HOW WILL LUCY TAKE TO OSCAR?

Our inherited cat, Lucy, inherited when our son, wife and baby moved to the USA, is a real firecracker of a cat.  She is extremely strong willed, smart, sassy and super intelligent.  Since our own wee cat Mimime died of blood cancer recently Lucy has had total centre stage in our home.  She can open doors, and in some strange way, can almost make us do whatever she wishes.

Lucy

I have a strong feeling her nose will be firmly pushed out of place when Oscar comes home on Sunday evening.

Obviously they will have to be kept apart until they settle down and Lucy accepts him.  I will crate Oscar and let Lucy into the room and keep it like that until there the animosity dies down.  This will have to be done to protect Oscar more than Lucy as one swipe of her very sharp claws would hurt Oscar and possibly set them up for a future of fighting where later, when Oscar is bigger, Lucy could be the one to suffer.

With previous cats and dogs I have found the crate method best.  It allows them to suss each other out safely and eventually settle into a harmonious life together.  Hopefully it will be the same with Lucy and Oscar.