"Jackson Galaxy says I can have 12 cats." So far thats my takeaway. Lol.

For anyone going through this- don't give up!! it took my two cats 6 months for us to finally be able to leave them alone together without fear of them injuring each other. they went from enemies to lovers! it can be done

Thank you so much for featuring me in your video! It ended up working out. Ash & meagan are best friends now! 😻

I REALLY appreciate your videos and insights. I’m a 40 yo combat veteran who recently became a cat dad because the hurricane left some kittens homeless. I thought everything was going wrong until I found you! My new babies are doing wonderful and I’m currently working on a “catio” for Butters and Ricky!

I want to offer hope for those struggling with this. I was here 5 months ago in absolute despair. My resident cat turned into a fighting monster when I brought a kitten home, & I seriously feared having to re-home my kitten. I followed the advice here, really focusing on body language. It went from behind a closed door, to a gate, to very short supervised interaction w/o a gate, to being unsupervised. There was one room that my resident cat was extra possessive of, so I had to go even slower there. But after 5 months, they get along well! They play a lot, & I feel safe leaving them alone. It helped most to remember to take it at my cat’s speed, not my own, & to celebrate even tiny victories in the process.

It took my two cats...about 1.5 - 2 months to be able to sit in the same room together without fighting. We followed all your steps, and didn't move on until we were confident both cats were ready. And it worked out fantastically. Now our cats are best friends. A year later, you would think they're litter mates. They cuddle constantly and are very in tune with each other while playing--taking turns, listening to body language, etc. It really is the best case scenario. There was a point where we would have settled for them just not trying to kill each other on sight. Moral of the story is: take your time. Really pay attention to the cats' challenge lines and don't push them. Be happy with very small amounts of progress each day/week.

Always good to hear that the cheapest litter boxes are the most cat friendly.

Cats have their own attitudes like us, some cats may never accept other cats but only tolerate them! I should know, I have six cats now! They don’t always like each other but they tolerate their presence I guess because of me. 🤔🤔🤔

I went to stay with my parents for a while so we had to introduce the girl cats to my boy cat. My sister and I followed literally all the steps perfectly, when it came time for the the door to be cracked open at feeding time and my boy was doing great but the girls were not, my sister's cat pounced on him before we had it open 10 inches for 5 seconds we could not figure out what went wrong. My sister and I back tracked, but really couldn't think of what had happened they were eating on either side of the door with no fuss. The problem? My father was feeding the girls in secret because he didn't believe that what we were doing was going to work. Make sure if you are in a multi person house hold that everyone is playing by the rules

Cats need more than a week to adjust . Imagine getting a new roommate that you didn’t know, didn’t vet, and all of a sudden he’s using your bathroom, sleeping in your bed and stealing time away from your boyfriend… Exactly… I always give new cats 2 weeks of smell adjustment.. that is, they are in a room by Themselves, but the other kitties can smell the new join. Then they get another week of visual.. if all goes well, we introduce the others one at a time with us managing mad minimizing the forced time together. I was able to introduce a kitty that the shelter said “can’t be with other cats”, but after 1 year, she now seeks out our other two kitties…

I just went through a month of introducing 2 rescue kittens to my 3 adult cats. It is going better than I thought it would. I think it actually helped that the 2 kittens were just interested in playing with each other. My adults would watch them play and now the one kitten, who has such a pleasant/friendly personality is introducing himself to play with the adults. I only have 1 adult cat who avoids them but I'm sure she'll come around eventually.

“Two is better than one. Three is better than two” This confirmation that I do need a third cat! I have two 4 year old cats and would love another in the near future 😻

When I first tried to introduce my cats the slow way, they were both very eager to meet (non-aggressively so) and my older cat Luna was over the MOON to have a kitten in her house. After 3 days of their nagging, I relented and went for a 5 minute meetup, and I was surprised it went so well, because I'd been prepared for a long-term battle lol. Sadly Luna passed away from cancer this year, so I've been thinking about getting another cat, and guessing it will probably not go as smoothly this time from all of these stories. But cats really arent solitary animals.

