New kitten or kittens with existing nervous cat
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:20 pm
Hi, I posted a few months ago when our beloved cuddly boy cat died of cancer, leaving our girl cat (11) who we think might have been his sister (they came from a rescue shelter and 20+ kittens had been dumped together so hard to tell!).
Surviving girl cat adored her brother and although loving a fuss, isn’t as keen on human company, hides upstairs all day and won’t let the kids near her (she’s always been like this, I don’t know if it’s due to her start in life).
We would like to get a kitten who will hopefully be good with children as they (and us) are missing our super friendly boy cat, but don’t want to upset girl cat!
She is very interested in cats on tv and miaowed back at a cat in the vets the other week, plus she preferred her brother’s company to being with us, which makes me hopeful she would accept a kitten. What concerns me is she is very nervous.
I’m wondering if she would be better with one kitten or two?
I was thinking with one she would hopefully not feel overwhelmed and it would be less stressful for her, but then would she feel a playful kitten is too much? This led me to wondering about two kittens as then they would hopefully play with each other, but then also would she feel outnumbered with two? It’s so hard to know!
I’m just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and what worked/didn’t work?
Surviving girl cat adored her brother and although loving a fuss, isn’t as keen on human company, hides upstairs all day and won’t let the kids near her (she’s always been like this, I don’t know if it’s due to her start in life).
We would like to get a kitten who will hopefully be good with children as they (and us) are missing our super friendly boy cat, but don’t want to upset girl cat!
She is very interested in cats on tv and miaowed back at a cat in the vets the other week, plus she preferred her brother’s company to being with us, which makes me hopeful she would accept a kitten. What concerns me is she is very nervous.
I’m wondering if she would be better with one kitten or two?
I was thinking with one she would hopefully not feel overwhelmed and it would be less stressful for her, but then would she feel a playful kitten is too much? This led me to wondering about two kittens as then they would hopefully play with each other, but then also would she feel outnumbered with two? It’s so hard to know!
I’m just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and what worked/didn’t work?