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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    Thank you all for your dear words of support as we continue to adapt this new wonderful creature into our home. Thanks very much to the person who gave instructions on how to post pictures. I'm afraid the instructions read like Sanskrit to me, but my husband is working on it and I am confident...
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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    We changed the spelling on her name because everyone saw "Clarie" as "Claire." Clary has been here in her new home for 2 1/2 months now, and she loves her older "sisters" very much. She pesters them to play with her, and they chase her away. Since her favorite game is Chase, she treats their...
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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    Thank all of you for your perspectives. It turns out that the choice came down to us taking the dead neighbor's cat or taking the cat to the pound, where she would be destroyed within a week. I fixed up our second bedroom as a safe room for the cat, who I named Clarie--her former human never...
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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    Thank you all so much for your thoughtful opinions! My neighbors who are keeping the cat temporarily have someone in Virginia who may be interested in taking her in. My neighbors have placed another cat with this man before and the cat lived to be 20, so I'm sure he'd be a good parent. If he...
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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    Thank you for your response and the link. Its information was very useful from a practical standpoint. However, do you think it is wise to introduce a year old cat, however slowly, to a household of 2 17 year old cats? A young cat's energy level is so different--would it enervating or upsetting...
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    neighbor died, can I take in a 3rd cat?

    Hi everyone! My downstairs neighbor died and her cat was trapped in her apartment for 4 days after her death. Another neighbor managed to get the kittie into a crate, but cannot adopt her because of allegies. The cat is currently confined to a small room in his apartment. The dead neighbor's...
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