One thing you can also do, to help the cats feel at ease, is to play a loop, of a cat purring. Cats purr, when they feel safe, and it’ll help them feel safe, around each other. I used that to tame my cat, who was a feral, when she was given to me. It took less than a day. I’m somewhat of a cat whisperer, myself, and I love using cat body language, with every cat I see, to let them know I love them 🥰🥰🥰

Long story short (I'm Irish, this will not be short)...our neighbour got a 4 week old kitten, couldn't or didn't know how to look after him. My sister found him half dead in their garage, brought him around and reluctantly gave him back. We'd go outside to the bin at midnight and we'd find him outside hiding in the bush...we noticed he was semi feral. Contacted neighbour and they said they weren't there for a few days so they put out him out. We took him in unbeknownst to them. Here's were it gets good. We already have a 2 year old rescue female cat. Sad start for her too...thrown in a trash bin at 4 weeks and like him...didn't have siblings or mother for socialisation. First day he's there, she's following after him, hissing and attacking us if we pet her. Then our cat got fierce depressed. She worried me, so we knew he had to go, but he couldn't go back next door....they weren't there. So for the next few days the 2 cats were separated. He was in the sitting room with us during the day and in a bed room at night. After a few days they were reintroduced again. She still hissed at him if he came close, but she wasn't attacking us anymore. Rock on a week later and they're chasing each other around the house. They now sleep together and look for one another to play. Our neighbour has surrendered him to us as they realised they were unable to give him the care he needed. He's now a happy kitten. Vet reckons he's only 10 weeks old...so sad. He had blue eyes when he was given to the neighbours, so was extremely young.

I rescued a cat and after I brought her home my other male cat was SO MAD I couldn’t even look at him, he would hiss at me. I had to keep them separated for 3 months and thought it would never work out. Then I moved into a new apartment and after I did there were no more problems with them getting along. In fact, they’re now so bonded they’re like a married couple!!

I can't wait! As an aside, I recently convinced a friend to get two kittens instead of one. I listed all the reasons why and included all the work he'd have to do to keep a single cat active and happy and even then it he or she wouldn't enjoy all the health benefits a companion can provide Result: he brought home two little ones and bought one of your books. _THANK YOU SO MUCH_ for your guidance!

Hey Jay, I can relate to the difficulty of having your bedroom door be the barrier. You're trying to open the door as little as possible, tripping over a gate while trying to keep the cats from jumping it, etc. Just going to get your phone or handbag or whatever becomes a stressful ordeal. The resident cat resents their favorite territory being taken away, and the new cat just wants out of there.

Yeah! It took four months of Jackson Galaxy magic, but our old cat and new kitty finally decided they are best buds instead of mortal enemies. I’m sure it took as long as it did because we kept trying to rush things. (Seriously hated having a screen door in the middle of our house, but yeah, it was necessary.) The cats roam the house looking for each other, zoom together, eat together, and they just fell asleep together. (Okay, not quite together, but on the same bed.) They are so much fun.

when seeing the video, i thought this was my story… two cats, sometimes they get on ignoring one another and then out of nowhere my bengal mix attacks my little fluffy one. i took your advise and now after 2 hours of taking him for a walk, interactive playtime, him dragging his sniffing carpet through the house and licking food out of his kong for almost 20 min i have both cats for the first time in weeks sleeping in the same room next to one another. i am so happy i could cry. i have the feeling i finally found the missing piece. let’s hope it will continue like this! thank you so much jackson!

Watching this for the millionth time because my resident cat is still so unhappy with my new kitten after a month and I’m at a loss 😭

0:48 Sparkle last introduction photo make me laugh 😂

I took in a pregnant stary. Found homes for two of the five kittens. Been separated 14 weeks. Home didn't work out and one kitten rehomed backed to me. The poor little love doesn't recognise this home nor her siblings and mum. They do not recognise her. So sad. Its only been couple of days, so learning all I can from this channel.

With respect to Mr. Galaxy and his belief that all cats are community animals, he has NEVER met my current cat. There isn't even a stray passing by on the street she won't chase away! Thank you for the videos.

I had what I thought was a stray come up to me today and he was just the friendliest thing. Most of the cats in my neighborhood are feral, so it kinda surprised me. I ended up taking him to the shelter and both myself and the lady there were stoked when he had a chip! Turns out he had been adopted out of that shelter, so they had all his records. About 45 minutes later I get a call saying that the tearful reunion between family and pet would not be happening, and they didn't want him back. ... So now I've watched all your videos on cat introductions and have come to this one in order to learn how to introduce him to my cat the right way. That was his second adoption out of the shelter and I refuse to let there be a 3rd (other than to me, for forever).

