Best Friends Animal Society: Bringing a New Cat Home: Preventing Problems

Congratulations, you’ve decided to adopt a cat! To ease integration into your home, take into consideration where your cat came from.

In order to integrate your new cat into your house and life as smoothly as possible, you must be able to recognize the signs of stress while changing her living situation slowly over time. With this method, you are initially maintaining her previous routine, while changing to your routine over time.

Read further for methods on how to recognize stress in your new cat; ways to integrate your new cat into your house, and life as smoothly as possible.