Introducing two cats successfully 

the "jackson galaxy method"? I've been following it and it involved feeding times and closed doors and meeting face to face much later...

beauties! i dont get why u chose music. i wanted to hear the cats

This introduction seems a little rushed, but thankfully with their personalities it worked out I love how desperate Jack is to play! Even though Gerrit is still nervous and insecure, Jack is trying his best to come off as umthreatening as possible The first meeting with Gerrit in the crate was likely stressful for him as he would've felt trapped, hence all the hissing It went far more smoothly with the roles reversed and Ger being able to approach jack on his own terms, rather than being backed into an inescapable corner by a cat sticking his paws through the bars

I don't think this is how cats are supposed to be introduced

Not in my household, it's been 25 days (and counting). We have made progress, but slowly. Today, both cats can look at each other through a screened opening. However, there are still signs of aggression by the resident (and older) cat. Being in the same room (non-controlled access) is still out of the question. No disrespect to the posting, but I'll stick with other proven methods. When both cats cease to show aggression/fear towards each other.., then I'll know the introduction process has been successfully completed. However, to this poster's credit, I like the cat home design...., plenty of climbing/escape areas for both cats. Three words sum up my process - "take your time". Both cat will let you know when "they" are ready to live together. In the long run, your children will appreciate your careful planning.

It’s been two months and my cats still act like sworn rivals

I think you did an OK job for the materials you had available, not everyone lives in a big multi floored home with three bathrooms. I think these two will do just fine, Ive owned multiple cats all my life and Ive seen much much worse when it comes to two cats being introduced. Youre a good person and u did the right thing. Screw all these negative ppl (who probably dont own ANY pets let alone a cat) that love to sit there and judge you. Safe behind their screen with their inner hatred and cynical self centered points of view. You did great. Have an awesome day Bro

I was 11 years old that my family adopted our 2nd cat from being a stray. When he met our 1st cat that started to wrestle in the living room. They became friends instantly. We didn’t kept them in separate rooms. The 1st cat accepted the 2nd cat inside the home. The 2nd cat was more than my cat but, he did spread the love to other members of the family. Both cats were very sweet and friendly in their own different way.

i was told to keep one in the safe room for two weeks, then seperate the safe room with gates and feed them together by the door way for a week, then take the gates down and that they should be fine.

So pleased you have two cats now. Very, very important for their well being.

don't look friendly at all. you can see the hair on their back standing. just because they'r in the same room doesn't mean it was a "successful" intro

I like to think when Jack went to get a look at Gerrit in the cage and Gerrit hissed at him, Jack was thinking "Why are you hissing at me for? This is MY house. You're the new guy here."

Thank you for making an effort to post this video.. right or wrong you did your best to share the love of your two cats,.. they are gorgeous and I hope they are happy :)

Successfully my ass, they were warry and fighting the entire time, not playing. You don't just let them go at it in 3 days, if you're going to have them both out, use playtime as a catalyst. Don't just let them out with nothing else but themselves 😐😑

the title should be: "How to NOT introduce two cats." - putting one cat into a cage without anywhere to run to is just cruel. and then lettingboth cats free with one cat beeing totally new in the environment and then believing they just get along well .... Dennis basically caused a territorial war for no reason. I hope both cats get along better now ...

IMO this was rushed and the two cats could have been better acclimated to each other.

You lost me at "but Jack needed more then birds" ...then...

First of all, the music made this very weird. And second, whoever in the world thinks this was actually a successful introduction has a very poor understanding of cat body language. This was not a good introduction. Fortunately it ended well after a few days, though.

this was rushed the cats were clearly frightened when they were put in the room together. please dont follow this process Jackson Galaxy has plenty of videos regarding the proper introduction methods. u can not rush this

Errr... not done properly. Easy to tell that the one without a collar is quite nervous and trying to be quite dominating over the other one that is constantly in the cats submissive position. Not cool.

This is just wrong and you should delete your video, because following your "method" is dangerous. Please consult the work of John Bradshaw "The trainable cat" to learn how to introduce cats properly. Your cats were fighting each other the whole time, you did everything to ensure that they will not get along the next 10 years.

Cut out the cinematic music.. Wanted to hear natural sounds instead..

It feels a little rushed... But younger cats (below age 2) tend to get along better and faster than older cats. My 1 year old fell in love with the new 8 month old that I bought in. They are best friends. But my 7 year old tried to kill the younger cat I bought in and that was after a month of what I thought was successful integration. Had to go back to first introductions. This time we will take months Jackson Galaxy style to try to get them together.

Schitterend introductie heb je gemaakt, super .... We hebben genoten.

they don't look happy at all!!!!!

my two cats fought the first meeting id had gotten a new cat and had them seperated for a few days but that wasnt enough so ive switched the on n off one goes in a room the other roams vice versa . i did this for a week , then i build a barrier out of wood and chicken wire that splits the house into 2, it allows visual and litmited physical contact but it also allows one to roam away if wanted to, theyve had it up for a little over a week, and just now are they starting to show less aggression and more play actions

Y'all are using a gold brick as a door stop LOL. Great kitties btw.

that looked hella rushed and your new cat didn't look comfortable at all...

the music sounded like some historic shit was about to go down and ironically in a way it did.