It took me 5 weeks to let my 2 cats finally come face to face. I was so nervous but it all happened by accident when my kitten jumped over the separator into my other big fat cat's area. I was relieved to find them together without any harm😂😅.

Not sure who needs to hear this essay but listen to every tip from Jackson and keep going! (I needed to hear that before!) We are now on week 7.. yup.. and ours are still separate when we’re not around to supervise them but we’ve made such incredible progress. Day 1 my 4 year old cat attacked me non-stop at just the smell of the adopted kitten in the house in our spare room.. she hid, refused to eat, attacked everyone, it was scary and I thought we’d ruined her life and she’d hate us forever, it was awful honestly but keep on going, each step took 1-2 weeks for us but we knew our older cat needed us to go at her pace and eventually she was ready for the next step (new kitten unfazed by anything, he’s amazing) but honestly sometimes we thought we’d never move past a certain step as she was so freaked out by him but suddenly she’d just adjust each time and now we’re here- they play together, they sleep next to each other, eat together- everything. They still occasionally play and get too rough and my older cat will hiss and get annoyed and the kitten won’t get the hint 😅 (hence why we don’t leave them alone together just yet as I sometimes have to step in to de-escalate and remove him for a short period) I’ve also found alone time with our resident cat helped her feel loved and not excluded and gives her time to rest too as he’s full on and she’s still adjusting.. Don’t give up!!! Adopting him was the best choice we ever made and he’s worth every minute of this very long but rewarding process!

It took us MONTHS of isolation and slow introduction to get my cats to tolerate new fur family members.

Feisty is bored. Sparkle is older and more sedate. Doesn't have to do with introduction, has to do with *PLAY WITH YOUR CAT!* Love and Light to you Jackson, Thank you for all your videos!

We tried doing the step by step. Then our senior cat decided it was cruel keeping the new kitten alone and decided to break him out XD So to save our door, we did. He went to our bed and slept and everything was fine XD

An important point that wasn't mentioned is that you should never have just one litterbox for two cats - you should have two at least and a lot of cat experts think you also need an extra one on top of that.

2:16 When you said body language, I immediately thought of Ursula, from The Little Mermaid Ursula: Body language! HAH! 😹😹😹😹😹

You have no idea how much I've wanted more stuff on cat introductions! I binged the entire My Cat from Hell series to see if I could find an episode with cats in a similar situation. It's been a little over a year in my case, and the only issue now is that the "new" cat can only roam the living room when the other one is sleeping or going to sleep. If she's wide awake and sees her walk in, she'll chase into the hallway.

“With one bedroom you can have 12 cats!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I agree!! I noticed that these cats seem very relaxed and comfortable around each other and just need time

And here I am smugly watching this, petting my gorgeous cat who has been best friends with the new kitten since day 1. Because he is a perfect boy xD.

It's like when introducing dogs, You take them for a walk on a leash with you in between them. They're both doing a normal thing that they probably enjoy. And they're still able to smell and see each other.

thank you, Jay, for taking aunts cat - my hat goes off to you for not dumping at a kill shelter. bless your home and your purrkids :)

We live in a small apt now. We used to have 4 cats in a house, then 3 of them passed away. We had one cat in a small apt for a while until we got a cat for my son. They used to not get along for a really long time! (One was a kitten then a teenager for a while) I started introducing these concepts a few years later... They really enjoy kitty treats so I always try to get them to play then give them treats together. Our older cat has started playing PLAYING with our other cat. This cat rarely even played with other cats at all before and now she gets a wild hair and plays! I love to see it! These steps do work and the boil and simmer, play, eat, love method really does work and can fix cat relationships that are already bad!

I've got 5 cats (all rescues) & their introductions were short but VERY successful! I do every once & awhile foster kittens but I keep them separate. I also have a German Shepherd (rescue) & he accepts them all! I soooooo LOVE my fur babies they're just purrrrrfect😸😻

I got a second cat. I introduced them slowly and everything. I thought now it would be okay. They were fine at first. Then blue started to hiss

I realised I’m rushing the introductions after watching this video. Going to slow down and start from the beginning. I also picked up that I need to wear out my aggressor. Thanks for these videos.

