¿Cómo presentar a dos gatos sin que haya drama? ⚔️ | Pasos para una convivencia gatuna feliz 🐱❤️🐱

Many of you have asked us to do it, and we have finally done it. Today we bring you a video on how to introduce two cats and ensure that everything goes well. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Introducing two cats can be an impossible task if you don't know how to do it. It's one of the classic questions that comes up in consultations almost every day. It's also one of the topics that you've asked us to address the most since we started the channel. So today it's finally time. If you remember, some time ago, we told you the story of Jackie de Soba, who were two kittens who were up for adoption by the Associacion Adoptamistes. Oh my goodness, how big she is right now. Jacky has been very lucky to find a family and a home to live in. Jacky has recently arrived at her new home. Angela and Dana already lived here. And we are at that slightly delicate moment in which we have to adapt the coexistence between a new cat that has arrived home and Dana, who is the former queen of the house. And we don't know if she will get along very well with him, but we are going to do everything possible to make it so with her help. Today we are going to tell you about the process in which you are going to introduce a cat that is coming to live new in your house to the cat that already lived with you. But here he has a little sister called Soba who is still looking for a home. So if you fell in love with her in our video, you can still adopt her and give her the home she deserves. If you are interested, we have left all the information about the association below in the description box so that you can get in touch with them. Keep in mind that the process that we are going to follow with Jackie is sequential. That is to say, we. We are going to have to develop steps little by little to adapt Dana's coexistence with him. Imagine that you are your cat, that you are the king of the house. All the same ones come to you. The cans of food are also all yours. And now an intruder arrives and is brought into your house. You don't really know why and who starts competing with you for all that. How would you feel? The first thing you have to do when you bring a new cat home is to prepare a room in which you have arranged everything the cat needs to live. A rest area, a litter box area, a food and water area. You can also include some toys inside so that it can entertain itself. In this case, Angela has chosen to make her own toys with cardboard rolls from toilet paper, which cats love because they make noise, they are very resistant, and if they bite and destroy them, as cats usually do with toys, it is absolutely fine. You have to put the new cat that is coming to live with you in the room that you prepare. It is very important that it is for the new cat because the old one is used to having the whole house to itself and would be stressed by being locked up. However, inside this room, Jacky will be able to start smelling the smells in the house, to notice the rhythms that we have in it, and also to start recognizing the other cat, Dana, under the door, and also Dana. Jacky. The most important thing is that Dana does not substantially change her way of life because that could make her feel displaced and also stress her out. The length of time that this stage will last will depend on the character of the two cats. It is usually recommended that it last between one and two weeks, although in some cats it lasts much longer. In this first phase, after the first two or three days, you should start exchanging objects between the cats so that the felines perceive each other's pheromones. Exchanging blankets from Jackie Kandana or also exchanging their litter box. As long as you have dewormed the cats beforehand, which we understand you should. If you want a vet tip, you can swap their litter boxes even after they've used it and before you clean it. Although it may sound a bit scatological, if they have a treat that they've left in the litter, it'll help them recognize each other much better. That helps them know that there's another kitty in the house and realize that they're not posing a threat. In the case of Jackie and Dana, we've been quite lucky because after four or five days, we were able to move on to the next phase. Here you see him completely relaxed, climbing up on chairs, playing calmly and without any fear or mistrust. So if this timeframe varies so much, when do you know it's time to start introducing them? The first thing is to avoid pressure and desire. You have to let them fly and recognize each other from under the door. When you start to see that they are curious about getting to know the other cat under the door, they start to nuzzle each other or even start to paw at each other as if they wanted to start playing with each other. It is a good indicator that this moment is approaching. What I recommend is that you Place both cats feeders near the door that will be closed, each on its own side. This way, when they approach to eat, they will be perceiving the other cat's pheromones under the door and will also associate it with a positive stimulus, which is meal time. What we are looking for at this point is nothing more than to awaken the curiosity of both cats to get to know each other. As you can see, Jackie and Dana not only smell each other under the door, but but they can also see each other through the glass in it. And during the time we were with them, they were always aware of each other. This means that the process is going well. At this point, we can move on to the introduction. How nervous? You can do this first introduction in two different ways. The first is by transporting the new cat, putting it in the carrier and introducing it to the cat that already lives with you. If you choose not to introduce them in a carrier, you have to be very aware of that first moment when they get to know each other, because that's when you'll start to see if everything starts to flow between them. Oh, they've opened the door for you. Wow. Jacky and Dana, along with me, witnessed the second time they saw each other. Dana was a little nervous at first and kept moving around and looking for Jackie all over the house. But after a while, she relaxed and let Jacky camp out freely around the house and even ate from her food bowl. Jacky, who is still quite young, was in his element and was exploring the house as if it were all new to him. Dana kept him in check a little, if you notice. She comes closer and sets the limits to which Jackie can go. You can see that by the little taps she gives her with her hands. Although you might think they are fighting, they are not. Dana is asserting the time she has lived in the house, and after all, she is telling Jacky that this territory is hers. This slightly uneasy attitude that you see from Dana is normal at first because she has to keep an eye on this intruder, Jackie, who has entered her house to know if she is a threat or not. Finally, when she realized that Jackie was not a threat in any way, that she was not going to take her bed or her place in Angela's heart. Dana relaxed a lot and let Jackie continue exploring the entire house, although she was always keeping an eye on her from a distance. At this point, I recommend that you always have the famous synthetic facial pheromones on hand, which helped them get along a little better. Angela bought one of those diffusers that plug into the wall and are constantly releasing pheromones which make the situation more relaxed. And she plugged it in the hallway near the room where Jackie is staying, but in the area where Dana lives, because that way they can both perceive the pheromones. This first meeting has to last a few minutes. You don't have to leave them together for the rest of their lives because some differences may start to appear between them that will be very difficult to overcome later on. So what you have to do is introduce them for about 10 minutes to half an hour so that they gradually get to know each other and then put Jackie back in her room where she has everything she needs to live. What you should never ever do at this stage is introduce the cats by holding one of the two pregnancies because they may not get along very well and at that moment the one you are holding may get nervous and even become aggressive towards you. The best thing to do is to leave them on the floor and gradually let their curiosity be awakened and they get to know each other and sniff each other in a relaxed and stress free way. You can help them get along better if you play with them the first few times you introduce them. Playing will help to make the situation more relaxed and help them lose their shyness. What if they fight for that? I recommend that you have a spray bottle with water on hand because we don't know how they'll react. This is the best solution and it's not an expensive one, as you can see. You can reuse another clean spray bottle with water in it. And that way you'll avoid scolding them or even interfering in the middle of that difficult moment between the two cats. So you'll also reduce the level of stress they're experiencing at that moment. Of course, I'm not going to use it right now because it's something that bothers cats quite a bit. Even the sound they make. There's no need for water to fall on them. And we're not going to break this moment of peace that we have right now with Jackie. In other words, if the cats see that they're getting into a fight, just throw some water on them and that's it. Don't throw a bucket of water on them with a spray and pay attention because this is very important when you're introducing them. You have to make sure there's no competition for resources. That means that the new cat has to have its own completely separate food bowl so that if in this case, Dana wants to eat separately from Jackie, she Can do so and doesn't feel that Jackie is a threat that's going to come and take her food. You have to do the same with their litter boxes or their resting areas.

