| Title: | Meower Power is Valuing Differences |
| Notice: | FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY |
| Moderator: | MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO |
| Created: | Sun Feb 09 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 11 1994 |
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I have a problem. I am the one who picked up Peter's cat (note 4402)
last night. I have a female cat whois about 1 1/2 years old and has
been living with another cat up until recently. When I brought the cat
box in the house last night I imediately put the cat in the spare room
and shut the door. My cat Bonnie seemed to be very curious about what
was there, so I decided to let the other cat and Bonnie meet. BAD MOVE!
Bonnie is normally a very friendly cat. Well she flew at the new cat
and they had one of the worst cat fights I have ever witnessed. My
problem now is that I have had the newer cat locked in the spare room
all night because I felt she needed sometime to rest as she has been
outside for a long time. She is starting to feel more comfortable now
and I really want to let them both out into the main house together,
but I am really afraid of what Bonnie might do to the other cat! I dont
want this cat to be scared! Any suggestions on how I can re-introduce
the two of them? I am at home today so if anyone has anysuggestions
PLEASE let me know!!!
Thanks Lee
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| 4415.1 | SLOWLY!!!!.... | BOOVX2::MANDILE | Wed Feb 27 1991 11:04 | 17 | |
The key to introduction (IMHO), is to move S-L-O-W-L-Y!
This cat was invading Bonnies territory!!!!!
With adults, it can take weeks before you can leave them
together safely. Also, you need to make sure she is healthy
before you let her in contact with your other cats. She may
have parasites or a virus that is contagious. Keep her separated
including food & water dishes & litterbox, until she gets the
O.K. from the vet. Then, you can start with the re-introduction,
letting them see each other the first day, (supervision required
at all times) then smell each other, then longer & longer periods
of supervised "togetherness" until they accept each other.....
Thanks for taking her, BTW.... :-)
Lynne & 4.5
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| 4415.2 | TENAYA::KOLLING | Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca. | Wed Feb 27 1991 15:38 | 7 | |
This is a fairly common early reaction. (Is your "old" cat
fixed, by the way? If not, she will be reacting more strongly
against the introduction.) Somewhere in here there is a
note with info about cat introductions.... #1 on the
list should be patience, calm, and a supply of Valium for
the cat parent.
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| 4415.3 | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds DTN:297-2313 | Thu Feb 28 1991 13:38 | 36 | |
I want to re-iterate the point about not letting strays in contact
with your own cats until they've been THOROUGHLY checked out by
a vet and have had a period of isolation to give problems time to
show themselves.
It is also of utmost importance that you wash your hands with hot
water and soap after any contact with your new girl before touching
anything else.
Here's a few things that a fairly healthy stray may have that could
be transmitted to your cat:
fleas
worms
earmites
upper respiratory track infections
and here's a few of the more nasty things:
FIV
FIP
FLV
Ringworm
Distemper
Rabies
(now if your cat's up to date on shots the last two shouldn't be
a big problem.)
I had kept our ferals isolated for a month and had treated them for
everything apparent and they still passed upper respiratory track
infections to all the other cats.
Voice of experience....
Nancy DC
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