Looking forward to this! Was able to rescue a little white feral cat last month (Vet estimates she is 3 years old). She’s such an angel (named her Precious), except when she howls at our 5 year old black cat (Oh❣️Oh) through the sunroom screen. Bought Feliway (phernome) from Vet last week, which has silenced the hisses. Next week we try physical presence introductions. Have watched (&, re-watched) Jackson’s videos, and welcome the chance to learn anything that will ease the stress for “the girls”. Hoping they are on their way to becoming buddies.

Omg this is exactly what I needed today . I decided to take care of my friends cat for 2 weeks . And my 9 month old is not ready to be friend with her at any cost . I am keeping them both in separate rooms for now and swapping places . But I really wish they could get along . Thanks to Jackson 😍

One thing I found that helped was having a gate between the two cats, and playing with them at the same time. Used a string, & eventually had them each playing with one side of it. It turned from "new animal DANGER!!!" into "oh! new playmate!!". Once they both figured that out, it went really smooth. And keeping the gate between them made each feel safe that they wouldn't be suddenly attacked.

Jackson's brilliance (and his team's) are in the details. I love how we're watching digital recordings on a streaming platform, but there's static, ffwd, rwd, sounds and visuals etc. As an 80's/90's kid I love this. Keep it up man!

When I introduced my youngest cat to the first one what did not help me were my family members not listening to me, trying to let them "fight it out" and thus making me angry and anxious with everything. It ended up taking almost a year to see the cats unbothered with eachother!

You just described how I learned to raise children, human's that is, so much alike it's unreal sometimes.

We've had intros take as little as a few days and as long as a year. We go by the body language and vocalizations of the cats and/or kittens. Current intro is a calico girl cat who was 4 in August to our 2 boys who were 7 at the beginning of June. They are also twice her size. We adopted her as her previous people could not keep her due to chronic illness. Going on 10 months and the situation is mostly peaceful.

Will there also be a video about how to introduce a cat and a dog (in the scenario when a dog enters a home where the cat already lives) Does it already exist? Been looking for it, but couldn't find it!

I had a very unique experience with introducing my two cats. I got them only a few months apart. Corona, named after the virus because I adopted her during the lockdown in May of 2020 and Rogan, named after Joe Rogan. Corona was 5 weeks when I got her. She was born on the streets. Rogan, I got when he was already a year old from a small, mom and pop pet food store. Corona was about 6 months old when I adopted Rogan. I introduced them as per Jackson Galaxy’s guidance. I kept Rogan in one bedroom and Corona in another for a couple days. I let them both out to the main part of the house one at a time and independently. Corona would just sit by the door Rogan was behind and growl. Then, walk around the whole house growling and hissing without even seeing him. Rogan was reaching under the door meowing trying to interact. He never growls or hisses. I named him after Joe Rogan for a reason. He’s a big softie. Lol. Just by happenstance, Corona went into her first heat and everything changed. Rogan was neutered when I got him so I didn’t worry about her getting pregnant at all and, on top of that, they are both inside cats only. It was hilarious watching her entire attitude change toward him. She went from running and hiding, hissing and growling to meowing, rolling on her back and following Rogan all around the house. He would just play with her and groom her. I let them bond during her first heat and all was content permanently after that. I got her spayed the very next month and they’re friends still today. If it wasn’t for her heat, I do believe it would have taken much, much, much longer. Although, I did get her by the time she was 5 weeks, she still acts feral at times. She is a huge scaredy-cat. Rogan, he’s still just so easygoing and chill. Nothing scares him. He is such an emotionally balanced cat. He’s great with my autistic son. He will play fetch like a dog. My friends do call him cat-dog because he doesn’t act much like a cat. Lol. I’d love to know more about what his first year of life was like before I got him. If it’s true about the theory that what cats experience in the first 9 weeks of their lives shape who they are and will become, I gather his life was pretty good. So blessed to have found him.

I would LOVE for my cats to be like these 3 sets of kitties. Mine cannot be in a room together without my new kitty aggressively attacking my older cat. I’m talking out and out fighting. My older cat has access to our back yard and our bedroom so she can escape, but our new girl is obsessed with getting to her. Lily (new girl) is very sweet and loving to us. We tried the slow introduction and have gone back to earlier steps, but it doesn’t improve. They have to be totally separated. It’s been 2 months since Lily joined our family.

Makes me glad that my two cats were still kittens when I introduced them. Wicket is only a year older than Puck. They bonded very quickly over play and learning how to be cats, and now Puck is Wicket's "Emotional Support Sibling". He helps her burn off the excess energy before she gets too overstimulated, and helps her manage her anxiety issues. She has become a much calmer cat since we got him.

