6 year old male cat

Question
I BROUGHT A 6WEEK OLD MALE KITTEN HOME AND MY 6 YEAR OLD CAT SEEMS TO BE VERY MAD WILL HE ADAPT TO THE KITTEN.

Answer
April,


You can't put a new kitten in with a resident cat and have them get along. You have to go through an introduction process slowly. You can't rush it or you will have behavior and personality problems that are going to be hard to correct.

I am attaching a couple of links on how to go about the introduction process correctly:
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http://www.messybeast.com/first-impressions.htm

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=cattocatintro...

A 6 year old cat is set in his routine. Putting them together without doing the proper introduction process can traumatize the kitten and can affect his personality and behavior, and it may stress the older cat causing behavior problems like peeing inappropriately, or being aggressive towards the kitten and you.

Getting a single kitten as a companion for an older cat is not really a good idea. You have a 40 year old (in human years)  cat and you brought him a 5 year old (in human years) for a friend. Ideally you need to have 2 kittens when you have an older resident cat. The kittens can play with each other and burn off energy and not annoy the older cat by trying to play with him or cuddle with him. The kitten needs a friend to play with, cuddle with, and comfort him in this scary new world. Most older cats, especially males, do NOT like kittens. Probably because of their smell and energy level and this is not fair to the kitten, and it is very stressful and frightening to him.

It can take 2 to 4 weeks (or sometimes even months) for them to get along. Alot of times they will never be 'friends' and the best you can hope for is acceptance by the older cat. In fairness to the cats involved, if you don't have the time or desire to do it correctly it might be best to not have a new kitten right now. But with time, love, and patience, things should work out.