I don't know why I'm watching this, I'm not introducing two cats anytime soon.. but I will continue to watch, as I am stoned.. and VERY interested in this.

@Red-qg3ms

7 жыл бұрын

I was in your place a couple weeks ago, just chilling watching pointless videos, and I'm introducing two cats today so I remembered watching this vid xD so it might come in handy

@BruisedASScheeks

7 жыл бұрын

Jordan W. hahaha thats hilarious. One day in the future, when I inevitably introduce two cats I will come back and find your comment and reply to announce the hilarious news.

@Red-qg3ms

7 жыл бұрын

GarlicKnotz until then lol

@kristinetrinn841

7 жыл бұрын

Same here lol

@markroberts1741

7 жыл бұрын

GarlicKnotz lol! same here man!

This technique really does work. Took about a week for my cats to be able to tolerate each other. Three weeks later they were best buds

@nightxlynxs

7 жыл бұрын

C B In that case, how did you do it. Like I get the steps he's talking about but specifically do I use those steps everyday or at what specific time?(Sorry, I need more details😓😅)

@ravencatcher2599

6 жыл бұрын

C B. my cat kitten and cat just met about a week ago the kitten loves the cat while the cat hates the kitten

@ravencatcher2599

6 жыл бұрын

Eddie Wu What?

@ravencatcher2599

6 жыл бұрын

Eddie Wu WTF are u saying

@SarahRizky

5 жыл бұрын

Raven Catcher this is happening to me right now. my new cat loves the old residents but they hiss at him when he tries to play with them and it ends up with one of the old residents pooped in fear 😪😪😪

My cats decided themselves that they wanted to hurry up the process; they started reaching through the gap under the door, and were playing together before they were even introduced!

@KendallFalk

6 жыл бұрын

lol!

@ss-on7my

5 жыл бұрын

How old were they?

@renatabarbosa750

5 жыл бұрын

werelemur1138 Lucky you !

@MrGREENWORLD95

5 жыл бұрын

Ugh! Lucky you.

@megawho12

5 жыл бұрын

Lucky! I had a cat war yesterday because one of my original cats was hiding under the bed when I opened the carrier's to let the new foster kitties free.

Cats are very territorial. Agreed that you can't just "let them work it out."

@AntiiNea

6 жыл бұрын

my cats are super friendly to other cats

@tolerbearALTII

6 жыл бұрын

Natsuki :3 I wish they were all that way. Ugh.

@ElizabethBathog

5 жыл бұрын

Cats can be like humans and be very different in personality. Some cats can be from the start to accept a new cat and some needs more time to accept. It is easier to get a new cat when the cat you already has is used to another cat. My soon to be 8 years old cat that I have used to have a sister but she got driven over when she was 5 years old. 2 years later and I got a kitten. I never did the steps. I lett the kitten in the room with my older cat and let them work it out between them. My older cat did hiss when the kitten got to close and after 2 days my older cat started to clean the kitten and today after almost a year I can find the 2 of them grooming each other, even playing together. I also take my cats with me when I am staying a longer time at my dad's place and he has 1 cat. My dad's cat adopted the kitten instantly. So it is different from cat to cat.

@bizambo100

3 жыл бұрын

It’s easier if one is a kitten and the other a grown cat. Harder with two grown cats.

@ReeferSmoker

2 жыл бұрын

@@bizambo100 My cat beat the shit out of an adopted kitten and tormented her under a tv stand while I slept. You have to be careful with some cats, especially if they have been indoor all their life.

Jackson, you're the best. It works brilliantly! We have two 13-year old, male, Burmese cats who are very attached to us. We unexpectedly feel in love with a 1-year old female Tortie and decided to rescue her. We were very concerned about whether the 3 cats could live together peacefully. So we followed your expert guidance for cat-to-cat introductions and very patiently went through the very slow introduction process. And it worked beautifully. We are thrilled with the results! It's been less than a week since they've been integrated and today our young Tortie girl went over to one of the Burmese boys and licked his head - it melted my heart. Thank you!!

@Natalia-tq9qx

5 жыл бұрын

I have a 17, almost 18, year old Burmise female cat. I love her. She is feisty and sweet. She hates other animals because she doesn't realize she can lay on our fat cat's belly for naps.

Guess I got lucky. I did all these steps, but I did them in 3 days. My cat who is two did hiss at first, but by the 3rd day, they were playing (I'm still monitoring obviously)

@typenn84

6 жыл бұрын

Just saw this video and im about to try. Ive had my cat since he was 5 weeks and is now almost 2. Brought home a new cat and she is sweet as hell to everyone except my cat. Hes a scaredy cat and she runs the house, and will chase him around. Im going to try this as soon as I get home. Hopefully this only takes 3 days, I dont like to see my boy getting chased around and running everytime he hears her bell coming.

@stirlingshade

6 жыл бұрын

I have a really REALLY agressive older male cat(he almost attacked a child on our lawn once but I got him inside with a few scratches) so my dad wants to introduce a friendly female cat to him. We are hoping the gender differences might make him more friendly.

