Hi Maggieg and Welcome to Pet Talk.

I am so sorry on the loss of your beloved cat. What a terrible thing for your daughter to witness and like you said, thank God it wasn't her. Is she doing okay??

I just LOVE Snowshoes. I don't know much about them either, but they are certainly a beautiful cat.

Here is a link that one of our PTer's, DJFyrewolf36 had made just the other day in regards to introducing cats. Just click on this: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=111242

I hope this helps you.

I am so looking forward to seeing pictures.