Teething or biting kitten
I have a question for those who have raised a kitten into adulthood. The kitten I adopted was hand raised from about 2 weeks old, her mother, a feral cat, had been run over. I have had her since s...
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rwj146 wrote:
I have been thinking about another , maybe older, cat. I am going to full time in a 25 Bounder, i'm not sure there is room for two cats. Whatever happens I won't just give up on her.
As someone who has done fostering and adoptions for years, I'm going to say this:
DO NOT GET A SECOND CAT UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY WANT A SECOND CAT.
Think it through carefully. I have seen many folks get convinced by others (rescue groups, friends, family, etc.) that a 2nd cat was "the best solution" and all it did was create more stress and pressure for the owner and original cat. In the end, the 2nd cat was often returned, the original cat was subject to additional unnecessary stress, and the owner felt a lot of guilt for "giving up" on that second cat.
Now, I'm not saying that having 2 cats isn't great and that it will not do anything for you or your current cat. What I'm saying is that unless you go into it for the right reason (because YOU want a 2nd cat - not because you want to fix the cat you have), you can make things worse.
