How do you know?

[krazyaboutkatz]

This is a tough one to answer because all I can say is that you'll know when the time is right. I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to add any more cats to my furfamily because I wanted to get down to only 2 cats. The problem was that I was still missing not having an orangie around because I'm a huge orangie fan and they always have the best personalities. I then decided to look at Petfinder to see if there were any long haired orange males out there and I found my widdle boys the same night.

I really only wanted one more cat but since they were very bonded the rescue lady said that they had to be adopted out together. This has actually worked out much better because they have each other to play and wrestle with and they tire each other out. They bug my big cats much less than they would if I only had one of them. If you do decide to adopt a kitten please adopt 2 together. It would help Calvin out a lot because he wouldn't have to interact with them as much and he could still have his peace. My Storm is 14 1/2, Sky is 8, Pearl is 5, and Ziggy is 4 years old. My older boys actully do better with my new kittens than the girls do. If you do decide to adopt a younger adult cat then be sure it's a very laid back non-alpha type of cat. Good luck.

[moosmom]

I just adopted a blackie, a 3 month old hairless (sphynx) who I named Austin (after Austin Powers). I had 5 other cats at the time and they couldn't care less about him. My oldest just wants to be left alone. There is some hissing, which is perfectly normal, but absolutely not bad!!! Austin backs right down when the other cats hiss or growl, which is good cuz it shows him where he fits in the "food chain".

Give it a try! Ya never know!

[catmandu]

The one time that I only had one Cat was when Pouncer passed on and Mr Scrappy was the lone Cat early in 1993 , and then Michael moved in.Little Purr and Mr Scrappy had some rough spats inthe first week, but from then on they were buddies!!!
Then My Princess came in and all three were Friends.
I think thatCalvin might like company, maybe not at first and a quite female Cat might be better than an 8 month old Kitten who's satrting to feel his oats.
We pray that he's the Right Cat of The Future and he nad Calvin hit it off.