I adopted Meka from Animal Control Shelter back last October and she was over a year old. She was such a mess and we have lots of bahavior problems like biting and scratching and tearing up furniture and we tried everything but get her a companion. We thought maybe that a companion might give her someone to play with with all her energy and maybe teach her some manners. I ran out of other options so I thought if it was meant to be an orange, male, bobtail cat will be in a shelter close to me. - how likely is that? Well I called and sure enough Max was there - orange, male, bobtail cat. So Meka got a brother. Well I'm not sure it was a good idea or not. I has been 3 months and they still fight here and there. Watch each other like hawks. It is fun to watch them and he has taught her a few things but I'm afraid she might be teaching him her bad habits. BUT - that said Meka was very lonely when we would leave her for a weekend and right after we got Max my father in law went in the hospital in critical condition on the other side of town an 1-1/2 away so we had to leave them both alone a lot and I think this really helped Meka to have Max there or she would really have been lonely and upset. I'll let you know more in a few months - if you get another one just know it might take 6 months or more for them to get along. I'm not sure they will ever sleep together but maybe...... Debbie