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We are adopting a new cat(male) and brining him home tonight. Please, anyone with experiance - What is the best way to introduce him to our other cat(female)?
I would start with the advice of putting them in separate rooms at first to smell each other, before you let them see each other.
Cat's are strange. They often don't like other strange cats coming into their house. Especially females. It may take months to get the female to accept the new male cat.
After your able to at least get them in the same room, even if the female, or male is stressed and hissing. You should give them equal amounts of attention. That way, one cat doesn't get jealous of the other one and continue to hate them.
Give them treats while they're in the same room, try to feed them in the same room, etc, just don't FORCE them.
If either of the cats is going to be an outdoor cat, it's also advisable to keep them both indoors for a while. They might run away if the extra cat in the house makes them nervous enough.
Hopefully you have a sweet, sociable, cat loving female cat. But, it is rare so good luck.
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