Hi,
I had my beloved cat pass away late October and I felt like I might have been ready to take on a new cat and thought my current cat might be missing her brother. She has been meowing a lot at night. Although I don't know what it means for sure and it could be that she wants extra food. (We had to feed him a lot because of kidney disease so she plumped up and we put her on a diet)
So we found a cat that we thought would be a good fit. He's big and gentle and doesn't seem to be aggressive. It's only been a day and they havent interacted much but my cat seems a little stressed and unsure and this is me worrying...but my big fear is that her personality will change. Today she seems unsure of the stuff she normally does and she has such a big personality that it would break my heart. But she is still loving and still does her normal things but she's just hesitant. I'm afraid that once they fully meet, she will change..though I have no evidence for this.
For background, she's 13 and she was adopted as a kitten to be a companion to my other cat and they have both been with me as kittens. She went and touched noses with the new cat but he hissed at her. She didn't seem too distressed about it though.
Has anyone gotten a new cat as a buddy for a cat who recently lost it's roommate and have had the cat change?
I had my beloved cat pass away late October and I felt like I might have been ready to take on a new cat and thought my current cat might be missing her brother. She has been meowing a lot at night. Although I don't know what it means for sure and it could be that she wants extra food. (We had to feed him a lot because of kidney disease so she plumped up and we put her on a diet)
So we found a cat that we thought would be a good fit. He's big and gentle and doesn't seem to be aggressive. It's only been a day and they havent interacted much but my cat seems a little stressed and unsure and this is me worrying...but my big fear is that her personality will change. Today she seems unsure of the stuff she normally does and she has such a big personality that it would break my heart. But she is still loving and still does her normal things but she's just hesitant. I'm afraid that once they fully meet, she will change..though I have no evidence for this.
For background, she's 13 and she was adopted as a kitten to be a companion to my other cat and they have both been with me as kittens. She went and touched noses with the new cat but he hissed at her. She didn't seem too distressed about it though.
Has anyone gotten a new cat as a buddy for a cat who recently lost it's roommate and have had the cat change?