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Our cat loves to play and be around people, never showing an ounce of aggression with them (vet included!). We adopted him at 1 (now 2) so aren't sure of his prior history. He's my first cat.
We do wish he could have a friend to play with while we're at work. Although we've only had a couple of experiences of him meeting other cats. The first was a friend's cat in our apartment (mistake on our part) and our cat was very territorial and on the offensive (yowling and then going in for some hard swats) before separated. The other time was a visit to a "cat hotel" while we were out of town, and each cat gets their own time outside their room to play with the staff and our cat apparently did not like seeing the other cats on the other side of their doors.
Should we accept he's likely just content being a single kitty? Are there any safe ways of testing his tolerance for other cats as maybe it's just an unfamiliarity? I wouldn't want to put him or any other cats in harm's way if he's aggressive. He was okay with a small dog!
We do wish he could have a friend to play with while we're at work. Although we've only had a couple of experiences of him meeting other cats. The first was a friend's cat in our apartment (mistake on our part) and our cat was very territorial and on the offensive (yowling and then going in for some hard swats) before separated. The other time was a visit to a "cat hotel" while we were out of town, and each cat gets their own time outside their room to play with the staff and our cat apparently did not like seeing the other cats on the other side of their doors.
Should we accept he's likely just content being a single kitty? Are there any safe ways of testing his tolerance for other cats as maybe it's just an unfamiliarity? I wouldn't want to put him or any other cats in harm's way if he's aggressive. He was okay with a small dog!