We have a beautiful 3-year-old snowshoe (Claudia) that we adopted when she was (supposedly) 1-year-old. She seemed less than a year old, b/c she was smaller (by a couple of pounds), had a thinner coat, and just seemed to exhibit lots of kitten behavior.

We introduced her slowly to our other (at the time) 3 cats. Leo (God rest his beautiful soul - such a sweetheart) met her first b/c he loves all cats, and he was so good to her. The other two met her after smelling her through a door for a couple of days. She suckered us into adopting her (thank goodness - she's awesome!) as soon as we met her - we were at PetSmart when the rescue group was putting her in her cage for the first day. Anyway, she purred before we even got all the way to her cage and reached in to pet her. She was just a dream, and she has so much personality! I will say that she still acts a lot like a kitten to this day, and we know she's way past that now. I think it's just in her snowshoe personality. She's still a tiny little kitty, but her coat is very thick, which makes us think she might have some other breed in her somewhere, but she fits the snowshoe look to a tee. Her purr is unlike any other (she gets so revved up she "clicks" at us!), and she follows us around the house meeping at us all the time.

You just need to give it time. Snowshoes are wonderful creatures - you won't be sorry you brought her home.