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[QUOTE="ArrowHead%20nli:433320"]Cats are pack animals. If you place more than one into a living situation together, by nature they must establish their position in the pack. Therefore, at first you may notice they fight, hiss at each other, etc... Do NOT punish or yell at them for doing this. it's okay to seperate them if they are attacking each other, but try to stay neutral. If you have to isolate or seperate them, lock the newer cat away , not the older one. Since the older cat will consider itself the dominant animal in the household (pack wise they consider you the leader, and them right after) it will create the least change and confusion. Finally, be prepared for PEE. When going through their issues, there will likely be a period after they establish a pecking order where they run about your house re-marking their territories. This means hide your laundry pile, and check for wet cushions before you sit on the couch ;) Just remember: the fighting, hissing, etc... is a natural and instinctive thing for the cats. The more you try to stop it, or break them apart, the longer and harder it will be for them to get used to each other. Once they've decided on a pecking order, things SHOULD be back to normal. One other thing: while I say you shouldn't seperate them, it is good to keep the new cat's food in a seperate room that your other cat doesn't usually use. Keep the door closed, and when it's feeding time let the new cat in and shut the door. Unfortunately, one of the downsides of how cats establish order is that they'll try to take each others' food hoping that the other cat will eventually leave the house in order to find something to eat. After a few weeks, this should no longer be neccesary, but I have seen cases where cat's couldn't eat in the same room for years.[/QUOTE]
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