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Thank you everyone for your insight. Everything you all said makes sense and will take time. I did the scent trick and it really works!
My two boys were sniffing away....the scent of a women! LOL.
Not only am I happy she's a girl, but the fact that we saved her makes life even more worth living!
I can only tell you from my experience, if the kitten is female and you have males you are probably OK. My females, in the same situation with a new cat introduced would probably 1. hiss at it and 2. pee all over the house.
When we've had foster kittens in the past, the usual pattern has been to let everyone have a good amount of supervised play together as soon as possible, but also to keep them apart at nights for a good two months or so in order to give the older cats a little break from the amazing amount of energy and chaos a tiny kitten can generate when she's not sleeping.
Just to be sure, you should wait until she is a little bigger and has her vaccinations to protect your older cats. My experience has been that while she is growing up the adults will tolerate her but mainly turn their noses up and consider her a pest. In the meantime, she will be bouncing off the walls and all over them trying to play. That is just the social ladder of cats. I wouldn't think they would hurt her. They will only get agressive if they think somebody is trying to take over their territory. Even then, my experience is that cats are pretty politically correct and they work out the pecking order in a very short time.
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Enjoy your beautiful little rescue cat!
Bella
