Hubby and I are unable to have our own children and hopefully by this time next year or alittle sooner we will be taking children into our home through foster/adopt. Which basically means there is a good chance that more than one child in a smaller period of time will be in our home. Our age range will probably be 2 and under.
We have two male neutered cats. Jack who just turned a year old in July and Harley who was a year old in February. We've had Jack since he was 10 weeks old, he's rather dependent on us, but since bringing Harley home has gained some independence. Jack is also very outgoing and still very much a kitten. He can be shy at first with new people but is generally very friendly. He is most often referred to as our dog.
We just brought Harley home in May from the shelter. He was brought in as a stray and was in the shelter for 4 months. Harley is shy, very very loveable a definite lap cat. Quite possibly too loving, self-pets on your hands, arms, face--is a drooler, also kneads constantly and suckles on ear lobes. He really hasn't been around anyone else, except for a couple who cat sits for them who we are close friends with. It took a long time for him to adjust to life in a home with love so to speak. He watches his back and is just very careful.
Is there a proper way to "prepare" them for this? We will be slowly setting up a bedroom for the child. We currently have a bedroom that the cats are not allowed in, which I think in the long run will have helped us--it sort of being out of bounds. My biggest concern is Harley and his ability to be so umm..forceful so to speak in his need to feel loved or have attention. I do think Jack's dependency on us will be an issue.
Thank you to anyone that read my long post.
Leslie
We have two male neutered cats. Jack who just turned a year old in July and Harley who was a year old in February. We've had Jack since he was 10 weeks old, he's rather dependent on us, but since bringing Harley home has gained some independence. Jack is also very outgoing and still very much a kitten. He can be shy at first with new people but is generally very friendly. He is most often referred to as our dog.
We just brought Harley home in May from the shelter. He was brought in as a stray and was in the shelter for 4 months. Harley is shy, very very loveable a definite lap cat. Quite possibly too loving, self-pets on your hands, arms, face--is a drooler, also kneads constantly and suckles on ear lobes. He really hasn't been around anyone else, except for a couple who cat sits for them who we are close friends with. It took a long time for him to adjust to life in a home with love so to speak. He watches his back and is just very careful.
Is there a proper way to "prepare" them for this? We will be slowly setting up a bedroom for the child. We currently have a bedroom that the cats are not allowed in, which I think in the long run will have helped us--it sort of being out of bounds. My biggest concern is Harley and his ability to be so umm..forceful so to speak in his need to feel loved or have attention. I do think Jack's dependency on us will be an issue.
Thank you to anyone that read my long post.
Leslie