@youzer69

5 жыл бұрын

Shadowfang64009 how’s it going???

@MoDavI-sl7iy

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing.. How is it going?

@sylviageorge5914

3 жыл бұрын

@@stirlingshade Hi, did this work for you? Having a exact same situation at home. And really scared of letting him close to the female one. Let me know.

For anyone here in 2020- Here’s my story. I had gotten a beautiful and sweet mixed coat short hair tabby named Phoebe. About 3 years old, very playful, affectionate but alert.. We had her for 3 ish months, she still hadn’t ventured to our bedroom and was weary to explore all there is in our apartment. She came from a shelter with multiple other cats and had also been with other cats in her home before the shelter. She was getting restless at night and we wanted to get her a friend to play with and bring her out of her shell. When we brought Shia home (5 month old white and black kitten), she totally CHANGED. We had never seen her be aggressive or ever once hiss, but all of a sudden she had “the look” and it sure didn’t look like it was coming off any time soon. Any time Shia was around it was a quick hiss, maybe a swat and back under the couch all day. Let me tell you: we did NOT introduce them correctly! We kind of did just drop Shia in the picture hoping our cool cat would stay cool... Well, REINTRODUCTION IS POSSIBLE!!! I watched this video, followed the steps and got them on a meal feeding schedule. Literally it took about 3-4 days of this method and now they are BEST FRIENDS!! They actually beg for each other when separated, run around together all day, kiss on the nose... They are never more than a few feet from each other and Shia has totally brought Phoebe out of her shell- She’ll go anywhere in the house now, climb on things she’s never climbed before... THANK YOU!! They just popped in the room to wrestle and zoom out together while typing this😋❤️❤️

@mommyshark1124

Жыл бұрын

So happy for you guys! Sincerely wishing you all the best. 💞

@michelerivera2330

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. I am very encouraged. I know my cat is 2 years old and I have her 5 months now. She so lonely. So as I now brought home an almost 2 year old tabby, I wanna do this all the right way.

@user-sn3qt4nb4h

8 ай бұрын

Wow thank you! So good to know, I think I rushed my cat's intro and was hoping I could start the process again, thanks.

I'm coming back after one week and a half after getting a new cat to say all this stuff works. My resident cat got aggressive, did all the hissing and mumbling thing when we brought the new kitten. We followed Jackson's advices (door, food, ending things on a high note, etc) and day by day we pushed things further as we saw progress (progress = a decrease in the mumbling and hissing) On the 7th day he was tolerating her but would still get bothered if she approched him. BUT! On DAY 8, they started playing, running after each other and at night they were sleeping together. We're on day 12 and they are the best pals! Super proud of them! (Thank you Jackson!)

aw I remember when I had my late cat, he had a skin infection for awhile and was advised to stay in a cage, and my older cat started visiting him, and she'd stretch her paw into his cage and into his bowl to get at his food, and he'd push some food out of the cage, to share with her. it was so cute! #RIPlittlebuddy (tribute video on my channel)

@Theveganlaowai

7 жыл бұрын

sorry for your loss😟

@TheChickenRiceBowl

7 жыл бұрын

Aw that's so sweet.

@mikeyuen828

7 жыл бұрын

hellolala

@elinannestad5320

3 жыл бұрын

woah. That is beautiful.

Hi Jackson, can you please do a video talking about introducing a kitten to a dog? PLEASE LIKE SO JACKSON CAN SEE! :(

@kiroropupper3914

4 жыл бұрын

@common sense detector cats are not pack animals

@kiroropupper3914

4 жыл бұрын

@common sense detector very few cat species live in a "pride." Most are solitary species. Yes cats can be trained. I don't understand why you got your knickers in a twist over my reply. It's a KZread comment mate. Chill.

I actually just moved into the basement of a house. The basement has four rooms, and they share a kitchen and bathroom. One of the other tenants has a cat too, so for the first few days we kept them separate then once my cat knew there was a cat in one of the rooms she would sit outside the door. I think we were really lucky that these two get along so well.

I am part of The Cat Network in Miami Florida and I have recently found homes for two of my foster babies that had been adopted out and returned for their behavior. One of them hid for a week and they only saw the cat when I dropped her off and picked her up. The second cat had been adopted out and returned twice for attacking her new owners. The three families who tried adopting these two sweet girls failed to listen to me when I said to put them in a small room until they got used to things and instead had access to the entire home from day 1. When they finally found forever homes the families listened to me and within days were normal members of the family and in control of expanding their territories. I am so glad that all they needed were smart owners who listened to my advice and (especially the "aggressive" one) only needed a slower introduction.

Brilliant advice and a very clear presentation. I'm passing this on to friends with cat problems. I already solved mine thanks to Jackson (took 6 months but cats are fine now).

Thank you so much for having made this video! I recently got a kitten to keep my cat company for when we go to college in a year. My older cat was originally raised by six dogs and has had no contact with other animals (including the dogs that raised her) in the last three years. She's been the center of attention and I feared that she would not want a new cat and would have to live with separation anxiety when I became a college student. I introduced my older cat and the new kitten incorrectly at first and it did NOT go well. After watching your video and following your instructions, they now act like the sisters I hoped they would become. They sleep by each other, share their food (both were known for food aggression previously), play, and bathe each other. Thank you so much for your outstanding advice!

