5 Tips on Introducing a Kitten to an Older Cat

In this video I give 5 tips on how to introduce a kitten to an older cat. We often get asked how we introduced our cats and that's what inspired me to make this video. As always, thanks for watching and I hope this video is helpful.

[sassycatslacquer]

I tried this seperation introduction. My experience is backwards the kitten walked around like he owns the whole apartment way too comfortable my older cat is not happy, he is jealous. I say give your older cat more love so they know they aren't being replaced. I think my older cat is having the hard time adjusting and doesnt like sharing any space. He is super territorial but also a scaredy cat of the kitten who is overly playful slightly bullyish. They tussle a lot and I have to separate them it's been a process I'm hoping they become besties

[jazzminspice]

Literally watching this video and my cat it’s just staring at me with death eyes like I wish you would master

[ann-mariewilliams]

I’m on day number three of introducing our new kitten to our older cat. Our older cat has been getting closer and closer to where the kitten is at each day. She still isn’t thrilled about the situation but we are working through it at her own pace. 🤦🏼‍♀️❤️

[theshephard-commander]

I’m currently in the process of introducing 2 kittens (sisters) to my 2 older boys (4 year-old brothers). This video is really helping me out!

[noahmeme]

They don't always end up getting along. My 17 yo cat still gets into fights with my 2 year old ragdoll and hisses at him every day.

[alissabartozzi]

So cute and funny that your little guy isn't phased at all by the big guy. Man I love kittens

[FootballFanLeanne]

Thankyou for your tips.
I have two 15 year old females and just adopted a 4m old female 2 days ago, who I rescued and took to ghe shelter a week ago, only to go and get her again after she was spayed and vaccinated.
I have the baby in a separate room and will do a kennel introduction tomorrow to get my feelers out on how my seniors will accept her.
Your furbabies are sooo gorgeous, thanks for sharing them with us.

[rowanthomas]

The words 'it's not as hard to introduce cats as many think it is' was what I needed. We have two five year old cats, males, and we just brought a female kitten this weekend. I was and still am a bit stressed about introducing them. We had the first interaction jesterday and it went fine, our two boys just sat under our tv kabinet (plenty of space to see, not a small hiding space or anything) and our kitten just sat on our salon table and they just slow blinked and watched eachother. I think it'll all be fine, I just hope we didn't do anything to soon since it was only day two. Our boys are up to date on their vaccines and we made sure our new kitten got rid of fleas and she had her de-wormer today. We'll see the vet this friday and make sure she'll have all her jabs as well :). We have them seperated still though, jesterday was just a short introduction.

[camillem]

Thank you! I have a 1 year old cat, and we just adopted a kitten. My older cat is EXTREMELY territorial, we have a pretty small apartment which I think definitely plays a factor in how much space they are able to share. We’re keeping them separated, we let the older cat see the kitten once while the kitten was in a protected cage, there’s a lot of hissing and hissing through doors by the older cat. We’re on day 2, we’re going to take this extremely slowly

[pattijohnson]

Great advice! Personally, I think introducing Maine Coons to each other is easier than introducing other cats, like strays or shelter cats. Their life hasn't been as rough and they don't need to "fight" for food, attention, toys, etc. When we got Milo, he was with Max all the time from Day 1. Max hissed at him 2x the first day and never again except when Milo jumped on him, to play. I watched them, pretty much, 24/7 for about 3 days. They rarely cuddle but are usually near each other and me.

[blackrainbow]

Molly's like, who's the little distinguished gentleman 😹. Great video guys 🐾💕

[riffinpeace]

i have six cats four of them are mainecoons never realy had to do anything they always adapt super fast after a day new cat is part of the gang

[Syaharcher]

I’m on day two of having kittens, while having two 10yr old girls. There’s a lot of hissing at the smells under the door, but I knew this was going to take time. I just hope my kittens don’t get lonely as I give love to my older ones.

[larryspets]

love the new intro keep up the good work

[pennygreen]

Great advice. Thanks. Your cats seem open to loving new kitten.

[Tomatohater]

Very good tips. Experience tells me you're right.

[Addysonn]

Ok, so around Christmas a new kitten came into our home. We made a lot of mistakes when introducing them to each other. We got a three month old female ragdoll to be my 6 year old female Siamese’s little sister. My Siamese is surprisingly gentle and only really swatted with the occasional hiss. Thankfully, the ragdoll was really submissive and allowed my Siamese to bully her and didn’t fight back. Don’t worry, we did monitor it. A month later and they are still finicky but they eat together, play separately in the same room, and play fight (mainly my Siamese chasing the ragdoll around)

Everything has been slow and steady but I’m afraid my Siamese is getting jealous and the ragdoll is now slightly scared of my Siamese. They dont touch each other, but do follow each other around curiously. However it is still progress so I’m not sure if I’m just being overly worried. Regardless, there have been absolutely zero scratches and/or bites so far, so I consider us lucky.

[HexiH]

Extremly cute!So careful they treat each other

[manangbastos]

I had two adult sister cats (10 y/o) unfortunately one passed recently and my cat is now alone. I feel bad for leaving her alone when I go to work, her behavior has changed to extremely dependent. I’m thinking of adopting two male brother kittens my friend has rescued. Not sure how that’s going to go but I’m glad I came across your video. Fingers crossed she’ll be okay with two brothers 🙏

[jquinlan]

I'm thinking of getting a kitten so that my cat won't be alone all day when I'm out. I think she'll do well with a kitten, but am hesitant to commit to a cat.