I need advice please - I have one kitten, can I get another?

[Denyce]

Hi There!

You updated that your Tito was a stray. I am assuming he was tested for Leukemia, FIV and FIP? It was just a thought about the original note saying he should be in an only cat home. I answered your other thread about putting him on a diet.

He really is adorable. I love the soft gray cats. My first cat Smokey was a soft gray and white cat. Now I have 2 brown tabbies, an orange and white tabby and a tuxedo tortie...one of these days I have to post more pics of them.

Denyce

[lizzielou742]

Well, I think the vet told me I didn't need to get him a Feline Leukemia shot unless he was with other cats, so I haven't done it yet. I am thinking about doing it anyway, though, even if I don't get a second cat. But if I did get a second cat, yes I would definitely have Tito's shots updated first. And I believe the shelter tested him for the FIV & FIP. I am going to get his paperwork out tonight and look again. I am starting to doubt this vet - I think I might get a 2nd opinion. I don't like that he put tito on a diet (he only weighs like 4.5 pounds!!!) and I don't remember him testing tito for anything. I just remember he got a couple of booster shots (rabies etc.) to finish off the shots his previous owner had given him. I am new to this area and took the recommendation of a friend to go see this certain vet, but now I am not so sure!

[lat192004]

Originally posted by lizzielou742
Thanks for resizing my picture!!! Isn't that the cutest pic ever? I took it last week when it randomly started snowing really hard here in KY - and he started meowing at the snow! That was the 1st pic I ever took w/my digital camera and I've been trying to duplicate it ever since. Thanks for all your advice, and I definitely agree now after reading more that I will wait until I move to get another kitten if I do. Thanks & I'll keep you posted!

Angel said Meoowwwwwwwwelcome! Looks full of mischief. what a cat!

[lizzielou742]

Thanks! Oh and I think I got my album working now on Image Station.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287033767

[RedHedd]

Aww! That worked. Now you need more pics in your album!

[Denyce]

If it were me...I would take Tito to another vet and asked that he be tested before bringing a new cat into the picture. Since you are unsure about what was done before this would be the safe thing to do. Although I don't know your financial situation so it is easy for me to give this advice. At 4.5 pounds I see no reason what so ever that he needs to be on a diet.

Nutros is not a bad food. Royal Canin is even better. I am not a fan of Science Diet at all.

Denyce

[PayItForward]

Here is how we introduce our cats, though thing usually go quicker with your cats.

http://www.piftails.com/main/article...ingnewcat.html

Again I agree get your cat completely up to date with all jabs and a complete blood test, before getting a new kitten.

Good Luck

[lat192004]

Hello Lizzielou!

I forgot to welcome to you to PT. WELCOME!! Re: two cats, I will give my experience. I had a single cat household for 5 years, then my daughter gave me her Siamese cat. I got her inside the door and my tomcat went nuts. He screamed and scared the daylights out of her. They never did become friends, I had to let her outside, as this is where she wanted to go anyway(she was spayed). I brought the calico home a few years later( by this time Pumpkin was 8) and he accepted her OK. The age issue seemed to be his problem. From what your thread says, Pumpkins attutude matches Titos. Good luck with this................p

[lil_critter_92]

Hi lizzielou i've had a similar problem latley. See, my sister moved down with my dad. Well, i had 2 cats Gomez and Tiger. My sister took her cat (Gomez) down there, after him and Tiger had been together for almost 3 years. well, we had to get another cat to keep tiger company. well, we got one, and that cat was a spaded tortice shell cat and it was 11 months old. they are finally getting along. its been, i think, 2 months. if you would like to get another cat, then be prepared to hear a lot of hissing. they will growl and hiss a lot. but if it doesnt work out, then get rid of the new kitty.

[lizzielou742]

Well, I wouldn't want to give it away unless I knew someone who was good with cats who could take it (which I really don't, unfortunately) so I want to know how he might react before I introduce the new kitty. Unfortunately it's kind of hard to test esp. since the cat I have now doesn't have all the shots recommended for cats in multi-cat households (yet)!!