@libralady69

6 жыл бұрын

This is inspiring! I did a poor introduction when first bringing a new kitten home a week and a half ago too. She's in her own room but I allowed them to see each other and my resident cat is NOT happy about the kitten being here. I was advised elsewhere to not feed them together, so I haven't been, but maybe I just need to start further away and do the slowly moving closer thing.

@potatocat2445

5 жыл бұрын

@@libralady69 hi! I brought a kitten 2 days ago and my 7 month old cat hisses at her. Im actually doing the introduction with food next to the door and i think is going well. Do your cats get along now? How much did it take for them to get along?

@libralady69

5 жыл бұрын

@@potatocat2445 my two cats get along well enough, but they never bonded in the way that I'd hoped they would. They play together and mostly it's fine and I can tell they're just playing, but occasionally there's still some hissing and growling. They're both Savannah's though and that breed is known for being high energy and a bit more aggressive than your typical domestic. I leave them alone together without worry, they're not that bad, but I do sometimes break them up if it seems one is picking on the other. It's pretty rare that I see them sleeping together cuddled up, but it does happen once in a while!

@libralady69

5 жыл бұрын

@@potatocat2445 Oh, and it took a full month of feeding on either side of the door, then eventually I set up a gate system (just some metal shelving with big towels thrown over it) so that I could control how much they saw of each other, slowly lifting the towels higher. I saw that on a video, I don't know where though, sorry. Once they were batting at each other through the bars without hissing I let them interact. But I still kept an eye on them and kept them separate at bedtime for a few days just to make sure.

"It's on cat time, not human time." That rang true.

Just wanted to say thank you so much. This advice helped me be able to introduce two male rescues (one 8 mo. Old kitten the other 4 yeas old) to each other without issue. They're now best friends, and i can't thank you enough for your advice!

My brother recently moved back in with his two cats, adding them to our cats to make four in a household. It's a battlezone. (However, one cat recently got out when we had construction men over working on our house, still trying to find her) As it was, the original two cats didn't get along very well. One was an old, overweight cat, and a younger kitten. The kitten always tried to play with the old cat, but would always always get hissed at. Now we have the additional cat (not including the one that got lost) and the two younger cats will go at each other sometime. I think free feeding is the problem, though they tend to just avoid each other otherwise.

worked your program with My 4 month and 5 month adopted Kittens I watched the step by step videos, I even emailed you at one point. And then I made your system my own according to mine and my cats needs. Little bear and Rooster didn't know how much they needed each other. The process took maybe two weeks of dilligent effort on my part. First Roosters environment was in the bathroom. I made it cat friendly. Instead of a screen door, I divided the casita in two by using wire fencing hooked with 16 cup hooks on each side a door frame. I knew it was time for that big step, , where they would be able to see each other and touch each other, only after they were playing touching paws under the bathroom door. The process took patients, almost to my limit. I worked every single step. Little Bear and Rooster now, play together, sleep together, groom each other. I prayed for this outcome so that they can take care of each other and I can expand my life 💫

Thank you so much for making this video. I followed your advice, and my cat is now getting along perfectly with my girlfriend's cat in our new home! In the past I have had trouble with my cat attacking other animals and acting very territorial, but, thanks to your advice and a lot of patience, they are all getting along just great now!

I would like to mention my experience with the peeing on things. My cat is very well trained and started peeing on my sons things out of the blue. First I thought it was because he was male and she was not fixed yet and she never peed on anything of mine. Then one day she did peed on my bed. This was totally out of character. I checked her litter it was fine, I got worried because it was not her!! took her to the vet and turned out she had a bladder infection or those crystals that cats get and she was trying to tell me that she was sick and in pain glad that I was listening! Got her on meds and then got her fixed she has never gone out side her box since. PS my cat loves her tummy rubbed just loves it!

@voightkampff7936

8 жыл бұрын

+FiddycentKitty You are a RAD and WONDERFUL kitty friend! Thank you for paying attention to kitty and figuring it out and helping her when she needed help. Need more people like you in the world! :) YAY KITTIES! I have 4 all of them rescues, all of them wonderful and happy and love one another.

I'm 5 days in... My resident cat (2 years old) and a new kitten (10 weeks) The kitten is oblivious and doesn't seem to mind. Resident kitty was a little hesitant. But today I've got them eating either side of the door with it open a crack so they can see eachother. Really hoping I can make this work.

@spice2321

5 жыл бұрын

Melleficent i’m 2 years late but how did it go?!

@wendyhsu4608

4 жыл бұрын

How did it go??? I’m two weeks into my introduction. Resident cat is 1 year old, new cat 4 months old!

@TheMissMelle

3 жыл бұрын

They get along just fine and I got a third!

