How to Introduce a New Cat! Best Way to Introduce New Cats to Each Other!

hi guys welcome back to the channel it's Claire and Rags and first of all I just want to thank everybody for helping us reach over two hundred thousand subscribers on our channel I am so so happy me and rags are over the moon and thank you all so so much and I hope that you stick with us to make sure that the channel keeps on growing now as I've mentioned in earlier vlogs Rags and I have a new house and the new house has come with a new cat now you may have seen her here and there another vlog

the other cat in this house is called Godiva and we have been taking steps to introduced them into one another so that we have a nice happy and harmonious home now on introducing to cats it is a difficult task and there are things you need to remember and steps you need to take now it may not be the easiest thing in the world but Rags and I are here this week to share with you some tips on how to make sure you can introduce to cats safely and to make sure that your cats stay happy now obviously

the finishing use to you is to keep your cats as separate it is not a good idea to Institute for cats right off the bat now each cat should have their own room that has their own creature comforts just food a drink toys a comfy bag and their litter tray it is important that both of these rooms cannot be accessed by the other cats so that your cats can feel completely safe completely comfortable and getting used to their new surroundings now the second thing let's do is swap scents now it smells

and scents are very important to cats and they rely on these two source add new environments new food and to see where you've been now the easiest thing way to do this is to swap a bedding obviously cats spend a lot of their time asleep so that a lot of their smell will be on their bedding swapping says is a great way to introduce your cats to another before they meet face to face they'll all become familiar with one another before even seeing each other so this is a great way for them to become

aware that there was another cat in the house before they meet in person okay you should let your cats explore each other's territory our cats are huge territorial and they sent mark wherever they spend a lot of time so stressing the other cats away let your cats have an explorer on the other's territory obviously only do this if shutting the cat away is not going to be distressing to them so we let racks have a little poke around at the sniff around the lounge record eyewear spends a lot of th

eir time as your cat is expecting at this new room they will become aware that this is another cast territory and again it just makes sure that you'll catch the comet familiar with their smells and know that there is another cat in the house now their first contact should be purely visual before they meet face waste properly you should make sure your cats cannot see one another now that is various ways to do this you can either do this through a window or a netted door or as we did with Mexican

diver have one on each side of a door with a very small crack in the door so small enough that they can see one another but not to get to one another another way of doing this is getting both of them into each of their crates or their carry cases and having them at opposite ends of a room so that they can see one another maybe speak to another but not actually be in physical contact now when you introduce your cat's face-to-face in their first physical me top it should be supervised and this is

very important even if your cats aren't particularly aggressive cat you don't know how they're going to react to another cat in their new house now the best way to do this is to do it in a communal area so in a place where your cats may interact with each other on a day-to-day basis with rocks and Godiva we did this in the hallway as it is the biggest space in the house there both of them that can and will interact with one another now during these interactions that you should try playing with e

ach cats this is a great way to distract them so they're not spend the whole time just staring at one another but it also helps to encourage a positive association with one another and finally don't be afraid to seek help from outside sources now you can use things like pheromone diffusers to help your cats feel safe and comfortable and calm in their new environment but also don't be afraid to ask your vets or pet shops if they have any particular tips hints always that they can help you - intro

ducing cats together thanks for watching guys I hope that you found these tips useful and interesting and let me know in the comment section below if you are introducing cats to one another - have you got yourself a new cat or have you got yourself a new home with a new cat let me know in the comments we relax my cat love to know about your kitties thanks again for watching if you did like the video please give me a big thumbs up and hit the subscribe button if you haven't done so already and do

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