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<div>I recently took my mother-in-law's indoor/outdoor former feral cat to my house because my mother-in-law is moving and can't keep her. After disappearing for a few days in the basement, she came out and is now living in my lower level guest room (she will be an indoor kitty; I live in a neighborhood with too many busy streets plus foxes from the park). She's settling in nicely there, and is now eating regularly and using her litter box. She is an absolute love who runs to see me when I go down to spend time with her. When we're home I now keep the door to her room open with a baby gate at the bottom of the steps to keep the bassets away from her. But I can't get her to come anywhere near the gate if she hears the bassets.</div>
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<div>Have any of you introduced a cat to a house where the bassets came first? My Dub-Dub was here before the bassets, and Lisa had already gotten him adjusted to dogs, so it was more the dogs adjusting than the cat. How long did it take before the cat would look at the bassets through a baby gate, or think about sniffing them? I don't want to force her -- my sense is she needs to do it in her own time. But she is so affectionate, and I can only spend so much time with her in the guest room -- I would love to have her join the family. Any advice you can give will be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail me off list. Thanks. Laura (Geoffrey, Molly, Henry, Kitty, Lisa (ATB), Dub-Dub (ATB))</div>
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