Dough! my cats do nothing but conduct shenanigans

Big Fab Jackson. Im a cat lover and came home with a new baby sphynx yesterday and my 1 yr old sphynx really didnt like it so i came straight to you on youtube and your advice has helped alot already actually. obviously its not perfect yet but they are in the same room on opposite sides of the couch now and just some growling but no attacks. Thanks for the help, keep up the great work.

This was very helpful. We were already doing some of the steps, but you helped so much more. It's been 24 hours so we know we need to be patient.

I rescued a kitten and used this method to introduce her to my resident baby (1yr old). I am thrilled to share that today they played with each other for 5 minutes for the first time, no growling, hissing or fighting! Thanks so much Jackson, you rock! #teamcatmojo

My family just tried introducing a new cat to our cat we already have and it was not properly done they went to go attack each other luckily neither was hurt. Hopefully this tips and tricks will work so they can get along. Thank you Jackson!

I kept a door between my cats and after a couple of days, opened a can of tuna and rubbed the kitten with tuna oil. Then I gave my older girl some tuna and brought the baby out while she was eating. They didn't hate each other, a hiss now and then and the kitten arched her back and turned sideways (very cute actually) trying to show how big she was and they got along but everyone knew that the older cat owned the house. I thought that by rubbing tuna oil on the kitten it would make her more attractive. It seemed to work out, I guess I just got lucky. I'll do it Jacksons way next time.

My cats (Bonnie, female 1yr & Silver, male 4yrs) liked each other in just two days! We've had Silver for quite a few years and got a new cat (Bonnie) in April 2015. We brought Bonnie home & silver would hiss and growl and just generally be upset. Had them in different rooms, but Bonnie would always be at the door meowing loudly to see the other cat...so we let them meet each other Silver would keep growling hissing throughout the day and night, but never hurt the new cat. She would go up to him and flop over trying to play. We had two litter boxes so they wouldn't have any territory issues, but she would only use his. On the third day they started playing with each other and he stopped growling. They've had no problems since that day

@katinka4069

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Carlisle You are lucky with them. I'm still unsure what to do whether to get a playmate for my singe 9 monts old kitten or not. I'm scared of all the fights and what if they won't get along.. but I feel like my kitten is bored all the time no matter how much we play with him + my flat is too small to separate them for days.. hmm I don't know :-|

@joy-boblindskog6798

2 ай бұрын

You are so lucky! My husband rescued a tiny kitten from a Walgreens parking lot. She was meowing and trying to avoid traffic. He brought her home and our resident kitty who is 3 just will not accept this baby. It's been 6 months and she still hisses and growls. Of course the kitten wants to play so she eill jump and run to the other cat and sometimes it works ok but our 3year old girl doesn't operate the kitten for very long. It's stressful for myself and my husband since we are very attached to both these beautiful girls.

I recently got a 2 months old female kitty and I already had a 6 months old female cat that was always very easy to scare, not very sociable but completely hyper, always wanting to play. I did the procedure step by step, and after a week I introduced them without any doors in between. I am SO happy, this works so well, they now play together, my oldest cat grooms the younger one, they cuddle and when I take them to the yard they even explore together. I was starting to get worried for my hyper cat but now she is a lot calmer thanks to the little one. Thank you for this great advice!

We are about to do this. I have just moved to Japan. I have my 6 yr old female in one room and my wifes 9yr old in another. So far so good. Thanks Jackson. We will keep you posted

How can this be done in a tiny house?

@maitreyichaganti6788

8 жыл бұрын

+Catherine Nelson Same prob..we ended up having a dedicated bedroom for one cat and we slept in the living room :( esp gets tough when you live with room-mates.

@MrDannyloco

8 жыл бұрын

ikr? I cant do this in such a small house

@maitreyichaganti6788

8 жыл бұрын

so yes it is difficult separating fighting cats and I finally found something that worked for me. I got a big dog crate and started reintroducing my cats slowly, keeping each cat inside the crate for a couple of hours while the other one was free to roam around. The growling and paw fights stopped and then I started leaving them together when they eat and for some playtime together. They are getting along well without any issues. Sure, it took sometime and all cats don't act similarly. so what works for me might not work for someone else. Not to mention, the looks and tchtching I got for putting a cat in the crate. I was not being cruel just trying out different things to get them together. And that's what matters!

@iguess4539

8 жыл бұрын

+Maitreyi Chaganti did your cat hiss when in the crate in the beginning?

@maitreyichaganti6788

8 жыл бұрын

Arlene Perez No, they were of the same litter and never showed any aggression till they were 1yr old. But then again they weren't neutered until then.

How long does the cat introduction time usual take?

Thank you so much for these videos, Jackson. I've got one cat right now in a very small apartment, but your advice on playing and showing affection and properly petting him have paid dividends for me and my cat, Pazu. Once I'm in a position to move into a larger place I plan on introducing another cat, but I'm going to follow your advice to the letter. Thanks again.

Love ur show and thank u for telling me the right way of training my cats to get along.i just got anther cat that i saved from the streets and my sister already had a cat and i dont want to lose eather one and keep dong the great things u do for cats

why is the guy who robbed the chipmunks talking about cats

@natsuki3303

4 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about Ian?

