Hi, I joined a year and a half ago, after getting my first kitten (as an adult) Dinah and forgot to say hi? Then I sort of forgot about this place, but came back after I'd been considering getting a second kitten for a while and needed some advice!
It all worked out wonderfully (and quickly) and now I've got one princess and one troublemaker. Dinah is a long-haired brown and white tabby with huge green alien eyes. She's a little bit of a high-strung diva and was bored and restless alone, plus she's got the play drive of a 10 week old kitten, so a week ago now I adopted Binx!
He's a very, very friendly 3 month old black shorthair. He loves cuddles and wand toys, sleeping upside down and Dinah. He dislikes being alone and Sanderson sisters, especially redheaded ones.
He and Dinah play tag and wrestle all the time, and she's coming around to him. Mostly she just seems exhausted by him, but she was pretty concerned/protective when I had to put him in the carrier to go to the vet a few days ago. It was pretty cute. If he gets out of line, she'll pin him or bop him on the nose and then walk off.
About me: I live in the Seattle area but grew up in California on a ranch, with barn cats and indoor/outdoor cats. Growing up the cats we had as pets were mostly strays my mom'd found somewhere, or strays someone else had found. Sometimes the strays found us and wound up staying! Having Dinah has been kind of an adventure because I'd never had a single cat before, especially who was indoors all the time and couldn't get her energy out through hunting. She is soooo much happier now that Binx is here, and so'm I. I also tend to... write long posts, whoops. I kind of get carried away.
There's pictures of Dinah all over the place and taking a picture of a black cat is like trying to take a photo of the Void, but here's a couple of pictures of them!
It all worked out wonderfully (and quickly) and now I've got one princess and one troublemaker. Dinah is a long-haired brown and white tabby with huge green alien eyes. She's a little bit of a high-strung diva and was bored and restless alone, plus she's got the play drive of a 10 week old kitten, so a week ago now I adopted Binx!
He's a very, very friendly 3 month old black shorthair. He loves cuddles and wand toys, sleeping upside down and Dinah. He dislikes being alone and Sanderson sisters, especially redheaded ones.
He and Dinah play tag and wrestle all the time, and she's coming around to him. Mostly she just seems exhausted by him, but she was pretty concerned/protective when I had to put him in the carrier to go to the vet a few days ago. It was pretty cute. If he gets out of line, she'll pin him or bop him on the nose and then walk off.
About me: I live in the Seattle area but grew up in California on a ranch, with barn cats and indoor/outdoor cats. Growing up the cats we had as pets were mostly strays my mom'd found somewhere, or strays someone else had found. Sometimes the strays found us and wound up staying! Having Dinah has been kind of an adventure because I'd never had a single cat before, especially who was indoors all the time and couldn't get her energy out through hunting. She is soooo much happier now that Binx is here, and so'm I. I also tend to... write long posts, whoops. I kind of get carried away.
There's pictures of Dinah all over the place and taking a picture of a black cat is like trying to take a photo of the Void, but here's a couple of pictures of them!
If you do decide to go for it, I'd get a boy. I was worried about her having territory issues, but from what I've read/experienced it's best to have one of each cause they tend to clash less? Gracie is so cute!!
