I know this question is asked many of times but I'd like to personally ask one as well.
For starters, my cat was adopted from the shelter at 6 months old and now she's 1 year and 7 months years old. I'm away from home 8~10 hours a day for 5 days a week and during that time she's just stuck in my apartment with not much to do. I mean I leave toys and stuff around for her to play with while I'm gone but that's about it. When I get home though she gets 3 hours of outside time and this happens as well before I go to work in the mornings.
Considering on getting a second cat but two things are of concern as to whether or not it'll work out. One concern is because she's scared to death of another human being that's not me. Two is that when she finds a cat outside, she hisses and runs towards them to chase them off. So deathly afraid of humans yet overly confident when finding a cat outside.
I was considering of just trying it out but more than getting her just a friend.... I plan to care for this cat as much as I care for my current one. So it's not like it'll be a secondary cat(though that is the primary reason to get the second cat) so I'm worried that if it doesn't work out it'll be really tough return the cat back to the shelter. I mean if it leaves me with no choice because the two kitties are tearing each other apart then I really don't have a choice in the matter.
For anyone who's curious, this is my cat.
For starters, my cat was adopted from the shelter at 6 months old and now she's 1 year and 7 months years old. I'm away from home 8~10 hours a day for 5 days a week and during that time she's just stuck in my apartment with not much to do. I mean I leave toys and stuff around for her to play with while I'm gone but that's about it. When I get home though she gets 3 hours of outside time and this happens as well before I go to work in the mornings.
Considering on getting a second cat but two things are of concern as to whether or not it'll work out. One concern is because she's scared to death of another human being that's not me. Two is that when she finds a cat outside, she hisses and runs towards them to chase them off. So deathly afraid of humans yet overly confident when finding a cat outside.
I was considering of just trying it out but more than getting her just a friend.... I plan to care for this cat as much as I care for my current one. So it's not like it'll be a secondary cat(though that is the primary reason to get the second cat) so I'm worried that if it doesn't work out it'll be really tough return the cat back to the shelter. I mean if it leaves me with no choice because the two kitties are tearing each other apart then I really don't have a choice in the matter.
For anyone who's curious, this is my cat.