Jackson is THE cat guru!! Love this guy!

Hi Jackson, I introduced my new kitten to the two older cats I have all wrong. One of the older cats, Jodie, is fine with the new kitten and follows it around. However, Mordecai, the other adult cat is absolutely angry. He hisses at us, the kitten and even Jodie (whom he was previously on great terms with). He also hides in the bedroom and hasn't come out since we got the kitten. I need to know how to fix this. Please and thank you for any advice you can give me.

@carmenwilkerson5654

4 жыл бұрын

Do the homework, keep new cat separated. 💜💚

Thank you Jackson!!! I brought home a Shelter cat, and, yah, it ain't goin' well. She is sweet as sugar to me, and not at all to my other cat. I was all set to take her back. But you've given me hope. THANK YOU!!!

7:00..."cat's should be living in groups..."

i always loved his show, and now that i have two cats and moved to a flat with a friend and her 3 cats... this is so helpful ;-; gona try this this week, hopefully i'll come back with positive news

This really works!! Took 12 days but now playing & rubbing noses. Thank you Jackson!

My mom has six cats at the moment, but one is getting put down soon and when that happens, I'll be able to move in with her and bring my tortoiseshell Thorn. I'm worried about how my mom's cats will react to my cat.

Hey guys, so we've tried almost all these tips when bringing in a new kitten to the household and waited four weeks before they met face to face (kitten in a large cage and res. cat free to approach-our kitten likes his cage and associates it with bedtime at night; so he feels protected). Soon after we allowed the kitten to free roam in a space with our res cat (2y old) and she hissed and growled at him constantly. We would separate them and try again the next day; and the same behavior resumes. It's been almost two weeks of this behavior and our res. cat does not seem to be accepting the kitten yet at all....is there any hope in sight? We will try to go back and start with getting them on the same feeding schedule (or res. cat has a fixed serving size but grazes throughout the day; never finishes her food until at night) but hope re-introducing some of these things will work.

@corinanimatuj198

8 ай бұрын

Did it work?

@user-pr5ce1gs8w

7 ай бұрын

Yes that why I say this isn’t tru

@user-pr5ce1gs8w

7 ай бұрын

Mine does the same

@user-pr5ce1gs8w

7 ай бұрын

This isn’t tru I’ve had my cat since she was born bought another one in this year and they still don’t get along . The one I bought bully’s the cat I’ve been had now I have a kitten I rescued and the cat I’ve been had hisses and scratches at her . The other one just hisses while my kitten just looks at them wondering why they’re acting that way

I own one cat. Six others come to my house on a regular basis. They are not mine (and not feral). Just last year had a new cat move in to the neighborhood. Owner's let him out almost when they moved in. Met the cat before the people. The quad he was moved into had kids screaming all the time. He came over to my house and was welcomed by me, my cat, and the other cat from the quad he just moved into. He wasn't aggressive and was quickly accepted. He didn't actually come inside the house until the third day, but he was accepted by the other cats quite quickly.

I have shared my home with dogs and cats for over 50 years, but still needed to see this.....THANK YOU; ps: hope you found enough prospects for the upcoming season; best (animal) show on the air...so many exploit and abuse under the guise of "educating"....please keep up the good work !

Thank you for this reminder. We're having a tough time introducing a kitten to our 8-year old cat and it has been a rocky road. We have gotten them to the point where they can eat with each other without a gate in between about maybe a foot away however I think we rushed the "in the room" introduction a bit and need to focus on the eat, play, love and site swapping a bit more.

I got the 2nd kitten mainly for company for my older kitten and she hates him and they are making my life so much more stressful

@nicolewalden4754

5 жыл бұрын

vampirelovereyes69 I'm going through the same thing. Would u believe me if i told u, that this has been going on for a few years. It doesn't help when the owner of the other cat, doesn't do anything. In fact, i have seen him let his cat attack my cat. My cat was a rescue cat, so i always on the lookout, and as soon as i hear my cat, i go to check it out and either the owner is outside before i get there and i see his cat walking, next thing i see, is my cat coming back from the same direction his cat came from. My cat has already been traumatized when i rescued him, i am trying to do everything i can to move out, unfortunately i can't get around to good and have had a few TIA's. So i am on Disability, and i don't even get the full rate as it is. I don't have family, so it makes it harder to get help, as the owner is a narcissist. If he knew what i was up to, he'd probably kick me out again. He's done it before. That would mean leaving my cat behind. No way in hell am i gonna let that happen. He doesn't think i know what's going on..!! I won't give up, i promised myself and my cat that i won't leave him alone again. (I didn't have a choice before, cause i was kicked out on to the streets). 😢 😢

@ist8203

5 жыл бұрын

Your shitty filthy disgusting cat actually hates you. Have it put to sleep and let it roast hell where it loves to be.

Thank you Jackson, you are amazing!

I rescued a 12 week old kitten a few days ago and I already have 2 young adults. so far we've been in separate rooms.

Wife and I are following your procedure, hope it works out!

