Hello all!
Well, the time has come, after loosing our beloved Rasha to conjestive heart failure, my mom has decided to start looking for another cat.
She's really specific about what she wants though, I think that she thinks that if she gets exactly what he was that she'll end up with a similar cat.
She's of the opinion that males are more affectionate, that siamese are more intelligent (and likes the way they howl if that doesn't enter into the equation) and wants a cat that is a different point then Rasha was. I can understand all of these wants, but what I really don't understand is that she wants a kitten!
My dad is turning 60 this year and my mom 58 (don't tell her I told you). Both of the siamese cats that we've had have lived to an average of 19 years of age (Natasha being 20, and Rasha being 18). Infact we've had great luck and most of our cats have gone past 16 years of age. If you do the math, she's likely to have said kitten till the age of 77, or rather, she'll have it until she moves out of here and then my sister or I will be expected to take the furbaby into our house.
She also wants a "lapcat". Rasha used to follow my mom EVERYWHERE and jumped up on her lap every time she sat down. Frankly he was a little obessive and it would have driven me nuts if I were her. I keep on telling her that if she decides to get a kitten it can't be expected to sit on her lap for the first few years and that it may not ever. At least with an adult you can tell where their energy levels are. She thinks that if she gets a kitten it will become more attached to her.
Any thoughts on how I can try to convince her that an adult cat would be right in their lives? I've tried arguing the above and that adult cats have a harder time being re-homed so she'd be saving a lonely cat in the meantime. She's got it in her mind that an adult adoptee would be aloof, full of disease and will die before she's ready (we saw a beautiful 7 year old blue point on petfinder last night but she kept on saying "7 years is too old, 7 years is too old").
I just want mom to choose in a way that will make her happiest, especially after all of the loss in the last year.
Thanks for being such good friends
Jess
Well, the time has come, after loosing our beloved Rasha to conjestive heart failure, my mom has decided to start looking for another cat.
She's really specific about what she wants though, I think that she thinks that if she gets exactly what he was that she'll end up with a similar cat.
She's of the opinion that males are more affectionate, that siamese are more intelligent (and likes the way they howl if that doesn't enter into the equation) and wants a cat that is a different point then Rasha was. I can understand all of these wants, but what I really don't understand is that she wants a kitten!
My dad is turning 60 this year and my mom 58 (don't tell her I told you). Both of the siamese cats that we've had have lived to an average of 19 years of age (Natasha being 20, and Rasha being 18). Infact we've had great luck and most of our cats have gone past 16 years of age. If you do the math, she's likely to have said kitten till the age of 77, or rather, she'll have it until she moves out of here and then my sister or I will be expected to take the furbaby into our house.
She also wants a "lapcat". Rasha used to follow my mom EVERYWHERE and jumped up on her lap every time she sat down. Frankly he was a little obessive and it would have driven me nuts if I were her. I keep on telling her that if she decides to get a kitten it can't be expected to sit on her lap for the first few years and that it may not ever. At least with an adult you can tell where their energy levels are. She thinks that if she gets a kitten it will become more attached to her.
Any thoughts on how I can try to convince her that an adult cat would be right in their lives? I've tried arguing the above and that adult cats have a harder time being re-homed so she'd be saving a lonely cat in the meantime. She's got it in her mind that an adult adoptee would be aloof, full of disease and will die before she's ready (we saw a beautiful 7 year old blue point on petfinder last night but she kept on saying "7 years is too old, 7 years is too old").
I just want mom to choose in a way that will make her happiest, especially after all of the loss in the last year.
Thanks for being such good friends
Jess
