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Hello everyone. My name is Cheryll and my husband and I currently share our home with a 14 year old brown tabby named Chance, a rescue we adopted at the age of 10 weeks, along with a 13 year old dog. We also lost our other senior cat, Tigger, a few months ago at 15 from congestive heart failure.

Chance and Tigger were very close and Chance has seemed quite depressed since losing his buddy, so we have been considering another cat. We were in no rush and felt the right opportunity would present itself if we were patient. Just over a week ago, while picking up dog food at our local petshop, our local rescue organization was there. After lengthy conversation we decided to start the process to adopt two rescues, a 1 1/2 year old tabby and white boy, and a 1 year old tortie girl. Although our intent was for only one cat, we decided to try the two because they love each other Weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re hoping they will also take Chance into their group and wonâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t exclude him, and of course weâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re hoping he will bond to them.

I found this group while searching the internet for information on feline nutrition. Chance and Tigger both had urinary problems and were both on Science Diet c/d for most of their lives, which was the veterinary protocol at the time they were growing up. As a result, both of them were constantly battling weight problems and had virtually no muscle tone. Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m hoping to avoid that situation with the two new youngsters.

Well, I have to go prepare the “sanctuary†bedroom for our two new kids so that theyâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll be comfortable and can slowly be integrated into the family.

Iâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]m looking forward to learning from all the experts here.

Hello and welcome! I'm very sorry for the loss of your beloved Tigger.

Thank you adopting a bonded pair! Chance may not bond with them they way he was with Tigger, but they will certainly give him something else to think about besides his loss and grief.

c/d is not Science Diet, it is Hill's Prescription diet. Science Diet is a grocery store food. I have one kitty on Hills Prescription c/d for FLUTD, because she forms struvite crystals when she eats anything else. Yes I have to watch her weight, but I schedule feed and make sure she gets plenty of exercise. I hate that she is on this food, but she was on a canned diet when her trouble started, and I have tried several times to put her back on a high quality canned diet and the crystals always come back. Sometimes there just isn't any way around it.

Feed the cats all on a high quality canned diet, and hopefully they won't develop any problems.

Congratulations on your new family members, and I hope Chance likes them, but don't expect him to adjust right away, do do a slow introduction.

I'm sorry about Tigger

Hi and welcome to TCS . I hope you enjoy your stay. You will get to learn a lot about cats from some knowledgeable cat people. I am sorry for the loss of Tigger.

Hi and welcome!

I´m very sorry for your loss of Tigger!

Congratulations on your 2 new family members! I hope they will include Chance in their group.
I have 2 cats, 12 year old Feykirófa and 2 year old Doppa. My soul mate, Pollýanna, died 3 years ago. She and Feykirófa didn't really get along, they didn't "not" get along either, just coexsited, greeted each other with kisses, but slept with at least a safe few inch distance, but Pollýanna was always the "superior" in their relationship, maybe as she was older and had been with me for 3 years when Feykirófa came, as a 6 week old kitten. Still when Pollýanna died, Feykirófa got really depressed, slept in Pollýanna's special place for 2 weeks, hardly eating or moving, and even though she got over the shock, she did change in character. So I guess they were closer than I realized.

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I'm really sorry about Tigger but I am sure he is having a ball in Rainbow Bridge now.