Introducing a new pet into your home is a delicate process that takes time and therefore needs some level of patience on you. The process can be more complicated when introducing the pet in a home where there are other pets already staying there. The way your new pet will adjust to those it will find in the home depends on the personalities of the pets. There are some pets that will find it easy to welcome a new buddy while for some it is something that will take time.
To successfully introduce a new pet home you can follow these helpful tips below:
Give the new pet sufficient time familiarize itself with its new home; if you have other pets in your home, it is best to keep them confined in another enclosure and let the new pet to get to know the new home better without interference from others. If you let others harass it, it may feel that it is not welcome in the new home and your new pet may get stressed or even depressed.
When introducing your new pet to the one already there in your home, control it; if it is a cat or a dog that you are introducing to your home, be sure to be around and have the dog leashed. This will help in salvaging the situation if at all any aggression occurs from the dog or the cat. Never allow the dog or the cat to remain enclosed in a single enclosure as war may erupt there and end in injuries to either the cat or even the dog!
Provide separate feeding bowls in separate spaces; this is usually advisable to avoid the chance of fights between the new friends. There is a big chance that the two animals will fight over food so it is best to provide food in separate bowls to avoid such unnecessary fights.
Don’t leave the animals alone in the room; never leave the new animal and the pet that was already in the home in one room without you being there. You should only do this after you are sure they truly get along with each other. A cat and dog can take some time for them to get used to each other, it is therefore important to lock one of them safely in cage when you have to leave the home.
The bottom line
Introducing a new pet home is usually a new experience for all the family members. Proper caution however need to be taken when there are other animals already existing in the given home. It therefore calls on you to be patient with the new animal as it tries to adjust to the new home and new friends it will have to live with. The basic rule is never to lock a new animal with another in an enclosure before you are sure the two are perfectly getting along with one another.