more similar in behaviour and I would say 1.5 years old could well be perfect.
There will be an adjustment period, Feliway is a great help, so is having more cat stuff than you think you could possibly need so they don't have to fight over things.