I found an obviously once-loved cat in a movie theater parking lot, she has a broken leg that healed wrong, and she is in her senior years. She loves humans to death, but hates cats. We’ve been trying to find her owner with no luck. She’s been staying in my sisters room while she’s in college as her “base camp”. She doesn’t move much, and only stays on the bed. I’ve had to improvise, once she got over the smell of 3 other cats, which was a big shock to her, we waited a while then began to slowly open the door a crack when she is eating on the bed and we feed the other cats on the other side of the door. It’s been 3 weeks since we have found her, and she is now used to cats scent and cats noises. She still is very upset when she sees them, everything is going very slowly. I hope one day she will be able to happily coexist with my other cats, my other cats have been DYING to meet her!

This is a s-l-o-w process but the scent swapping WORKS! Establishing a "base camp" for a cat is also GREAT! I had a feral that was once someone's beloved pet [before they dumped this poor baby at our church]. I also had a friend who originally took this particular cat, introduced it into her large home the "wrong" way and it was a train wreck. She spent over $300 on neutering, shots, vet visits, etc. and then tossed this beauty right back at church--with food and water--for four MONTHS before we had room for another cat and took this beautiful baby in. At first it was saucer eyes and nothing but claws and teeth for ME (I look like I met with a torn bush and lost)--and then after "scent swapping" a few times, the barriers started to come down. The base camp was his "go to" place and really helped out. Swapping locations was a HUGE "YES" and helped immensely. We had to start over again a few times to get the process to work but EVENTUALLY (and with an electronic feeder so the "home" cat couldn't steal food from the newcomer) everything is working out for good. The newcomer quickly adapted to the electronic feeder, the "home" cat cannot eat any food but his own and with a "everything is beautiful" attitude, didn't get aggressive until he was cornered--and no fights, no flying fur, no "screaming" etc. I believe we are well on the way to a fun time for all. The other woman who originally picked up the cat (and spent over $300!) is in "shock and awe" land at the success I've had and I have a beautiful new kitty to go along with my other fabulous and beautiful kitty!

Unfortunately, my existing kitty and the new kitty both have separation anxiety, so whichever cat was separated from access to me would cry relentlessly. I had to abandon this within the first day. But, I'm fairly lucky - they were both very curious and scoping eachother out under the gap in the door the first evening. I also put a tshirt of mine in my existing cats bed a few nights before I got the new kitty, and I put that shirt in the cat carrier when I picked her up so she'd get my cats scent before she even got home with me. I also took her bed that came with her and swapped it out with the existing cats bed so they could sleep in the other cats bed. It is now Day 2 and there is some hissing when they approach eachother, a little growling from my existing cat, but sometimes they touch noses with no issue. And the three of us are laying on the couch with eachother with them about two feet apart. I'll take it!

@aWomanFreed

10 ай бұрын

Good job. Hope it’s going well

I have a 4 month old kitten that I’ve had since he was 3/4 weeks old because he had no mom🥺 and I brought a 8 week old kitten home recently. My 4 month old, Eli hissed at first but eventually he warmed up and loved the 8 week old, Grayson. Eli loves people and hates being alone but Grayson rather play by himself. Eli always chases and follows Gray but he plays too hard and Gray gets hurt. But gray also follows Eli and tries to play. They’re fine with each other like eating together and whatever it’s just that they play too hard and end up getting hurt. I’m hoping when Gray gets older they’ll idk stop hurting each other.

for some reason I found you peeking over the wall at 3:21 extremely funny. thank you for all of your quality content, it's appreciated.

I have 4 cats and 4 weeks ago I rescued a cat he is almost 2 years old. I followed everything you teach and with one week there are altogether. Now it's official I have 5 furr baby's😺😺😺😺😺

Thank you so much, it worked. You helped us so much. Just a genius method!

This is so helpful thank you so much

I did the rushed version and it worked !

yep....my cat and I are just havin some chillin time on the couch

3 months in since new cat came. Nothing was working. Then thanks to Jackson's book and these videos we are not yet buddies but today we got an entire hour of the new cat chilling on the couch and the resident (who is a bully who likes to attack) playing and ignoring the new cat. As soon as the dynamic in the room changed, new cat went back to his room. Trying to end each encounter on a positive note. Since we started this technique it's progressing better and faster with longer periods of time without my cat trying to stalk and chase the new cat. Eat play love for sure.

Wish I watch this first... but I hope it ok to go back a few days and start again!!! Thankyou

Hero without cape!!! Thank you very much for your wisdom and fortaking the time helping us mortals. I've just bring a new 5 years old from my old work to my house and my resident cat (6 years old) which is very very very very x100 territorial doesn't like that new cat so much. I had an idea that they MUSN'T see each other at first so everything went well in that part, the resident cat though know about the new cat so it's not that happy with her (nor with me). This is the very first day, I'll keep all of you updated.

