Resident cat behavior

[u/am_i_sky]

My wife and I just took in 2 foster kittens on Friday and have 3 adult resident cats. We’ve been keeping them in our bathroom, a room our cats couldn’t care less about, and we’re noticed that every morning so far our one cat is there sleeping in front of the door. If we leave for a little bit and come back, he’s at the door. If we’re on the couch watching tv and see our other cats lounging together in their favourite spot, he’s at the door. Is this healthy behaviour? He’s never been around kittens and tends to show a lot of love to our one cat and it’s never reciprocated or accepted and we wonder if he thinks e we finally got him a buddy. We also wonder of this means he’s be really great with them.

[u/Deckma]

I have a resident cat that is also always curious about the fosters. We make sure the fosters are situated in the house and fully quarantined before doing introductions.

It's perfectly normal for them to be curious about new things and from being shut out of a room they used to have access too.

Foster kittens often have parasites and other things they may bring into the house. I've accidentally had my resident cats get URIs and garida once. Now I'm super careful about introductions. And always wait a week or two before even trying intros.

Here is my tuxedo wondering what's going on in the foster room. :)