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Step 1
Have your two cats avoid direct contact for a week or so. Keep the new cat isolated in their own "safe" room. Have the two cats smell each other and acknowledge each other's presence through the door - again, avoid direct contact.
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Step 2
Start introducing the two cats by bringing the new cat out in a crate. Allow the two cats to smell each other through the bars.
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Step 3
Soon, allow the cats to eat together, but in separate bowls. As the cats become more and more aware of each other, and curious, allow them to have more time together. Keep a squirt-bottle handy - you need to discipline a cat if one decides to get hostile.
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Step 4
It may take awhile before they cats can even stand each other - it takes lots of patience and make sure to go slowly through the process.
Comments
blove07 said
on 11/10/2009 those are my cats and the lady that was caring for them while we moved kept them i can't get in touch with her and thats not all she also has my 4 other cats as well. The blue Stoney is 13 yrs old and the siamese is about4. She also had Grimie(13 yrs), Panther (14), Sassy (about5) she was a stray, and Spider Big (about 6 also a stray). I want my cats back!
LonnaLight said
on 6/22/2008 Some good suggestions in this article. All my cats are outdoor cats, except one who spends most of her time hiding out in the garage via her secret passage! LOL!