Cats and Kittens

No One of Consequence asked:


I need to take home for fall break a homeless cat I have been feeding outside my dorm. The problem is I already have three cats at home and I know cats do not take to one another easily. How can I help my cats accept this stranger? Also, can you train a grown cat to use the litter box? How?

Nicnac asked:


I have a big family with lots of kids and little kids. Ages 2-18. And some adults too. I’m one of the kids. We have two dogs and we are getting a cat today. The cat was found by a family as a stray and now we are adopting her from that family. We believe the cat is deaf. She is about 5 years old.
We took the cat home for about an hour a few days ago and the cat pretty much spent the whole time hiding. The dogs and the kids did pretty good.
Can we have some advice on how to introduce the cat to the house and everyone and how to introduce the kids to the cat?

Italian Mike asked:


I’m moving into an appartment soon and I haven’t told them about my cats because there is nonrefundable deposit for each cat plus a monthly fee for each cat. Does anyone have any advice on how to keep them a secret?