Please do not introduce ur cats this way. Hissing and the aggressive behavior means stop. Your lucky ur cat was submissive and the other cat wasn't messed up. However there s a good chance they don't get along now.....

Tried this... didnt work on my cats. Idk what to do now, i love them both and want them in my house

aww they look like each others shadows xD so cute

keeping one in the cage is a mistake because you dont one to feel trapped.

LOL. ....the MUSIC when they first physically encounter !!!🤣😸😂🤣

Hmmm I didn't go through all that but neither of my cats were aggressive also. They are both very laid back now when I first came home with my female cat Olive Oil my boy cat Midnight Hissed at first she walks right up to him stuff his put he was still hissing but laying down not defensive she walked up to him again open her legs and put her butt in his face he growled and hissed then he smelled her and all hissing and growling stopped. Im guessing he thought she was a male. Im not sure but I know he didn't like other male cats later that night they were cuddled on my bed sleep together. And must of had a good bond cause Midnight got out on the roof and we thought he ran away Olive was meowing all the time and leading me to the window I didn't understand what she was trying to show me but I went out in the back yard and theres Midnight on the roof. I ran up to the window to let him back in the house she finally stopped meowing they were buddies for 8 years until 2 years ago when Midnight passed

I could only wish! I’m on week 6...my cats are both shelter adopted...both were feral for a brief time as kittens, so they have deeply entrenched survival behaviors. Individually they are find with the household humans, but any outsiders, human, feline or other species are ENEMIES! I have tried every food, aromatic herb, pheromones, spray, etc. I’ve been using the Jackson Galaxy method of introduction. After a lifetime of many many cats, I am feeling quite insufficient for this process, but I will keep trying. Just be forewarned if the cats weren’t nurtured from kitten hood and you don’t know their entire backstory...you may be in for a very very long, drawn out and stressful process ...

As a cat whisper for some 20 years all I can say is that this is not the way to introduce cats . Please refer to Jackson Galaxy videos on TY as he is the most knowledgeable cat whisperer on the net. This method shown here is not to be followed if you want your cats to have a friendship that is long-term and minimal stress.

Looks like Gerret wasnt too happy for a while, but Jack sure was having a blast! Lol

S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E

Gerrit is dominant cat... poor Jack, hes a good boy to share his home. I'm glad they can get along.

Those two cats just think you got a new mirror.

With my family we had 2 red tabby cats that were adopted a little bit over 2 years from each other. Our first cat was so laid back and even easygoing. That cat got along with our 2nd cat that they became best friends with each other really quickly. Now that my sister has 2 cats that they became buddies less than a week.

Thanks for making this video so that's two males r they both fixed?

In THREE dAYS???? its going to take me a week!!!

wow those shelves are cool. What a great idea!

Are these two is male cat ?? or Gerrit is male and Jack is female ?? Please answer me !

The music was really annoying! When I adopted cats I just put them all in the house. They fight and hiss and after that they become friends. No safe room 🤷‍♀️

they are beautiful. Thks for the video. I've been thinking about getting another cat. I believe my cat needs a companion.

Russian blues are so curious!! Mine is fearless when it comes to our new fearful kitty

Iv just got a 14 teen year old cat today and it’s a out door cat he’s very friendly with me and my family but my other two cats don’t really like him one cat is 4 years old and my other cat is 13 years old I’m not really sure on what to do with the out door cat and the indoor cat

I have one cat and got other kitten when they meet for the first time i saw agressive meeting they were fighting with eyes and it only been one day my cat isnt coming to me anymore and if i pet her shes running away i dont know what to do i want them to get along to be honest im rly scared of my cat right now

Ils sont trop beaux, superbe couleur.

Thanks much! Trying to match two old with two new just today!

Cat as lev andropov: "Welcome everybody to the Russian space station!"

Heio! Thanks alot for your video. Im currently on day 5 introducing my new (12month) to my old (3year) cat bith female. They have since day 3 some together time while I'm watching and sometimes interrupt them with treats and play. It's nice to see some real videos like yours to kinda have a feeling whats normal behavior and what not. I'm always a bit scared of the hissing and little punches from my big cat (black RussianBlue mix), also my new cat is so tiny (full RB). Thanks alot. And thanks I could share my current state here :)!

Interesting. Very very interesting.

I have two cats for three years and they get along great. Now I'm bringing another kitten into the house and they fight all the time. Why? Please help

Had to mute that annoying Enya music.

they are so beautiful!!!

The music is spot on

Wish me luck. Introducing a 4 year old girl to my 11 year old lady on Friday.

That seemed to go way better than my attempts.

lucky you that worked out. i got a new cat in the house, tried all of those methodes including the feeding both on other ends of a closed door. they still fight when they see eachother. one cat stays scared of the new cat.