But then the time to change things is so that they use them the other way and that's it.

So that they start smelling each other and that's it. But for now, don't mix them. For now, you'll have to take the step of using only one litter tray or only one food bowl. If you see that your cats get along perfectly well and that there are no problems where they feel threatened by the other cat. One of the ways we can tell if a cat doesn't feel threatened by the other cats in the house at mealtime is if they eat in a relaxed manner. And how do you know if they eat in a relaxed manner? Well, if you see that when they're eating, they rest their butt on the floor and eat sitting up. That's telling you that the cat isn't stressed at all and is completely confident that the food on the plate at that moment is all for them. But is it essential for them to share resources? It's not perfectly normal for cats living in a house to never share the litter box because they simply don't like another cat having done their business before they do. This situation shouldn't be forced. It's also important that you don't leave them alone for too long. During these first few days, you have to be the policeman and keep order in your home. But if everything goes well, you'll soon be able to forget about it altogether. If everything went well at the time of introduction, what you have to do is put the new cat back in the room where it was. The process has gone well, right? In this case, Jacky has already met Dana, and we are still in those days where we are gradually introducing them. For a few moments each day, you can take them out again. Well, I don't know, after a couple of hours or once in the morning and once at night. During all this time that you are introducing them, you have to continue exchanging objects between cats, like what I mentioned about the little blanket or the litter box or even their food bowls. How long will this process take? Well, more or less a week or 10 days. So it will be the attitude that the cats have towards each other that will tell us whether they can gradually stay together for longer periods of time. If after this week or 10 days, you see that the coexistence continues to go well at all times when they are together, you will Be able to leave them together for the rest of their lives in your home, and that.

