Dr. Emily Becker 
**The interaction between cats is not only related to their personalities but also to their environment. By guiding and arranging properly, owners can help them accept each other's presence, reduce anxiety and stress. Here's my experience of raising multiple 🐱!**
🌟 **Step 1:** Prepare a separate small room with food, water, a litter box, and a cat bed.
🌟 **Step 2:** When the new cat first arrives, don't let it meet the old cat right away. Place it in the separate small room prepared in step 1 to let it get used to the new environment.
🌟 **Step 3:** Every time you visit the new cat, bring some food to gradually build a positive association.
🌟 **Step 4:** Use a towel to gently rub the new cat's face to capture its friendly scent, and then place the towel in an area frequented by the old cat. The old cat will naturally sniff the unfamiliar scent. Note, do not force the old cat to smell it.
🌟 **Step 5:** Gently rub the old cat's face with a towel to capture its friendly scent and place the towel in the new cat's room to allow the new cat to gradually get accustomed to the old cat's scent.
🌟 **Step 6:** Repeat steps 3 and 4 for about 3-4 days.
🌟 **Step 7:** If both cats are eating, pooping 💩 normally in their respective territories, after 3 or 4 days, you can switch their places. Give the new cat some time each day to get familiar with other areas of the house. When the new cat is exploring outside its room, take care of the old cat's emotions by playing with it in the room, doing this for another 2-3 days.
🌟 **Step 8:** Now, you can let them meet face to face for the first time. Keep the door slightly ajar, leaving a small gap so both cats can see each other (without making physical contact) and observe their reaction.
🌟 **Step 9:** If there is no obvious aggression through the gap, try opening the door slightly more to let the old cat and new cat see each other. If high aggression is displayed (fighting, hissing), continue to isolate for another day.
🌟 **Step 10:** Arrange another meeting between the old cat and the new cat in a relaxed and pleasant setting, like placing two bowls about 1 meter apart with treats or cans, allowing them to eat together to get used to each other's presence.
🌟 **Step 11:** Reward close behavior. When they display friendly behavior such as grooming each other or rubbing against each other, give them a treat. When aggressive behavior occurs, immediately distract them with toys and isolate.
🌟 **Step 12:** Repeat steps 9, 10 and 11 until the two cats can coexist harmoniously~
🐈 If your resident cat is stressed or agitated when you bring a new cat home, you can feed them👉"anti-stress 💊" to soothe their emotions, prevent stress reactions, and help them quickly adapt to each other. My cats took this in advance, and they adapted quickly without fighting.
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