Advice on getting a second cat

tammer

Hi,

I have a small female cat (7 years old) at the moment who is very friendly, to the point of being needy. I also have a problem with another cat coming in her cat flap and taking a leek in my house.

I was thinking of getting a second cat, a male, to keep her company and to fight off other cats coming into the house.

Are there problems with introducing a second cat into the house? And do you think the cat would keep other cats away?

honeydlc

Hi and welcome!
Whether your current cat would accept another cat in her home depends on her temperement more than anything, alot of older cats will never be particualrly friendly with a kitten, although she should learn to live with it.
It's also hard to tell whether the other cat would see off the intruder, have you thought of getting a magnetic cat flap, which opens only in response to a magnet attatched to your cats collar, these are great for not letting in uninvited guests!
good luck!
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oracle

why not try and introduce her to a friends cat but dont push them together let them have there space and see how it goes hope this helps caz

littlelab

Ha, trust me it doesn't matter how man cats you have in your house.

I have an unspayed Tom that regularly visits and my neutered boy does put up a fight but the booger still pee'd on my bed and on my carpet!!

Let me know if you find a solution Laughing

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NEWTOWNMAX

I've had two cats for the last 20 years. When one passes on I get another kitten. The older cat usually accepts a kitten eventually, some friendly than others. My current two are 15 and 7. The younger one keeps the older one on her toes!!

shadylady

Another cat wouldnt generally fight of a cat that already has a high status, as unneteured cats have quite high statuses in the cat world im guessing the cats unneteured as ive never known a neutered cat to spray/pee in someones home. I have 3 cats and they tolerate each other but they dont lie together grooming each other what most people would want from a couple of cats as they all have different temperments sometimes they will lie nxt to each other other times they dont even acknowladge each other.

Ive also read that female cats are more terriotorial than males so it will take a long time for your cat to accept a new cat, i would suggest a cat flap which only opens for your cat, than to get a new a cat as you wouldnt know your new cats temperment it could be timid, or a brute, u would only now what temperment it will have if you got a pedigree as they are bred specifically.

I know i shouldnt really say this as you might get the wrong idea but my dog chases off other cats she doesnt know, im not suggesting you get a dog, im just saying lol best of luck with your decision Very Happy

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lasthidingplace

We started with two cats in our house. Then we, over the next few months, introduced another too - and finally, a dog. (I know, that's a crazy amount of animals).

The point is though, Coco (the newest cat) was completely rejected by Chloe (my baby!!). She just didn't want to know. Chloe was the second newest, at one and a half years old when we introduced Coco, who was a month or so old. They love each other to bits now - here they are, sitting on our towel rack thing in the bathroom:

[img]http://www.byross.com/catz/chole&coco.jpg[/img]

The point is - they WILL fight, but they will eventually learn each others boundaries and before long, they'll love each other to bits.