Here's my situation, please offer your advice/opinion on this if you can bear with me:
I have been kitty-less for the last three months since the passing of my red tabby ("Skadi") due to heartworm disease, and I'm about ready to get another cat or two by the end of summer. My parents, who live only a few miles away, have two healthy 10-year-old black cats ("Killer" and "Fig", they were not littermates) which my mom adopted when they were kittens and I was still living at home. Needless to say, I enjoy their company when I visit my parents, and vice-versa. However, my parents also have a Lhasa Apso dog, and because their dog will eat about anything that resembles food (e.g., cat poop), they have had the cats stay in the garage/outside for the last 5+ years. Killer clearly enjoys the outdoors, as she is rarely in the garage except to eat and sleep. Fig, however, is much more sedentary and much prefers to be indoors, but she hates the dog. Fig needs to be on a lower calorie diet as she is nearly 20 lbs, whereas Killer is only 7-8 lbs and needs regular adult cat food.
I requested to my parents that I take Fig so that she can live indoors at my house (I live alone with no other pets right now) and have the "retirement" that she deserves: comfort, low stress, lots of sleep, and most importantly, much more attention paid to her by human(s). They are OK with this, but now I'm starting to waver on whether or not I should take her with me because of several factors: (a) these two cats, despite not being littermates and not being very close, have been with each other their whole lives, and (b) the stress Fig would be subjected to with this big move. I'm also a bit concerned how Killer will react.
So should I go ahead and take Fig, or not rock the boat and start looking for a cat at the local SPCA? Thanks.
I have been kitty-less for the last three months since the passing of my red tabby ("Skadi") due to heartworm disease, and I'm about ready to get another cat or two by the end of summer. My parents, who live only a few miles away, have two healthy 10-year-old black cats ("Killer" and "Fig", they were not littermates) which my mom adopted when they were kittens and I was still living at home. Needless to say, I enjoy their company when I visit my parents, and vice-versa. However, my parents also have a Lhasa Apso dog, and because their dog will eat about anything that resembles food (e.g., cat poop), they have had the cats stay in the garage/outside for the last 5+ years. Killer clearly enjoys the outdoors, as she is rarely in the garage except to eat and sleep. Fig, however, is much more sedentary and much prefers to be indoors, but she hates the dog. Fig needs to be on a lower calorie diet as she is nearly 20 lbs, whereas Killer is only 7-8 lbs and needs regular adult cat food.
I requested to my parents that I take Fig so that she can live indoors at my house (I live alone with no other pets right now) and have the "retirement" that she deserves: comfort, low stress, lots of sleep, and most importantly, much more attention paid to her by human(s). They are OK with this, but now I'm starting to waver on whether or not I should take her with me because of several factors: (a) these two cats, despite not being littermates and not being very close, have been with each other their whole lives, and (b) the stress Fig would be subjected to with this big move. I'm also a bit concerned how Killer will react.
So should I go ahead and take Fig, or not rock the boat and start looking for a cat at the local SPCA? Thanks.