I don't believe new multiple cat owners often understand there will still be occasional hissing. My three cats have been together for 5 years. I often find them cuddling with each other. Yet, there are times when I'll hear one hiss at another. Those three were also around when I fostered a ton of kittens. My orange tabby would be the first to accept each kitten. He would teach the tiny ones how to groom themselves. My tuxedo would eventually start playing with the kittens. My tortie...well she's a tortie. She would reach the point of not constantly hissing at the kittens. Yet, she would regularly bop them on the head if they got too close.

Jackson, I lived in a huge house 🏠 with my Mom, Grandma, Sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Together, we had 5 cats- two males, Moonshine and Edward (Edward belonged to my brother-in-law) and three females - Charlotte (my sister’s cat), Chiara (my cat) and Stella (my Mom’s cat). Believe it or not, they got along awesome and were a cute little pack. We slowly introduced the cats together when a new one was added. Moonshine was top cat and the others respected that, no fights. My cat wants to be top cat, but she knew her place in the herd. We were very lucky. Also, sometimes we have them all tuna in the kitchen together- they associate good things together

We've been doing re-introductions with our two male cats since January. We've had good sessions, playtime and food and treats. We'd been doing in-room introductions with them for over two weeks at this point, they were eating in the same room separated and got a few sniffs per session. Today, our aggressor cat went to our passive cat and sniffed his back. Out of nowhere and with no warning, attacked him. Chased him around the room, tore his hair out, even attacked me trying to get to him. We don't know what to do now. They have had many good sessions together, many positive interactions. It's the fact that it was completely unprovoked with no warning that worries me. I cannot stop a fight I cannot see coming.

I work at a shelter and I tell new adopters all the time that it's the patience and TIME that makes it work out. I use my cats as an example. We were so cautious with them and spend 3 weeks before they were left alone in the house, after success at each steps before that. They still play rough for fun but they can also never even walk past each other without grooming each other. They fall asleep together all the time and get very sad when they're separated for meals [prescription diets 😭]. They're so happy together and it's all up to giving cats time to be confident together and to understand each other

Ordered one of your coffee mugs for my partner as a stocking stuffer. He LOVES your show. We watched every season to educate ourselves after 2 strays adopted us. Anyway, I wish you had a “cat daddy” coffee mug! It’s so perfect! Thanks for all your helpful content! You’re the best!!

i'm thinking of getting my cat a buddy either in the next few weeks or after christmas (you know, shelters filling up with gifted animals) so this should be interesting :D

I have 2 ten year old cats that have grown up together. Just adopted a three year old. Hopefully they get along. Keeping them separated for now. But my resident cats are hissing just smelling the new one on me.

I've had an 8 month old new cat for about 3 weeks now. 2 other resident cats. The introduction is hard. Newer girl is still scared, stalks, and toys don't distract her. It's a lot of work, but hopefully worth it in the end.

Jackson, I find your advice very similar to my training as a foster mother. Children react the same way AND the same techniques you use with cats works for children. I see boil and simmer and body language to interpret what’s happening and provide ways for each to diffuse and move on. I’m not talking teenagers here ! I’m an emergency foster mother for birth to 7 year olds.

Perfect timing! We adopted a couple of kittens (4 months and 6 months) last month. (Two kittens are easier than one - if they can play with each other, they're less needy and less destructive!) We've been keeping them separated from the rest of the animals in the house while dealing with some lingering health issues from when they were in the shelter, but we'll be ready to start moving into introductions soon. For the past month, they've been living in the master bedroom and bathroom. Our older cats, a pair of 13 year olds, have the run of the rest of the house, including a cat door onto the enclosed porch (where the dog can't go). This is a great reminder of the things to watch as we move into the next step of introducing "the babies" to the rest of the family.

I have 8 cats, 5 I rescued from the streets in April 2020 a mum & 3 kittens it took me a long time to introduce the cats more than 4 month they still have their differences specially in sharing territory ( my room) but live in peace play together but never sleeps or coddle , The reader be with the cats than with humans, still very afraid of human touch still working on that... Last December I found a Male kitty inside a car engine he was about 2 month it was easier to introduce him to the family maybe because he's the only boy! It's a lot of work but so rewarding! Sao Paulo - Brazil

Need this now!! A week into 2 new 1 year old furbabies...one if them is making things a bit rough!! Uggg!!

