Adding another cat to family

seiryu

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Hello, new here. I have a 17 year old (Callie), and a 1 and a half year old (Lily). Cats of course =P. Both are declawed and spayed. I rescued them this way. I've had Callie for 15 years and Lily half a year.

I am thinking about adding another cat to the family for a few reasons:
1. Lily is sometimes too rough for Callie and I am hoping a new, younger cat will play with Lily more to relieve the stress on Callie.

2. I know a friend who has 2 cats (i'm taking one) that were found stray, but seemed house broken. and are very loving.

So the Male: He is less playful, but loves to play, just not as much as his sister. He will come to you if you call. Slightly bigger than the female.

the Female: She is really playful. She normally won't come to you if you call, but if you give another cat attention, she of course has to come get some too!

Both are spayed/neutered. Not declawed, but I am trimming and buying those "Soft Paw" things.

Now my dilemma. I have heard Mixing stories on things. I have always had 2-3 spayed female cats in my house (just what i ended up rescuing).

I have heard too many females can be a bad thing as one might try and shoot for dominance and little squalls can happen. I have also heard, they are more likely to spray. But not so much if spayed.

Males, I have only had a male cat when I was younger, and never had responsibilities for him, except kitty litter duty (from age 9-14 or so, now 26). From what i've been told, they tend to leave the females alone. And only spray if they sense another male.

Lastly, from their personalities/ your experience, which do you think would best fit our family? It's a decent sized house, so lots of room either way. Thanks!
 

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My advice? Don't look at sex - determine which kitties purr-sonality will git best in your home. Go meet them, interact with them - and see which will work better.

Unless of course, you can afford both & then I advise to get them both!


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Originally Posted by white cat lover

My advice? Don't look at sex - determine which kitties purr-sonality will fit best in your home. Go meet them, interact with them - and see which will work better.

Unless of course, you can afford both & then I advise to get them both!


Welcome to TCS!
i agree w/all of that!
i have 4 females & 1 male. 1 of the females doesn't much like the male [she's alpha, tho] but another one LOVES him!
2 of the females are best buds.
1 female is a loner - her choice, tho.
 

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I have 5 females and all get along.
Cleo I just got Dec 10th and she sleeps with my almost 17 year old cat the most.
She is 5 months.
Meeko is not nice sometimes.
Do not go by sex go by who you like.
No of my females have ever sprayed.
Coco is almost 17.
Her bday is in Feb or early March.
Meeko is 8.5
Sasha 2.5
Oreo Cookie Monster 1.5
Cleo 5 months.
Cleo and Sasha love to wrestle and play alot.
You never know who you will find together.
It switches sometimes.
 
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That's what I was thinking. I just wasn't sure if one or the other was Usually a worse thing then the other.

I'm just going by peoples experiences, as you really can't justify how a cat is going to act before you put them in the situation.

For all I know, the male might act extremely playful because my little one is. And the female not act as playful because now she's with other females.

Thanks and I think I am going to go with the male. I would love to rescue both, but I am paying my friend for the neuter and shots. (They havn't gotten shots yet, waiting for appointment soon). So I have no idea what all that will come out to be.
 
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