Will be forever and ever. Remove the physical barrier that separated them and let them live their lives normally. And if at first you see that they do not spend many hours together and do not force the situation either, you do not have to insist that your two cats are going to be best friends. As long as they maintain an orderly and stable lifestyle and there is no conflict between them, we are satisfied and well if they get along much better. Oh, come on, go to sleep now. If you follow all these steps, it is very possible that the relationship between them will start off well. And you know what they say, what starts well, ends well. In my experience, the. The most important thing is that you do not get over your nerves and the desire to bring them together, and that you can clearly identify when you can take all the steps. The problem with cats living together often has nothing to do with sex or the individual, but simply the age difference between cats. Older cats often don't tolerate the company of very young cats very well. You think that you're an old, venerable cat that's been in your house all your life, and now they bring in a tiny bully who tries to bite your ears, jump on you when you're quietly in the sun, or take your food. Well, it's normal that you don't take that very well. And that's precisely what happens in these cases. So I'm sorry to say that this advice may not help you if your cat is older. For this reason, I recommend that you don't experiment and that you let your older cat live peacefully for the rest of its life without having to bring in a small kitten that could bother it.

And if they do, well, that's your problem.

Well, if they do, it's possible that the coexistence will not be very good. I'm only telling you this if you're thinking that because you have an older cat, you. You now want to give it some company, and it's the first time it's faced with this situation. But if you're at the point where you already had an older cat and you've brought a new cat into your home, the most important thing is to ensure that there's no competition for resources, that the new cat doesn't steal its food or attack it when the other cat is in the litter box, if you prevent this competition from happening and separate the areas of the two cats, things might go a little better and there might still be some hope. In the case of Jackie and Dana, you we're very lucky because Jackie is about four months old and Dana isn't even a year old yet. Therefore, it's very possible that they'll get along very well regardless of whether he's a male and she's a female. There are many people who think that putting two male cats in a house is going to cause problems. That's not true. It will all depend a lot on how you present them, since each one will have their own personality. But that's another topic we recorded the process you've seen in the video last week. After a week, it seems like there's been great progress. Check out the video that Angela sent us. Yak and Dana are now living happily together and that's it for today's video. We want to thank Dana, Angela, Jackie and the Ateastes association for allowing us to tell their story. If you like the video, give it a like and share it with everyone below in the description box. Don't forget to contact the Etaestes association in case you're also interested in adopting an animal so you know that you can turn to them. And please think about Soba, who is still looking for a home and I'm sure you'll fall in love with her. Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already, and you'll make me as happy as Yocchi exploring his new home. And remember to hit the bell so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload new content. Thank you very much for following the Happy Pets and Families channel and we'll see you in the next video. Now let's move on to the question of the week. Our follower Karen asks us if it's true that tosoplasmosis can be airborne, and if it's also true that cats only shed the ocysts, I.e. tosoplasmosis once and then become immune. No, tosoplasmosis is not transmitted through the air. For tosoplasmosis to be a problem for you if you're pregnant, you have to ingest ethiocysts, which are the eggs of tosoplasma, and these usually come from undercooked food or overwashed vegetables. On the other hand, the second question you ask me yes, it's true. Cats are the animals that can transmit tosoplasmosis, but once they are infected, they can only transmit it for a few days and after that they become immune and therefore cannot cause any type of problem. We already talked about all this in depth in the video about tosoplasmosis, which was where Karen asked me the question. And if you are interested, you can go there to dispel all the false myths. Well, until next week. Oh no, I got carried away. If you also want us to answer your questions in our videos, write your questions in the comments and next week we may select them to answer them in the question of the week. Until next week.