We are so torn... as mentioned in another post..we lost our 12 year old Mittens after a fight with CRF. Our 13 year old, Angel, that was here first.... is very lonely.
Both female, indoor. Not always best of friends, but tolerated each other. We are now 3 1/2 weeks without Mittens. Angel, is sleeping with us, and everywhere we go in the house. After we go to bed, she goes downstairs in the the kitchen and meows. We think she is calling for Mittens. This is a new behavior. We do not understand it. So we call her and she comes back up to bed.
We are definately going to honor Mittens and get probably two new family members. We are looking at kittens and will keep everyone seporate for 4-6 weeks. We have a large house and this will not be a problem. Angel will be able to smell under the bedroom door we plan to keep them in. We have read up on the extract smell, and rubbing the smells around. Our main concern is, is it possible this would give Angel a heart attack? When Mittens came home from the hospital a day before passing..... Angel had a hissy fit and tried to hide. We know it was because of the hospital stay of 4 nights caused new smells. Mittens only lived another day and we could see she was miserable and could not be selfish anymore.
We have pleanty of time, we want to make it work. We would love to see Angel mother the two kittens, she has never has been a mother. We felt two kittens so they could keep each other company, then eventually we would be one big family when we eventually all got along together.
My wife and I are so mixed up.... we always wanted more kittens, but not like this. We cry in bed at night when we hear Angel meowing at night downstairs. We know she is lonely because if we go to the cellar, where she is not allowed.. she crys for us..... this is all new behavior.
Thank you to everyone for your support and help
Both female, indoor. Not always best of friends, but tolerated each other. We are now 3 1/2 weeks without Mittens. Angel, is sleeping with us, and everywhere we go in the house. After we go to bed, she goes downstairs in the the kitchen and meows. We think she is calling for Mittens. This is a new behavior. We do not understand it. So we call her and she comes back up to bed.
We are definately going to honor Mittens and get probably two new family members. We are looking at kittens and will keep everyone seporate for 4-6 weeks. We have a large house and this will not be a problem. Angel will be able to smell under the bedroom door we plan to keep them in. We have read up on the extract smell, and rubbing the smells around. Our main concern is, is it possible this would give Angel a heart attack? When Mittens came home from the hospital a day before passing..... Angel had a hissy fit and tried to hide. We know it was because of the hospital stay of 4 nights caused new smells. Mittens only lived another day and we could see she was miserable and could not be selfish anymore.
We have pleanty of time, we want to make it work. We would love to see Angel mother the two kittens, she has never has been a mother. We felt two kittens so they could keep each other company, then eventually we would be one big family when we eventually all got along together.
My wife and I are so mixed up.... we always wanted more kittens, but not like this. We cry in bed at night when we hear Angel meowing at night downstairs. We know she is lonely because if we go to the cellar, where she is not allowed.. she crys for us..... this is all new behavior.
Thank you to everyone for your support and help