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Best way to introduce a new cat to my cat and help them bond?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Female | unspayed | 1 year and 9 months old | 7.055 lbs

Today ill be getting my cat a mate, another cat, if im not mistaken she is at the end of her heat cycle, what should i do to get them to be best friends, are there any articles you can recommend or videos to watch?

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Answered By Dr. Dayna, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on November 13th, 2017

The slower you go with cats the better. Have the new cat isolated to 1 room until they start having positive signs through the door. Such as trying to play with their paws under the door. Then move the new cat to a kennel in the living area for several hours a day. Continue this until they are having positive signs again. This may take a week or more. Once this has begun then slowly start to have supervised visits between the 2. Best of luck and thank you for using Pet Coach.

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