best way to introduce cats fast is to keep them separate at first cats are very territorial
creatures and if you just throw them into the ring together they'll probably fight and this is just
going to prolong the process you'll have to adjust this timeline based on your cat's needs every cat
is an individual some might become best friends straight away but you want to respect your cat's
needs and his behavior to make sure that your cats do become best friends hey friends it's jess and
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the description thank you so much for your support so the first step when you're introducing new cats
is to put the new cat into a spare room with a closed door you'll want to set up the spare room
with all of your cat's needs for example his own litter box cat tree scratching post food and water
and his own toys this is going to help your cat acclimate to your home in a small confined space
while keeping your other cats happy without the stress of a new cat in direct contact any direct
contact at first might be stressful and this can cause behavioral issues and you don't want your
cats to fight the next step on introducing your cats is to feed your cats at that closed door so
the new cat will eat at the closed door and your current cats will also eat at the closed door so
this will help your cats smell each other without direct contact and they'll be eating and they like
their food it's a positive experience so they're going to relate to each other positively but again
they're not in direct contact so there's not going to be any fighting do this for a few days and note
down what your cats are doing are they eating happily are they scratching around maybe they're
pawing under the door is there any hissing maybe you need to take it slower you'll have to adjust
these timelines based on your cat's needs the next step in introducing your cats quickly is to play
with your cats at the closed door all cats love to play they're natural born hunters and playing is
the indoor version of hunting so this is another positive experience where they can relate to each
other they'll smell each other they'll hear each other but again you're eliminating that direct
contact so that they can't fight but playing at the closed door is another enjoyable experience
and this is going to help relate to each other positively again do this for a few days
keep a diary of what your cats do how they react and then you can move on to the next step if
they're happy so the next step in introducing your cats fast is to exchange scents between the rooms
cats are very keen on smells their smell is actually about 40 times stronger than ours
so what you can do is exchange the toys so your new cat will have his own toys and your current
cats will have their current toys so the next time you play at the closed door exchange those toys
because now your new cat is going to smell your current cats on that toy
and your current cats are going to smell the new cat on the new cat's toys you can also do
this with your clothing or maybe there's cat beds that you want to exchange that way your cats can
get to know each other again without that direct contact they can sniff around and they'll also
smell your scent on those toys and cat beds and clothing whatever you exchange so again this will
help your cats relate to each other positively the next step to introduce your cats fast is to
switch the cats so what you want to do is put your new cat into the bathroom close the door
and then open the closed off room for your current cats to explore once all of your current cats are
in the new room close that door and let your new cat out into the rest of your home your current
cats are going to wonder why you've closed off this bedroom from them so they're going to sniff
around and kind of look around and explore and your new cat hasn't seen the rest of your home
yet so he's going to look around and explore and sniff and again this is going to help them get to
know each other without that direct contact the next step to introduce your cats quickly is to
have direct contact but supervised and controlled so a great way to do this is with a door buddy
latch so this goes on the door frame and the door and you can control the width of how
much the door is open so you can open it a tiny bit and then they'll get a little bit of direct
contact and then if they aren't swatting and hissing at each other maybe they're rubbing maybe
they're purring their tails sticking straight up that means that they're happy and confident
so that is a good indication to open the door a little bit more if you notice that your cats are
swatting hissing and licking their lips they do that when they're nervous close the door a little
bit more and take it a little more slowly after a few days of doing that you notice that your cats
are comfortable they're purring they're rubbing on the door they're having a good time playing at
the door you can let your cat free you can take a look at my printables in the description below to
help you stay on track with all of your routines and your cat's reactions thanks for watching