George said:
To have the cats get along place the new kitten in the bathroom ( or another room where you can place a litter box, feed and water ) with the door closed and feed the old cat right outside for a couple of days so they get the smell of each other.
Usually takes about 3 days and the kitten will be tolerated and a long time before it gets accepted.
This is a barn cat, George.
But I wish we had done that anyway. We have a place outside where we shut him up with food and water, but let him out
the next day. Had I read this first, we would have waited a couple more days. Cats are funny, aren't they? I so want some barn cats. People say don't feed them, but we do anyway because I don't think cats live very long on mice alone. If cats are good hunters, they hunt even if they aren't hungry. Our Magoo cat is really a killer cat :!: and he certainly isn't hungry. He's also declawed in in the front but that doesn't seem to bother him. At first we were hesitant to let him out at night, but he throws such a fit to be let out, we gave up. He won.
He's about 10 years old now, so he took good care of himself outside in the dark! And he still throws a fit if we don't let him out at night~or we aren't paying attention that he wants out. He puts on a real show. That cat has been more entertaining than a room full of monkeys!
Dogs have masters, cats have staff! :wink: