I'm sure there are lots of posts on this, but when I tried to search, it kept coming up as an error...
Anyways, I have the most wonderful, sweetest cat ever in my boy, Bodhi. He's 8 years old and I adopted him from the shelter about 5 weeks ago. I guess I caught the cat-love bug cause I have been wanting to get another one for a few weeks now. I even fell into the evil trap that is Petfinder and have fallen in love with another Maine Coon boy (a stray cuddlebug at the local shelter where I got Bodhi). I went to see him today - hoping that I wouldn't like him and I could be done with this notion, but I fell in LOVE.
So, here is my dilemma. I am really scared of Bodhi not liking a new addition. And, I'm afraid he will change the way he acts towards me. Right now, he's just the way I would want a cat to be. He sleeps in the bed curled up next to me, he loves to be petted and held, and he behaves so perfectly. I'm worried that if I bring in another cat, Bodhi will change and become less than the perfect boy he is. Is this even possible?? I just don't want to traumatize him. My other thought is that Bodhi came from a home with a lot of other cats, and sometimes i wonder if he doesn't miss having feline companions, especially when I'm gone to work all day.
What do I do?
Anyways, I have the most wonderful, sweetest cat ever in my boy, Bodhi. He's 8 years old and I adopted him from the shelter about 5 weeks ago. I guess I caught the cat-love bug cause I have been wanting to get another one for a few weeks now. I even fell into the evil trap that is Petfinder and have fallen in love with another Maine Coon boy (a stray cuddlebug at the local shelter where I got Bodhi). I went to see him today - hoping that I wouldn't like him and I could be done with this notion, but I fell in LOVE.
So, here is my dilemma. I am really scared of Bodhi not liking a new addition. And, I'm afraid he will change the way he acts towards me. Right now, he's just the way I would want a cat to be. He sleeps in the bed curled up next to me, he loves to be petted and held, and he behaves so perfectly. I'm worried that if I bring in another cat, Bodhi will change and become less than the perfect boy he is. Is this even possible?? I just don't want to traumatize him. My other thought is that Bodhi came from a home with a lot of other cats, and sometimes i wonder if he doesn't miss having feline companions, especially when I'm gone to work all day.
What do I do?