I introduced a new kitten to my current kitten by just letting them see each other and gave them both treats. It took them 5 mins before my resident cat wanted to play and show him around. I think the fact that they’re kittens helped the process

@colinwhite4710

Жыл бұрын

yes, they are both babies.

i have a three week old kitten just rescued and our resident 8 month old cat. wanted to wait for the kitten to grow up a bit before formally introducing her to our family cat. I'm definitely gonna try this thanks

Saw a kitten at the vet the other day(2 months old) and decided to adopt him. Thanks, this video will help a lot. Also, I have 2 cats now! :3

thanks 4 the help

I have two brothers as cats (age 1), we got them thinking they were girls and so now we decided to actually get a definite female cat (age 2) who is a rescue. Our boys are lovely, Snow is super lazy and laid back and Joe is kind, scared of everything and jumps all the time and he growls like a dog at strangers at the door but he wouldn't hurt anyone. I'm super nervous to introduce them to the new one because their males (they've all had their operations) and because they're so protective over us, but this video helped a lot! thanks :))

Awesome! Thanks!

When i introduced my cats during the first swap the one ran out n only hissed once at the other but right afterwards they were playing n cuddling only within afew hours and eatting with eachother lol there both boys and they love eachother its incredible

My, my! Yesterday another cat came into our home since her hooman will be out of town for about a month, and obviously no one listened to me about giving them space, so they did fight. I will show this to the family.

Thank you Jackson! My cats hated each other, one is teen, one is baby. After I watched this vid, both my cats loved each other! The teen always hissed and clawed my baby kitten.

Rescued a kitten, and now I'm trying to make sure everything will go over well with my princess at home.😅

just got a new kitten and surprisingly its going no too bad without the door thing.. i keep them seperated and let my older cat approach on his own terms... he got real close with the kitten was sleeping to watch and sniff then when he was done he left.. and he's been coming to him on his own a bit more frequently

This video/advice really helped us integrate a new kitten when they obviously weren't going to work it out on their own.

I am currently in this process...it sort of got accelerated due to the gentle nature of the new comer and his eagerness to interact with my resident girls. There had been absolutely no aggression what so ever, just a little hissing at which point one or both parties walk away!

Oh man.. I fell in love with a stray and my indoor cat hates her but I want to bring in the stray so bad. I feed her everyday abs she grew to trust me and shows me all this love. Ugh I need a miracle lol

just got a new kitten that has been spaded and chipped. took me 2 days to potty train her but now she goes to litter box. and she is gray tabby. named felicity. she runs around alot or plays with her toys. she sleeps in her cat den on the cat tree. or sleeps in windows. so far this cat has been a blast not to hard to work with.

We’re following these steps, I’m noticing our cat hisses and growls less and we found the distance that’s she’s comfortable at. Only thing is that she reacts different to us too, sometimes a little aggressive. We can’t just pick her up or pet her like we used to when she smells our new kitten on us.

@joy-boblindskog6798

2 ай бұрын

Same thing here. We rescued a kitten and our resident cat, only 3 years old, hisses and growls all day when the kitten is out. She is ok if I put the kitten in a bedroom and shut the door but will hiss and growl once that door opens. Lol

Thanks for doing this one! Ignore my previous questions in my last message....lol

Hsha "wait a minute.. nom nom" loved it. I will try it with my bf cat and my cat today. Thanks!!

We did something similar to this. We had the new kitten in 1 bedroom, and the 2 year old male free-roaming the house. We would feed them separate, and bring the kitten out for play times where they were taking turns playing with the same toy. After good behavior with them playing we'd feed them treats, again taking turns. After about 2 weeks of this the older cat sat at the bedroom door and cried until we let the kitten out. They've been best friends ever since.

I found this quite interesting though I have to admit it seems like an awful lot of work that I'm not certain is really necessary. We've had cats my entire life (50 plus now) and the standard cat introduction system was simply putting the latest down in the house and supervising for the first hour or so to make certain nothing untowards happens. Though there's been growling and hissing at times in the beginning, it dies down in a day or so and there's never been attacks or fights. Our latest set includes a 13 year old who was adopted with his brother (now passed) as a ten year old, an eight year old who was adopted as a five year old a week after the 13 year old, and two two year olds who were adopted as kittens.

great videos - keep them coming

Site swapping is such a great idea I havnt heard before!

These are some great tips! How do we handle site swapping if our resident cat stays mostly outside? She only wants to come inside to be fed.

My biggest area in my condo is the living room and kitchen for free-roaming, and there's no door... so I would maybe put a gate but I don't know if that would work. There's a basement but there's not much room to explore down there... and then upstairs it's all bedrooms. Bathrooms aren't big either. It's amazing how I have a friend with a golden retriever, black cat, fish, and a hamster but she lives in a 3-bedroom apartment... I live in a 3 bedroom condo lol

Dude, this is some great advice. Granted, I don't have a baby gate, but I gotta see what I can get out of this.