Thank you Jackson. I just started the introduction process and my resident cat is NOT HAPPY. New cat is having a blast and is ready to meet my resident but the feeling is reciprocated. Still lots of hissing and adapting to scents. I’m feeling pretty guilty though… hopefully my resident cat will be okay in a couple of days so we can move to step 2. Wish me luck!

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Shout out to whoever did/chose the music. Ivy's song, especially @3:24 when she says "He seems to". When I heard the background horns in the same key @4:57, I had to comment.

I'm glad I watched this. I did not do an introduction of my cats. They tolerate each other but they aren't friends. I hope that if I get a third one I do the introduction properly.

I'm a big proponent of planning for the recommended methods, taking cues from the cats, stepping back if needed, and most importantly just CHILL about it. I've done intros three times. First two times, I planned for proper intros and the cats dictated moving that way forward. With my first, 3year-old Soren and 8-week old Mikko, it was about 10 seconds. I was getting Mikko out of the carrier in the bathroom with the door closed when Soren opened the door (skillz) and pounced on his new kitten to groom him. They were fine. Mikko was terrified of ME, but not Soren. When Soren died suddenly, Mikko was sick and always a bit odd and needed a support cat ASAP because he wouldn't eat without an audience. I picked the only cat at the rescue who didn't hiss at this one particular tuxedo cat and seemed very chill. First day, kept them almost completely separate with a little across the room watching for a couple short periods. Second day, I separated them while I went to work and Mikko peed on the living room floor. So, after that I tried sharing space and other than a couple initial hisses from Mikko, all cool. Colby was grooming him by the third day. After Mikko died, I got Kit at 10.5 weeks (Colby was 3.5 years). I knew how easygoing Colby was. Kit was a kitten born in a multi-cat household, so probably 10 minutes after entry (he needed a bath), I sat on the bed with him to warm him up. Colby greeted him with a nose touch and a lick and that was it.

I am still introducing my new kitten and 7 year old resident cat after 3 months. We have progressed to the point where they eat together (even from the same bowl) but resident cat still "hunts" little one so they only meet during dinner time and after it I supervise until I can see situation is about to turn worse. ^^; Have to admit, it is quite tough but I hope we get there in the end. I have restarted the whole process once (I was too quick 1st time).

We brought home a 3 year old rescue cat and our resident Persian is not interested in being friends at all. TT the Persian is around 9 years old and had another cat in the house for years before he died this year. It's only been under a week, but keeping them separated for now. The new cat "Rocky" is very chill and friendly, not an aggressive cat at all. 🙏🐈

Helpful video! We have ~ kind of by accident ~ 4 cats. I say accident bc we had just lost my very beloved Jasper. After nearly 17 years, and the emotions of seeing her decline and huge weight loss, I told my husband “I need a break!” I have also been in caregiver mode for my elderly mom with dementia, my husband’s parents had recently passed, etc so I just needed to process it all. And clean our house! Lol. Ok sorry for back ground. But we had been seeing Mister Gray in the neighborhood just prior to putting Jasper to sleep. We were concerned that he was homeless with the upcoming winter her in MI. My husband bought a shelter and we started leaving food and water. Well of course he quickly started to come inside although he won’t use a litter box. He was not neutered and became the main alpha cat in our neighborhood with several other outdoor male cats. Sometime after, a neighbor passed. His wife was moved out. Their 3 cats were abandoned. A momma around 11 or 12. And a male and female offspring about 2&1/2. They were very scared and traumatized. The owner was a big guy and was falling a lot. The cats got trapped at times ~ in and outside. One litter box maybe getting cleaned once per week. A mess! They started to live under a neighbor’s house. So I started bringing food. Slowly they started to come around to our deck where we fed them, and now inside. We have a set up that allows the three to be separated from Mister Gray. Both areas have doors to go outside. So far, the momma cat is still super afraid of Mister Gray as he kept chasing her outside. She may have early kidney problems too. The male offspring is just a teddy bear. Skittish but not wanting conflict. They know each other. Sniff thru opening under the door. Was wondering if they would get to a point of all being ok together as opposed to being quarantined to their half of the house! So long winded! Sorry. So much for having a break from animal companions!

