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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2006One Cat or two cats?
When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? G > When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? > G Two, but make sure they get along before settling on them. If they hate each other it won't be much fun. > When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? > G Get two cats, but take the time to introduce them slowly and carefully unless they were already "paired" with one-another. MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e Recent pics: http://tinyurl.com/clal7 >When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? >G Two! I have a male and a female and while they're starting to get older, they continue to chase each other around when they're not sleeping or stuffing their faces! oh gosh, why limit yourself to two?? lol Sorry. Couldn't resist. I am up to six cats at the moment (I foster for a shelter, and I failed miserably) Honestly, I recommend cats in pairs. (or more) Why? cause they do get lonely. If you get kittens, they will be less destructive, if you get adults, then you can save a pair that were probably abandoned by someone who went into a nursing home, or because the owners died. A lot of shelters will work to keep 'families' together, but it is hard, as there is always a limit on resources. Two cats aren't twice as much work as one. http://www.pawschicago.org/PetCare/catsinpairs.htm > When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? > G > oh gosh, why limit yourself to two?? lol > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > http://www.pawschicago.org/PetCare/catsinpairs.htm No, they aren't twice as much work, but they are twice as much fun -- and twice the loving! I always had just one cat at a time and had no plans to change that (especially with Holly, previously known as "the black tornado" because she would instantly attack any other cat in my vicinity). Then I saw a picture of Duffy on Petfinder.com. He looked like such a little waif -- he reminded me of a little old man. He was blind, and I read that he had been returned to the shelter after *two years* and had been in a cage at the shelter for several months. Kitten season was approaching, and I knew there was every probability that he would not be adopted and that space would be at a premium for all those kittens. So, I decided to adopt and relied heavily from an Internet friend to walk me through the slow, gradual introduction process. The rest is history! Duffy is a delight (and turned out to be younger -- and much more beautiful -- than I expected from his shelter photo). He is a completely loving, wonderful cat; and he and Holly now get along very well together. It took time and patience but was *well worth* the time spent. So, back to the original queston...by all means, adopt two, but also be willing to take time and patience for a "proper" introduction. MaryL Photos of Duffy and Holly: >'o'< Duffy: http://tinyurl.com/cslwf Holly: http://tinyurl.com/9t68o Duffy and Holly together: http://tinyurl.com/8b47e Recent pics: http://tinyurl.com/clal7 >oh gosh, why limit yourself to two?? lol Absolutely - for indoor cats, up to one per 100 square feet of floor space. >Sorry. Couldn't resist. I am up to six cats at the moment (I foster for a >shelter, and I failed miserably) I have poor self control myself - I intended to stop at twelve, but somebody 'let our female have one litter before we have her spayed' (heard that before, haven't you?), and then had the problem of placing three of the resulting kittens. All are red tabby and one is female - I couldn't resist so I took them all to avoid too much separation shock on the nine-week old kittens. They are now sixteen weeks old and they latest pictures are linked from <http://users.wildblue.net/daviste/>. >Honestly, I recommend cats in pairs. (or more) Why? cause they do get >lonely. If you get kittens, they will be less destructive, if you get >adults, then you can save a pair that were probably abandoned by someone who >went into a nursing home, or because the owners died. A lot of shelters >will work to keep 'families' together, but it is hard, as there is always a >limit on resources. Less destructive? The walsung kittens are way more destructive than any single kitten I've ever had. >Two cats aren't twice as much work as one. But more than twice as much fun and more than twice as nice to have around.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) Remove "gearbox.maem" to get real address - that one is dead >oh gosh, why limit yourself to two?? lol > >Sorry. Couldn't resist. I am up to six cats at the moment (I foster for a >shelter, and I failed miserably) I'm afraid if I tried this, I'd fail miserably, too. How do you handle the pet hair? I brush mine every morning (along with my Pug) and get a full brush or two every day. Very little dander, however. >Honestly, I recommend cats in pairs. (or more) Why? cause they do get >lonely. If you get kittens, they will be less destructive, if you get [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? >> G > When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? I disagree with the two cat people. I used to have two cats and I had one that ran in attack mode 24/7 and the other one, who was getting up in years, was constantly being bombarded with attacks. Needless to say he did not like this and it was not unusual for the pair to wake me up at 2 AM. Awaking to loud cat screams at 2 AM is not fun. The only exception *might* be if you adopt two from the same litter. It's going to be very hard to pick the right two so I say stick to one. I also don't believe that one cat gets lonely. Pokey. >> When my Lucy goes to cat heaven, should I adopt one cat or two? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Pokey. Did you take the time to do a slow and careful introduction? This sounds like two cats that were just "thrown together" and expected to get along. That works with some cats but can lead to disaster with others. We used to call Holly "the black tornado" because she would immediately attack any other cat that came near me. I really didn't think I could adopt another cat with Holly, but I decided to try when I saw a picture of Duffy. He was blind and had been at the shelter for several months. After taking the more careful approach when I adopted Duffy, we have a happy household. 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