On March 7, my beloved cat Daisy Jane had to be euthanized after her health crashed suddenly. She had acute anemia and lost 3 pounds in one week. She was only 10 years old. Her mother, Lillian, who is 11, is acting very frantic. She is constantly meowing and runs through my small apartment. She has always wanted to be held all the time, but is taking it to even greater lengths than usual. (I brought Lily and her three kittens home from the shelter when Lily was between nine months and a year old and the kittens were less than a day old. Lily and Daisy had never been apart from each other since then.)
Lily is very high energy. It is hard to believe she is 11. She loves to play and insists on going out on her harness and leash whenever the weather permits. I do mean insists. If I neglect to hang up her harness and leash at night , she drags it into the bedroom and I find it there when I wake up.She is very very active.
I have arranged to adopt a male kitten of a rescue mother when he is old enough to leave his mom. I am wondering how brilliant that idea is. I figured she would accept the kitten more readily than A strange older cat. Also that she would more readily accept a male. She has definitely gotten more needy/pushy/clingy since Daisy died.
Any thoughts on the situation? Or comments, or ideas of the best way to introduce the new one? I have a one bedroom apartment and have no room that the kitten could be shut into away from Lily.
Lily is very high energy. It is hard to believe she is 11. She loves to play and insists on going out on her harness and leash whenever the weather permits. I do mean insists. If I neglect to hang up her harness and leash at night , she drags it into the bedroom and I find it there when I wake up.She is very very active.
I have arranged to adopt a male kitten of a rescue mother when he is old enough to leave his mom. I am wondering how brilliant that idea is. I figured she would accept the kitten more readily than A strange older cat. Also that she would more readily accept a male. She has definitely gotten more needy/pushy/clingy since Daisy died.
Any thoughts on the situation? Or comments, or ideas of the best way to introduce the new one? I have a one bedroom apartment and have no room that the kitten could be shut into away from Lily.