I have twin brown tabbies, male and female, and I rescued a young kitten in June. He was quarantined in our bathroom in a cozy nest until tests proved he was healthy, then he was able to have contact with the outside bathroom door and reach his little paw under the door to the 2 staring kitties outside. This let them get used to the smell and the fact that there was another kitty in the house. The big day that we introduced them was all caught on tape. My female cat gave lots of attitude and just observed while my male cat was more curious and "introduced himself" and sniffed a lot. I could tell my female was intimidated because she thought that he would get all of our attention and she demands a lot of it! From then on we did daily short supervised visits with my fiance and I. That progressed to leaving him out all day with them while we were at work and only putting him in the bathroom at night. We continued that way for a long time because I could tell my cats, at a year and a half, appreciated the break from the rambunctious kitten who enjoyed wrestling. Eventually they stayed out 24 hours a day together and seemed to do fine. They had no choice but to be together all day when we went on vacation to Hawaii for a week, we didn't want to leave him in the bathroom that whole time and make our cat sitter let him out twice a day.
Each cat, as you know, has it's own personality and each will react differently to each situation. I agree with everyone else's comments though about introducing them slowly and getting them used to the idea of each other though. They may eventually cuddle or just tolerate each other and not like each other, but only time will tell. My kitten and boy cat like to chase each other and wrestle and I have caught them all laying together on the bed before, so I know it's possible. My girl cat still owns the place but is very tolerant. All it takes is time, and we're still working on it. I am interested to see their chemistry when my kitten grows out of his kitten stage too. Good luck!
If all goes well, I will be attaching a picture of the 3 of them caught on the bed together, it was so cute!
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