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Hello everyone!
I haven't posted on here in a while. I have two cats that are rescues, one I rescued a few years ago, the other just last summer. They are both doing well, however I've been having some problems. I just moved into a new place with my fiance about a month ago. Before, our FeLV positive adult cat and my rescue kitten were living in different homes, but now they are living within the same home. The older FeLV positive cat lives in the basement and therefore gets a huge space to occupy. It has a cat jungle gym and bird feeders at the windows; it's a pretty nice set up, and he seems to enjoy it. Our other cat, who is roughly eight months old now, lives upstairs in the office. They are kept separated. Although my little guy is vaccinated we don't think it's worth exposing them to each other. Each gets free access to the house for an allotted amount of time - say the FeLV cat is up and about for four to five hours, then we quarantine for a couple of hours and let the kitten out for his time. My problem? My kitten stayed at my parents with two other cats, and before that when I initially rescued him it was at my Grandmother's with two other cats (see a theme here?). Since he has moved it's the first time he's been alone. He's a very social little guy, and unfortunately he is very aware that there is another cat in the home. He desperately wants to hang out with our adult cat from downstairs. He sits at the basement door for hours. HOURS! He sits there purring and rubbing up against it, while the downstairs cat growls at him through the door because he was never socialized.
I try to entertain my kitten, we play for hours at a time and it's never enough for him. He'll wander about the house calling. I considered fostering another cat, not only because it's something I've always wanted to do, but I thought perhaps having another cat around would be good for him. Sadly, the whole downstairs cat being FeLV positive makes that an impossibility. He's considered too much of a risk. I'm not sure I'm ready to adopt another cat, especially if there's a chance that it doesn't get along with my kitten (which would have been the benefit of fostering). I don't know what to do for him. It's bumming me out to see him like this... I've given him everything an owner can give - a nice window to look out of, good food and litter, a house to play in, a cat jungle gym, tons of toys, but nothing seems to help. He's perfectly healthy, all his vaccines are up to date. He's just...lonely.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
I haven't posted on here in a while. I have two cats that are rescues, one I rescued a few years ago, the other just last summer. They are both doing well, however I've been having some problems. I just moved into a new place with my fiance about a month ago. Before, our FeLV positive adult cat and my rescue kitten were living in different homes, but now they are living within the same home. The older FeLV positive cat lives in the basement and therefore gets a huge space to occupy. It has a cat jungle gym and bird feeders at the windows; it's a pretty nice set up, and he seems to enjoy it. Our other cat, who is roughly eight months old now, lives upstairs in the office. They are kept separated. Although my little guy is vaccinated we don't think it's worth exposing them to each other. Each gets free access to the house for an allotted amount of time - say the FeLV cat is up and about for four to five hours, then we quarantine for a couple of hours and let the kitten out for his time. My problem? My kitten stayed at my parents with two other cats, and before that when I initially rescued him it was at my Grandmother's with two other cats (see a theme here?). Since he has moved it's the first time he's been alone. He's a very social little guy, and unfortunately he is very aware that there is another cat in the home. He desperately wants to hang out with our adult cat from downstairs. He sits at the basement door for hours. HOURS! He sits there purring and rubbing up against it, while the downstairs cat growls at him through the door because he was never socialized.
I try to entertain my kitten, we play for hours at a time and it's never enough for him. He'll wander about the house calling. I considered fostering another cat, not only because it's something I've always wanted to do, but I thought perhaps having another cat around would be good for him. Sadly, the whole downstairs cat being FeLV positive makes that an impossibility. He's considered too much of a risk. I'm not sure I'm ready to adopt another cat, especially if there's a chance that it doesn't get along with my kitten (which would have been the benefit of fostering). I don't know what to do for him. It's bumming me out to see him like this... I've given him everything an owner can give - a nice window to look out of, good food and litter, a house to play in, a cat jungle gym, tons of toys, but nothing seems to help. He's perfectly healthy, all his vaccines are up to date. He's just...lonely.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.