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26 July 2011

CatFilter: new friend for cantankerous kitty? [More:]So we have a cat, who is great with people. He's been a lone cat since he moved in with us three years ago. He's now about seven years old. He was a stray, previous history unknown, though he's too friendly to have been feral, and we adopted him from the shelter.

The neighbours have multiple cats, and our cat goes into their house from time to time, but he does. not. tolerate. feline visitors to our house. He has active fights with the biggest cat next door, and seems to coexist relatively peacefully with the others.

What I am wondering is - would it be a really stupid idea to get a kitten? I've read all the AskMe threads on introducing cats to each other, most recently this one, but the cats in question are generally used to other cats & not loners like ours.

(I realise this question is impossible to answer without a picture - I'm doing my best to upload one...)
Cats tend to treat kittens differently than other full grown cats. You could certainly give it a shot and hope they at least tolerate each other. I had a cat who would follow kittens around and protect them. My cat currently does not get along with another cat that lives here but the outright hostility is down to a couple paw swipes at each other in a threatening but futile gesture. They will never love each other or cuddle but they are living together okay. Kittens are suppose to be good for older cats to keep them more interested and active. You really have no idea until you try it, cat personalities are not always predictable.
posted by ethylene 26 July | 09:02
Gender really matters. You do NOT want to get a male kitten. A female should be fine, provided you do slow intro. You may not get more than tolerance, though. Cats live in hierarchies, rather than packs.
posted by bearwife 26 July | 15:19
Hadn't thought about the sex issue. He's fixed, but I guess it's still a good idea to get a female kitten if we do get one...
posted by altolinguistic 27 July | 06:11
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