Hi All. Good to be back and I need your help please. Let me give you the basics briefly. I have/had two cats both altered feral indoor/outdoor males. One is Kiki and the other is Billy. As of last week Kiki has not come home and even though he has done this in the past it's never been for more than 3 nights. The problem is Billy and Kiki have never liked each other. Both of these "boys" are probably 3 years of age with Billy being the bully. In fact I'm not too sure Billy hasn't either run Kiki off or even worse "done him in". Just kidding of course. I'm just sick and really don't want to think the worst but we are in a rural area with all sorts of critters around so I guess it's possible something has happened to him preventing him from returning.
I understand the argument for keeping cats entirely indoors, but with these guys that would have been almost impossible without changing their worlds completely. They both came to me after being feral for probably 2 years. I just couldn't see locking them inside after that many years of being "free". Now it looks like I may be paying the price for this with the disappearance of Kiki.
My question is if Kiki doesn't return, and it looks like with each passing day this is the case, and I get another baby-- should I #1 get a girl and #2 most important could you tell me the best way to introduce her to Billy and lastly should I get a kitten vs. an older cat. Does the age make any difference being accepted by a territorial male.
Thanks so much for any help you can give.
Mupcat
I understand the argument for keeping cats entirely indoors, but with these guys that would have been almost impossible without changing their worlds completely. They both came to me after being feral for probably 2 years. I just couldn't see locking them inside after that many years of being "free". Now it looks like I may be paying the price for this with the disappearance of Kiki.
My question is if Kiki doesn't return, and it looks like with each passing day this is the case, and I get another baby-- should I #1 get a girl and #2 most important could you tell me the best way to introduce her to Billy and lastly should I get a kitten vs. an older cat. Does the age make any difference being accepted by a territorial male.
Thanks so much for any help you can give.
Mupcat