@Jackson Galaxy Hi there. You have loads of really informative videos, thanks for posting them. We're about to get our first cat. Well, kitten. It's coming up to 8 weeks old, but I've read it's best to wait a little longer. Turns out we can't go pick him up on his 12th week, so would you recommend rehoming at 10-11 weeks or would it be beneficial to wait for the 13th week instead? I read that kittens learn social behaviour up to 12 weeks. But would we be able to work with an 11 week old kitten, or should we just let him get a little older first? thanks

I used this this method with the food, baby gate, and playing with/petting them at the same time, and it literally only took a weekend. Brought the new cat home on Friday afternoon, and by Monday they were two peas in a pod. The new cat licked my OG cat on the face the first time they were face-to-face. Knew it was going to work at that point. They’re a totally bonded pair at this point. I know it’s not like that with most new cats, so maybe I just got lucky.

Thanks!!!

Seems helpful. I am adopting two cats from two different rescue places where I live on the same day. They would not know each other but I know one of them is friendly to others while the other is unpredictable. So let’s just see how that works out. ;)

Do you have a video of a senior cat being introduced to a young kitten and how to do it, if they're to be brothers in a strictly indoor household? Love your work. Thank you.

@rickyoceans2943

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't very clear there, sorry. I mean to say how to introduce a kitten to a new home environment when there is a very somewhat happy senior cat who controls the entire indoor living environment?

Jackson, I have two cats, both about 11 months old, one of whom I have had for most of his life, and another whom I have had for about two months now. I did all of the above when introducing the two of them, but developed a bit of a unique problem. The cat I have had for almost a year has always been a little bit food aggressive (likely partially due to the actions of a roommate no longer in the picture when I wasn't around to tell her no), and the other one was a stray for some time before going to the shelter where we found him so he was also at least somewhat food aggressive. As a result, the one we have had for a long while is that much more aggressive now in all situations. When a person is eating, he is relentless trying to get at their food. During feeding time for our cats, we have to feed them in separate rooms (still 1.5 months after integration) or else they viciously fight each other. He even tries to steal our hamster's food if it's left within his reach for any length of time. He even attacks us when we try to do treat training with him and don't give him treats fast enough (not showing fear, handling the treats the way you show, he just does not give up). Conversely, whenever there isn't any food around, both cats are as friendly and cuddly as can be. Clearly this makes using food as a jackpot treat very tricky. We would like to also take in a cat friendly dog in a few months, but we need to do something about their food aggression first if we are going to use food as a reward for sharing space with the dog. Do you have any suggestions for dealing with a highly food aggressive cat who has never really had reason to be so food aggressive in his life?

Thanks for this great video! I've been following your advice to introduce my new rescue cat to my old 10 years old cat. I've had him for almost 2 weeks but they just can't meet at all... I can now feed them in the same room but as soon as the New one moves, the old one goes to fight him and nothing stops him (I've tried treats, toys, putting a large cushion between them...) So now I'm just wondering if it's necessary for my old cat to show that he is the boss at some point? I'm lost and even wondering if I should just start all over again... The new cat is terrified when he ses my old boy... As long as they don't see each other moins, everything is fine, they can even be very close to each other but only if they act as statues... I'd greatly appreciate more advice...

Great video! Just wanna echo what Jackson said to anyone who is watching this : it's gonna take time. like a lot of time! don't be impatient

I'm nervous but excited about getting a second cat, older from a rehoming situation where allergies are forcing the cat out. My cat is SO TERRITORIAL tho! I feel empowered and knowledgeable thanks to Jackson Galaxy! Y'all pray my strength in the Lord lol

My first cat is very playful and when I brought home the new kitten they didn't get along. The kitten is very playful too so I tried playing with them both and it worked! My cats get along fine now :D

When I started getting interested in getting a second cat, I told myself that my resident cat needed a "friend". The truth was, I wanted another cat. I was devastated the first day I brought the new cat home. My resident cat resented me and the new edition. I felt selfish for bringing the other cat in and felt the betrayal radiating from my resident cat. But after just a few days the hissing lessened until it completely went away and the two now share a window seat and watch cat TV together. My resident cat has benefited so much more than I have from having a second and I have seen such a positive change in her! She's become more social, more confident, and overall happier. Thank you, Jackson!

@anoukrr23

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! We are experiencing the same thing. Our cat reacts different to us too. We can’t pick her up or pet her like we used to. She will act a little aggressive. It’s been two days, I’ve noticed she growls and hisses less so that’s progress!

@professormoo2

3 жыл бұрын

@@anoukrr23 dude my cat is the most sweet cuddly cat ever. i brought home a new cat and she yelled at me and tried to claw me and hates me right now. she won’t let me come near her bc she’s yelling snd screaming

@anoukrr23

3 жыл бұрын

@@professormoo2 update: they’re now best friends and my “old” cat is starting to love us again 😂 There’s hope!

@AuroraClair

Жыл бұрын

​@AnoukR omg, thank you for posting that update 😂 I've adopted a 10 month old female from a shelter about 1,5 months ago and am about to adopt a second cat, a 8 month old male (waiting for him to get out of quarantine in the shelter).I do live in a smaller apartment so things might be tricky, but I'll follow the rules here and hope for the best. I'll post an update....hopefully a beautiful one

"It's on cat time, not human time" Thanks for that, I'm on day 3 and remembering this quote when I'm feeling frustrated and impatient.