I just got a male cat but I already have one male one female... How can I introduce the two males without having them fight or spray around the house!?

Great video....I'm introducing Fluffy to Scruffy just now...BTW, what's the music at the beginning, when introducing Jack?

They are adorable. All these negative comments. They are just playing with each other and are certainly not in fight mode. Curiosity killed the cat but these 2 will be just fine 😍

When he was in the cage and stuck his paw out i think he was like -lemme touch ur face- lol

Beautiful cats

Are these two boys? Or two girls? Or boy and girl?

Hard to know which one was which once they get running around. Wow that's a quick introduction. You are lucky they both get along.

My cats were introduced to quickly without a real safe room for my elder cat...they've been living together for 6 months and the elder still hates the little. He growls, hisses, and paws with claws :/ the little doesn't get it and continues to play with elder...I'm trying separate rooms, dishes and boxes niw. I just cant take it. Growling all the time and hissing even at me and elder was never like that with me...

Very beautiful you cats ❤❤

1. nice cats 2. annoying music 3. wrong cat introduction procedure

In the end, Detante!!!❤😺😺

They are friends now awesome.

I'm 5 days in theyve sniffed at each other through door. Established cats really curious new cat isn't liking him at all. I'm going to leave it another few days and keeping feeding them on either side of door. I dont want them stressed. This looks like a video of 2 stressed cats that ended with 2 stressed cats with Established distance.

Sorry but I disagree with this method. I have a 5 year old male cat (had him for almost all of those 5 years). then adopted 2- 2 month old kittens. Jack; the older cat is an inside/outside cat, he can come and go as he pleases. We brought the kittens inside in a carrier, Jack came inside to see what was going on. The kittens hardly acknowledged him, they were too busy playing with new toys and Jack just sat there and watched. (He grew up alone and I wanted to get him some kittens to play with because I sensed he was bored). One of the kittens saw him and went into a submissive position trying to play on it's back. That was pretty much it. There was no fighting or hissing, even though Jack is a male he brought the kittens into his bed ontop of my bed and groomed them all night. To this day Jack still plays a little rough with them but doesn't hurt them. Just letting them know who is boss. Anyways, raise your cats right and you won't have these issues.

So sweet and funny x

The music during the introduction is killer 😆

i hate myself i dont know what to do we got a kitten we didnt do the process and now they fight all the time whenever they see each other they just rush to attck

awwww they so cute🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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The cat just plops down in the middle of the dramatic fught

It's so hard, my cat fight very aggressive,:(

I think it was awesome. I think it would be extremely RARE to have both cats lay over and play on their first face to face. Your resident cat has a lovely "curious" friendliness to him. Accepting more so than most cats. The new cat was more aloof but that doesnt have anything to do with it being rushed - his nature was more cautious. All cats are unique. They were already friends even the first actual meet F2F out of the box - similar to humans being nice but somewhat "reserved" their first few meets..so was the new cat. Retreated a little and somewhat "energetic" ...but all in all buds.

Please i have a problem can anyone help me. I have five cats, last one i brought he didnt like one of the old cats at all he started attacking her until he gets to the point that he was able to kill her and when i tired to hold him back he attacked me so bad, they have been separated since that time each one in different room, he is still always trying to enter her room and he wants to attack her whenever he smells her. She is weak and so scared of him and she pees each time she sees him. And he is ok with the other cats Please how can i fix this, it has really become unacceptable, they cant live this way

I got a new cat and it just fighted all day

very helpful! i have three 6 week old kittens and im trying to introduce them to my other cat

Is the cage the safe room or is that the box?

jajajajaja, el sonidito que le pusiste, esta buenisimo!!! lindos gatitos

By any chance is that a real gold bar?

I'm having a heck of a time introducing a 5 month old rescue kitten to my 12 yr old cat. I've tried every step and even after two weeks, my older cat is hissing like crazy at it. I still have the safe room for the kitten, and have only been able to progress to a child gate (two stacked) between them. I'm worried my older cat won't accept her...

I have two cats, brother and sister litter mates. They did not always get along if the female wanted her space she would hiss at her brother. Both were fixed so we just needed enough room for her to have some privacy. She got out and away six months ago and her brother stayed. If I get her back I might have to reintroduce them the Jackson way considering the time apart, but it might only take a day or two or it could be a month, I have no clue...first things first is finding her before attempting to find another playmate for him. I just wish people believed that not everybody uses lost cat as a way to deceive, I really do miss my kitty. Road trips just are not the same without my kittle dashboard diva, come home darling, door is open.💖😇🐈🐈

Y'all don't know anything about cats if you think that them wagging their tails is them "Playing"

i like the gold bar door stop.

You did an awesome job. I plan on doing something similar when we bring home a new rescue. Our cat is 14 months old or thereabout and misses company since our dog passed away. I really liked the shelves on the wall and have thought about doing that in my basement where I work. Let them get up high and to the windows

This. Was so amazing.

Wow that was cool to watch. I'm sure it was hard not to intervene.

Thabk you for posting the process

"Smelling" time needs more time. I handle 10 days.