New Cat Adjustment Time Line

Video Transcript

"These cats have been with each other for several months and as you can see they're fairly well adjusted to one another. If we introduced a new cat into this room there would probably be a period of adjustment of at least a couple of weeks. When cats have something new in their life that's exciting to them and maybe even stressful they can be stimulated and very reactive; meaning any little thing will set them off and maybe start a fight for up to seven days. So, when a new cat comes in everybody in the room gets kind of excited and nervous; they don't know what to do and there's a long period of adjustment. A week to two weeks even if everything goes well. So, if you have a new cat at home and it's been hiding under the bed or hiding in a box that you provide or hiding under a little bench area that they can get at; that's very common. Allow them to hide as long as they can get access to their food and water and their litter box. Let them take their time and adjust as they need. Sometimes it can be up to months before the cat is fully adjusted into the household."