WOW!! They hit kittie paydirt!!
From: Cherie A Gabbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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I just moved into a huge house with tons of room, and I am looking into finishing the basement strictly for the cats, ie the columns I will get carpeted so they can climb, so space is not the issue I am concered about attention.
Faye Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:One thing you do have to consider with large numbers of cats. Space.
Crowding them too closely can create stress. If you have a small house and
are not in an area where the cats can go outside safely, then you might want
to keep the number down.
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>I've also found that it's much easier to integrate a young cat (less than a
>year old...preferably around 6 mos.)! We only have two actual littermates
>left, and we got 4 when they were around 6 months old (except for Boots
>who's been "grandfathered" into the clan...he's considered the "Mama" as he
>took care of the original 5 kittens when their mom passed away)...All treat
>each other like brothers and sisters from the same litter, chasing,
>wrestling and grooming each other...Except for poor Marvin (a Siamese) who
>I tried to add as a 3 year old male! The others tolerate him at best and
>chase him around at worst...the sad thing is, 3 "kids" have been introduced
>to the family *after* Marvin and seem to have taken a cue from the resident
>cats that he is someone to be avoided... :( Then again, he is a little
>weird... :) He kind of reminds me of "the weird cousin" you had as a kid!
>:) He prefers human company anyway (very much like a human baby...he's a
>purebred modern? Siamese
>...not apple-headed, and does have FeLV)...He tries to play with one of the
>girls (Lola), but he's a little rough so he usual sends her away in a fit.
>It's kinda sweet, in a way, because Ewok and Sleepypants (the two remaining
>litter mates) will run to Lola's aide and "trap" Marvin underneath the
>chair in the front room! They don't hurt him, they will just stare at him
>in a very "thug-like" way for a few minutes as if to say "Touch her again
>and we'll make minced meat outta ya!" :) Anyway, we've pretty much
>decided that it's much less stress on everyone involved to only add young
>cats, if we can!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Faye Lewis
>Date: Thursday, February 3, 2005 12:48 pm
>Subject: Re: OT: What's you number?
>
> > One advantage of getting cats from the same litter is that they
> > will give
> > each other attention. Often cats not from the same litter will
> > bond however,
> > I have had more success with litter mates. I probably won't add
> > single cats
> > to my household again for that reason. I am not going to say
> > never....
> > Plus, I don't find it hard to give them attention. I do try to
> > capture each
> > cat alone somewhere and talk to him/her and pet her--every day.
> > That hasn't
> > been hard. I probably give mine more attention than they want. I
> > swear some
> > days Simba growls at me "get a life."
> >
>
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