My girls, Mochi and Sushi look just like May and August. They extremely affectionate with me, but not with each other. However, they get along really well. No fighting. If Mochi is in Sushi's favorite box, Sushi will patiently wait her turn - and vice versa. They have such a mutual respect that I honestly can't tell which one is dominant.

I took it slow for 2-3 months for intros. Worked great. I think whoever had our older boys as babies before they were adoptable age really socialized them well too, which helps. They didn't really care that there were interlopers. lol

I don't know how you prefer to be asked questions. I am at the point where they co exist and tend to stay away from eachother. I can feed and treat them next to eachother but they get tense (the resident girlie does anyway) as soon as the food is gone. She will hiss and growl if he gets near her and he really does try sometimes, to play. And yesterday I let him explore basement and she went after him there. I am not mistaking Play for hostility. She really cornered him growling and hissing and was ready to brawl when I stepped in. He really doesn't want to sleep alone anymore but I am keeping him in base camp at night. We are only at 3.5 weeks but I am feeling discouraged.

It took my cats about a day and a half to not stare each other down and start playing together. Surprised me and blew my mind. They’re both about the same age (9 months and 8 months). My male is neutered and my female is not spayed yet but is scheduled. We rescued her off the streets after getting confirmation from the landlord where I work that she was abandoned. We still take precautions as it still hasn’t been a week and make sure they stay separated when we aren’t home so that we can make sure things are under control if anything were to get out of hand. So far, things are going great!

Ohhh is this tomorrow? We need this. My 13-year-old ginger boi and 3-year-old tuxedo lady need this. They've been separated in the 2 different wings of the house since June (due to a clumsy-ish introduction period back in May) :( They both have plenty of roaming/climbing space, large window views to the forest, sunlight, and attention, clean litters, vast indoor territories, but it'd be nice to leave all the sliding doors open and have them explore each others' wings together. I think I'm missing a critical ingredient. Unless...unless they just don't like each other. I mean...that's fair, who am I to enforce our two royalties in the midst of a feline cold war to be allies? But maybe there is hope...

Can't wait! My boy is getting a friend soon

I came looking for kitten 101, and didn't expect some good humour, thanks Galaxy.

I’m in these trenches right now too 😅 for the most part we’re doing okay? On week 2 so there is finally some interaction that’s more than through the door. Resident cat is okay with newbie being in the room when newbie is in his play pen, but it’s when they’re getting supervised free roam that it’s still a bit touch and go. 2yr old resident newbie is 2.5 months. I wanted someone confident to match resident who wouldn’t get pushed around- which I got! Except newbie is still learning how to ask for play properly instead of just excitedly running into residents face. Still in the very early stages, just wish I could get them to communicate with each other better lol Newbie is a little high octane and resident doesn’t totally know how to play with another cat- she’ll initiate play but when he goes to play back she gets a bit growly. So lots of breaks to decompress and cohabitate together. Already seeing so much improvement!! Ps- would ideally have a longer introduction time but they’re both too clever for the mesh door covers. I wanted to have monitored, controlled interactions, and didn’t want their first free roaming interactions to happen while I was away or asleep, and for them to go wrong. Newbie still overnights in separate room with the door shut, and there are plenty of separated times in the same space. Newbie has a 6 sided pen that zips securely shut he can hang in when he needs to cool off and resident can cool off in the bedroom which is ALWAYS closed off from newbie for the time being. Still kitten proofing that room😅

Thank you Jackson! You help us to be much better hoomans to our fur babies!

I love this ! It's great I never had to introduce cats before because my cats in the past grew up together as a baby, but I realized that when I have to bring in a new cat in the house I had to do a proper introduction. Thanks to you and your amazing KZfaq channel

Patience and following steps routinely with diligently pays off Amazing Grace and thank you mr. J Cat Galaxy for your dedication to helping others and saving cats .love you so much , marni

I got 3 resident cats. + 1 new cat. 1. My girl cayenne- around 15 years old, doesn’t care much anymore for other cats. 2. Salem - male, 4 years old. A bit hyper and gets access to the yard. 3. Kat-kat - female, 4 years. Doesn’t know how to interact with other cats so is more shy. New cat: 2/3 years old, male. Used to be a house cat (super human friendly when calm) + street cat until he broke his leg (was closed for 6 weeks in a clinic and now I adopted him) Starting to do the introduction but feeding between a door will be hard but I’ll definitely try it. Right now the new cat gets aggressive when he’s stressed and smelling the resident cats! I’m really worried he won’t turn around and learn to live in peace in the end

