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I will be getting my cream burmese darling in 4 weeks. Prior to him I had a russian blue mix (and no, not 'just' a grey cat!). Billy was my heart and I miss him dearly. Fast forward 2 years since Billy.. i now have a 20 month old and an 10 week old. This summer I found a grey kitten in a bag of kittens... (worst sight of my life) my vet said he was 5 weeks old. He was my sons best friend, they did everything together... he would jump up on the bath tub even when we were bathing my son.. if my son cried.. murphy was there.. he even learnt to open my son's door! When he was about 4.5 months he began trying to escape.. my vet refused to neuter before 6 months... well one week before the scheduled neuter.. murphy got out... we searched immediately door to door.. posters on every post.. nightly and daily searches.. postings online at vets the shelters...EVERY WHERE! He was gone. My son was heart broken and though 4 months later he still calls for him. Takes his stuffed cat everywhere and says 'momma meow' for me to show him cat pictures on my phone which he then gives a sad look to and kisses. It's heartbreaking.
fast forward to now. After my research on a breed we decided on a burmese... (i wanted a russian blue but heard the burmese was the best with kids... funny enough when my 10 week old cried all 3 of her burmese ran over to my son)so we picked one and will get him in 4 weeks.. i heard they do well with a 2nd cat. I would love to have another russian blue for me... is it a bad idea to have two of a different breed... is it bad to have two this young..? My 20 month old is in nursery school full time so they would be with me all day and I have ample time but I thought a kitten would prefer to be dotted on alone?
Thanks for reading this Long mess of a post. I spent a month researching one cat.. now to hear it's best to have two kind threw a curve ball... I knew one day I wanted more than one. . But I wasn't expecting so soon... it's a 20 plus year commitment. .. so I welcome all the suggestions and feedback!
I will be getting my cream burmese darling in 4 weeks. Prior to him I had a russian blue mix (and no, not 'just' a grey cat!). Billy was my heart and I miss him dearly. Fast forward 2 years since Billy.. i now have a 20 month old and an 10 week old. This summer I found a grey kitten in a bag of kittens... (worst sight of my life) my vet said he was 5 weeks old. He was my sons best friend, they did everything together... he would jump up on the bath tub even when we were bathing my son.. if my son cried.. murphy was there.. he even learnt to open my son's door! When he was about 4.5 months he began trying to escape.. my vet refused to neuter before 6 months... well one week before the scheduled neuter.. murphy got out... we searched immediately door to door.. posters on every post.. nightly and daily searches.. postings online at vets the shelters...EVERY WHERE! He was gone. My son was heart broken and though 4 months later he still calls for him. Takes his stuffed cat everywhere and says 'momma meow' for me to show him cat pictures on my phone which he then gives a sad look to and kisses. It's heartbreaking.
fast forward to now. After my research on a breed we decided on a burmese... (i wanted a russian blue but heard the burmese was the best with kids... funny enough when my 10 week old cried all 3 of her burmese ran over to my son)so we picked one and will get him in 4 weeks.. i heard they do well with a 2nd cat. I would love to have another russian blue for me... is it a bad idea to have two of a different breed... is it bad to have two this young..? My 20 month old is in nursery school full time so they would be with me all day and I have ample time but I thought a kitten would prefer to be dotted on alone?
Thanks for reading this Long mess of a post. I spent a month researching one cat.. now to hear it's best to have two kind threw a curve ball... I knew one day I wanted more than one. . But I wasn't expecting so soon... it's a 20 plus year commitment. .. so I welcome all the suggestions and feedback!