This may sound silly or strange, but I'm left with 2 cats and a dog since my beloved Inky died in June. Both of the cats I have left I've had since they were kittens and they're used to having more cats in the house than just them.
Skye just turned 13 and I got him from a shelter at 5 months okd, I adopted him together with a 5 year old female named Mandy who died 2 years ago. That's the problem, Skye is used to having at least 3 other cats in the house and my old dog since I got him. I took him and Mandy in and had an old cat who lived a year or two then died. I also took in two feral cats a year or 2 after Skye and Mandy and had them for about 10 years before they died of cancer. I got up to 7 cats for a few years when my mom died and I got her 2 adult cats and a kitten Ruby.
In the past 2.5 years, 5 cats and the old dog have all died from cancer or age related disease. Skye and Ruby, now 7, are the only 2 cats along with the dog I got a year and a half ago. I never want to get to having 7 cats ago, that was way too much!!! But these two seemed pretty upset at losing each of their brothers and sisters, 3 died a month apart each summer of 2015. Losing Inky after a painful 6 months battle with cancer and many surgeries and hospital stays devastated the cats, the dog and me and evetybody stopped eating for a while. The cats started sneezing for a week or two and the cats and dog wouldn't play for a month and everybody just curled up on my bed. Skye isolated and Inky's favorite toy mouse kept randomly appearing everywhere.
These two cats used to be best buddies and be the little bandits that would gang up on all the others and bully and play tricks on them. They're both very active, energetic and playful despite their ages and both are underweight despitee feeding them as much as I can. There's not much food out there to fatten cats up, everything is to keep weight off.
Recently I've noticed they're not as close and bonded as they used to ne. They'll cuddle with the dog but not with each other, if one tries to cuddle they'll fight instead and Skye has cuts on his nose which he's never had before. I'm wondering if they're so used to being part of a larger cat family that there's too much togetherness and they'd do better with a female kitten to bond with and match their energy level. I wouldn't get one now, need to be in a better financial situation first but I'm wondering if they miss having more siblings since they've had so many losses.
Skye just turned 13 and I got him from a shelter at 5 months okd, I adopted him together with a 5 year old female named Mandy who died 2 years ago. That's the problem, Skye is used to having at least 3 other cats in the house and my old dog since I got him. I took him and Mandy in and had an old cat who lived a year or two then died. I also took in two feral cats a year or 2 after Skye and Mandy and had them for about 10 years before they died of cancer. I got up to 7 cats for a few years when my mom died and I got her 2 adult cats and a kitten Ruby.
In the past 2.5 years, 5 cats and the old dog have all died from cancer or age related disease. Skye and Ruby, now 7, are the only 2 cats along with the dog I got a year and a half ago. I never want to get to having 7 cats ago, that was way too much!!! But these two seemed pretty upset at losing each of their brothers and sisters, 3 died a month apart each summer of 2015. Losing Inky after a painful 6 months battle with cancer and many surgeries and hospital stays devastated the cats, the dog and me and evetybody stopped eating for a while. The cats started sneezing for a week or two and the cats and dog wouldn't play for a month and everybody just curled up on my bed. Skye isolated and Inky's favorite toy mouse kept randomly appearing everywhere.
These two cats used to be best buddies and be the little bandits that would gang up on all the others and bully and play tricks on them. They're both very active, energetic and playful despite their ages and both are underweight despitee feeding them as much as I can. There's not much food out there to fatten cats up, everything is to keep weight off.
Recently I've noticed they're not as close and bonded as they used to ne. They'll cuddle with the dog but not with each other, if one tries to cuddle they'll fight instead and Skye has cuts on his nose which he's never had before. I'm wondering if they're so used to being part of a larger cat family that there's too much togetherness and they'd do better with a female kitten to bond with and match their energy level. I wouldn't get one now, need to be in a better financial situation first but I'm wondering if they miss having more siblings since they've had so many losses.
