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When you already own a cat, getting a new cat to be a part of your household, can prove to be a difficult task. No matter how sweet your first cat may be, most of the time jealousy and possessiveness gets the best of them, and they can be very aggressive to the cat to prove their dominance. There are ways to dealing with this sort of issue. Here are a few tips to consider when welcoming a new cat member into your home.

When starting out, you want to introduce them slowly to each other. This will ensure that the introduction is safe, and with as little stress as possible. Prepare a small room, such as a bathroom, or bedroom where the new cat can be for a few days. The cats can interact through the door and that is the only way. They need time to get used to each others scents. Plus, the new cat will see this small room as their safe place, and since it already has the new cats scent in it, the other cat will get the idea with little resistance.

After, a few days have passed in this situation, you can bring out the new cat for short periods of time. If it gets too stressful or dangerous you need to take the new cat back to their safe place. For the most part, you'll see that they just want to explore each other, and they'll work out their issues of dominance without harming each other.

If either cat is feeling particularly aggressive, or if you are familiar with their behavior and are worried about a more dangerous introduction, take the time to put the new cat into a carrier and leave him out for the other cat to investigate. This is one measure that you can use to introduce them to each other and this can go a long way towards helping the cats feel safer and more secure around each other. Take the time to really let them get used to each other.

Start with the meeting being a few minutes at a time. Then move on to a few hours at a time. When introducing a new cat into your home, you'll need to be patient. It will take some getting used to on everybody's part. However, if done properly you'll have them getting along in no time.