Here's my situation.
I have 3 of my own cats.
4 foster cats - all a year old.
I am cat sitting for me neighbour for the next 5 weeks.
I just found a 10-12 week old kitten.
I haven't spoken to the lady from the asscociation yet but i've messaged/called her (no reply).
The thing that is making this a tough decision is that my neighbour said that he wouldn't mind if while he is away i try to get his cat a friend. His cat Riley however is fairly aggressive. Added to this i'm really in need of a break from fostering and looking after cats etc. and i'm coming up to a really busy period at work.
So i have two options:
1- try to get Riley friendly with an older cat and give the kitten to the foster network? This means i will reduce my workload significantly BUT it might be more difficult from him to acept an older cat...
2- try to get Riley to be friends with the kitten?
I'll be honest, I'm basically looking for the route that has the least stress as i am pretty flat out at the moment and really do need a bit of a break.
I wasn't really sure where to put this message.Hope it is ok here.
I have 3 of my own cats.
4 foster cats - all a year old.
I am cat sitting for me neighbour for the next 5 weeks.
I just found a 10-12 week old kitten.
I haven't spoken to the lady from the asscociation yet but i've messaged/called her (no reply).
The thing that is making this a tough decision is that my neighbour said that he wouldn't mind if while he is away i try to get his cat a friend. His cat Riley however is fairly aggressive. Added to this i'm really in need of a break from fostering and looking after cats etc. and i'm coming up to a really busy period at work.
So i have two options:
1- try to get Riley friendly with an older cat and give the kitten to the foster network? This means i will reduce my workload significantly BUT it might be more difficult from him to acept an older cat...
2- try to get Riley to be friends with the kitten?
I'll be honest, I'm basically looking for the route that has the least stress as i am pretty flat out at the moment and really do need a bit of a break.
I wasn't really sure where to put this message.Hope it is ok here.