I’ve just done an introduction with our new 12 week kitten to our 4 year old resident cat and I can’t believe how well it’s gone they’re literally best friends in less that two weeks. Thank you Jackson I can’t believe how well your tips have paid off I thought it would take us months not weeks. 🥰

Tbh, none of these interactions are that bad to me? I have four cats, and they all sometimes behave the way the cats in this video do. Certain cats will get into tiffs with certain other cats, even though they’ve already obviously accepted each other as being in the same household. Nothing ever serious enough to draw blood, but just reinforcing boundaries with each other. And I’ve then had all four of them in a snuggle pile together with me on the couch. The two that get in the worst fights are actually two that have never been strangers to each other: a mother and her son. They have power struggle issues sometimes, I think. And the son kinda bullies his mom (pounces on her when she’s trying to hide from him, etc.) But then a couple hours later, they’ll be all snuggled together, fast asleep like the fight never happened. But for the most part, they’re all content to share the same space. We’re in a 2400 sq ft house with two levels, so they can spread out if they want. Though most of the time, they just want to be with me, so we’ll all be in the same room even though there’s this whole house to spread out in. Lol. But we have multiple cat trees/shelves and human furniture within one room (the house is very “catified”), so they have different levels they can be on in the same room if they want.

Preparing to get a little brother for my kitty, getting education. Blessed I have two rooms to do introduction.

Most helpful! Thank you, Jackson

This video was extremely helpful!! My story looks similar to fam #3. I went into this vid blind And I left with a lot of really great knowledge. I’m glad I clicked. 😸

This video has been really helpful! I have 3 cats who have been together for a couple years now, and every so often, usually at night, they will fight. I don't play with them often (I forget), and one of them is very bad at "talking cat", so I imagine that that also plays into it. It's a good reminder for me to try and get it out of their system before bedtime. I guess I really can only blame myself since they bring me their toys when they want to play... 😅

I LOVE YOU JACKSON! THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIDEOS!

Thank you. This video gave me confidence.

I would love more videos about cat to cat interactions. My cats used to sleep on top of each other and lick each other when they were little. Now that they're adults they hardly interact with each other. I am wondering whether something has happened between them or that's just part of growing up.

Would it be more accurate to say "Cats are solitary hunters?" They love company (on their terms, of course), but don't want someone stealing their kill?

I just rescued an injured & sick baby kitten. Two months later, everyone gets along & I went & rescued his littermate from the barn! Isolated & scent swapping. This may take another week or two before we open the doors ♡

i love the pic y'all used for sparkle 😂😂😂

It’s very reassuring that I’ve been doing something right. My two cats introduction was defiantly screwed up and there’s not a way to have one locked back up in a room now since the newer one has already explored most of the house. They’re getting to the point of toleration and I have been intersecting stare downs and redirecting the resident cat when she starts to get too close to the new one. For more context the newer cat is my cat, he’s a big guy who’s easily anxious but has been around other cats and gotten along with all others before. The resident cat is my partners. I moved in with him and his cat who has been the only cat in this house since her sister died when they were kittens. She’s been a little territorial, but her body language is more curious and excited to play and meet the new cat. The problem is that my cat has never been the newcomer before and is on edge a lot more due to not having already established territory

Another thing, at least with May and August, I feel like there's an element of expectation that shouldn't be there. Even the most successful introductions don't always end up with them being best friends. Nefertiti is 9 and Siam is going on 3 and we've had them both since they were kittens. The introduction process wasn't done (I won't get into the why's of it again). However, whenever Siam (who is a very talkative and hyper Asian breed mix) would get out of line, Nefertiti would let him know. We did get him fixed and that took about a year to bring his hormone levels down. I've submitted a pic to Jackson as an example, but I would say that a good majority of the time they are loving on each other or they are tolerant of each other. The few times that they're not only lasts until Siam gets the point (maybe a minute or two) and never escalates into anything. Point is that I'm not looking for them to be cuddle buddies. If there's peace 95% of the time, then I'm happy and okay with that. There are some other problems that no amount of reading Jackson's books, or watching his videos, will solve. But, I think it's human problems rather than cat specific problems.

Love this channel. Very valuable content!

Wonderful, education of our cats! Thank you Jackson!