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Unfortunately, I had to put my oldest (and last) cat down on June 12th due to him having no use of his back legs anymore. He was 16 yrs old and I still cannot talk about it much. I'm trying to hold myself together even as I'm typing this. I made the decision though and I have to live with it. I just hope it was the correct one. I've also been having a very difficult time with it, too.
Anyhow, I've been thinking of getting two more cats. My wife, believe it or not, isn't really an animal person. I'm the one who wants to start again with new cats since we do no longer have any. She's rather wait a few more months ...or years. Probably until I'm senile and don't realize what's going on around me. Being 46 yrs old myself, I hope that's a long time from now!
Okay, so when we had two cats, I placed four (4) separate littler boxes around the house for them to choose. There is still litter in each box because it was relatively new back when...well, you know. My questions are: Should I remove, clean the boxes and replace the litter it if I were to bring two new kittens into my house? Or should I try to see if they'll still use the litter that's already there? It would be a shame to waste it, but I will if it's recommended. It was only the male cat that has been using the litter boxes recently. My female cat had to be put down last September and I've changed the litter many times since then.
I also have a major issue going into a shelter to look for new cats because I'd want to take all of them home with me, not just two. So there's the dilemma>>> I cannot walk into a shelter and my wife simply doesn't want to. Maybe I should try to raise ants or something... She did agree that if we were to get two more, she wants a red kitten. I'd like to find a black cat only due to the fact that they're normally overlooked because people see them as bad luck. Not me.
Thank you for any advise given.
Unfortunately, I had to put my oldest (and last) cat down on June 12th due to him having no use of his back legs anymore. He was 16 yrs old and I still cannot talk about it much. I'm trying to hold myself together even as I'm typing this. I made the decision though and I have to live with it. I just hope it was the correct one. I've also been having a very difficult time with it, too.
Anyhow, I've been thinking of getting two more cats. My wife, believe it or not, isn't really an animal person. I'm the one who wants to start again with new cats since we do no longer have any. She's rather wait a few more months ...or years. Probably until I'm senile and don't realize what's going on around me. Being 46 yrs old myself, I hope that's a long time from now!
Okay, so when we had two cats, I placed four (4) separate littler boxes around the house for them to choose. There is still litter in each box because it was relatively new back when...well, you know. My questions are: Should I remove, clean the boxes and replace the litter it if I were to bring two new kittens into my house? Or should I try to see if they'll still use the litter that's already there? It would be a shame to waste it, but I will if it's recommended. It was only the male cat that has been using the litter boxes recently. My female cat had to be put down last September and I've changed the litter many times since then.
I also have a major issue going into a shelter to look for new cats because I'd want to take all of them home with me, not just two. So there's the dilemma>>> I cannot walk into a shelter and my wife simply doesn't want to. Maybe I should try to raise ants or something... She did agree that if we were to get two more, she wants a red kitten. I'd like to find a black cat only due to the fact that they're normally overlooked because people see them as bad luck. Not me.
Thank you for any advise given.