Cats meet for first time (1)

Orange female tabby moves into a home where male cat already lives. Both were rescues from the Bucks County, Pennsylvania SPCA.

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• orange
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• tabby
• Bucks
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• henrygreiner

[militaryqt]

This could have been all avoided if they were introduced to each other properly. Any time you are planning on introducing any new animals together, ensure that the new animal has been separated for at least 24 hours in a different part of the house. This allows them to get used to their surroundings in quiet without the feeling of threat and so you can ensure that they are not displaying any health concerns you may have not seen right away. Then allow them to meet gradually a bit at a time.

[NIGHTBRANCH]

The cats were just feeling each other out. In fact, it was obvious to me that my male cat was smitten with the orange one. They both get along great, and every evening at dusk they do the same dance. It is almost a ritual of my day. Thanks for your comments.

[Pwamenka]

And they say all orange cats are tom cats.

:D

This was more like love at first sight :D

[Jefrma]

@militaryqt excatly what could have been avoided? them two playing together? My two boys (2 and 7yr old) do what happened in this video every day and they´ve been together 1½yrs. In fact things looked so smooth here that already in the beginning I doubted if this really was filmed during their first day together.

[pimpingforaliving]

@militaryqt I hate when people give their little "expert" advice on here, it's so old and overdone...

[celloangel171]

Also in my experience volunteering at The Humane Society there are warning signs that suggest 2 cats are going to go at it and start fighting. I found in many cases they run into eachother and make this really low sickening growling sound and then hiss at eachother the ears go back and claws are out and the swiping of the paw is quicker not just batting eachother like these two were doing... And they go for the neck to cause damage... So these 2 were just playing... Great video:)

[ZacksPlace2010]

LOL!!! This is epic! :) 

[uching]

i hope those 2 are fixed.

[Checkingokop]

almost all male and female cats do this for the first time. YOu can see in the video that they arent really hurting each other.

[gTa4ever1369]

dancing with a TIGER

[TheLadyShred]

@militaryqt They were not hurting each other at all. Anyone with experience with cats can see that. If they meant harm to one another, then the rolling would have been tighter and the fur would be flying. This doesn't appear to be a meeting at all - it looks as if the two have known each other for a while and were simply playing rough (like most cats do).

[melissatx75]

At first they looked like they were gonna go at it..but then I think maybe the male cat realized she was female? ... they seem to be playing now when I watch it more and more. Seems to me that they are becoming aquainted in a playful way.

[trutxn2003]

This is adorable and I love the music! Can't people tell they ADORE each other? Awesome! Thanks for filming this moment!