Getting another cat after one dies

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One of my beautiful girls (daisy) died in November. It was an awful shock, I just found her at home after she'd been in as normal. She was just 10 and a half. We have another cat still a girl aged nearly 12, not related to the other cat. Our current cat was about a year old when we got daisy. She was a but grumpy but accepted her fairly quickly. They didn't snuggle together but would sleep fairly close in the bed or sofa.

It's been around 2 and a half months since we lost daisy. I miss her everyday and have thought about getting a kitten. My remaining cat is spending more time with us now and has become very vocal. She meows all the time when she didn't used to! When daisy first died the remaining cat did do a few wees out of her litter box which she has never done before. So poor baby was obviously a bit upset or confused.

I know cats aren't massively social animals but I was wondering about getting a kitten to keep her company. I don't think she'd accept an adult cat. I'd love to hear anyone's experiences of this or thoughts. I don't wnat to do anything to upset my remaining cat.

Kittens are hard work for an older cat. They want to play and can be a pain in the neck. If your existing cat still likes to play and chase etc then you might be ok but if she prefers the quiet life you might find she doesn't welcome having a kitten to put up with.

We have had a very positive experience of getting kittens after loosing a cat. We lost our 9 year old female cat to cancer last summer and her sister became increasingly clingy. We got two female kittens just before Christmas and the first week or so was hard but they have integrated really well and have given a new lease of life to our older cat.

I think the key was getting females and getting two kittens who play happily together and therefore are not dependent on our older cat for company and she can disappear off when she wants to.....although she will often go looking for them!

I adopted another adult about 10
Days after my girl died. My other cat adapted really well. And had absolutely blossomed, especially as she is now top cat. They are not great friends but Magic is very protective of Cheddar. And there's never been more than the odd swipe and hiss. However both cats are extremely chilled out. If it was a normal moggy I don't think it would have been as smooth.

There's just no predicting how they'll react. It sounds as if your cat's enjoying being the only one.

Sorry for your loss

Oh yes forgot to say if definitely get another female.

She does still like to play a bit. She did play with the other cat, sometimes just chasing others a tumble. But definitely playing, I know what a proper fight looks like.

Yhanks for sharing your experiences. The idea of 2 kittens is interesting. I hadn't thought of this. But I do think it's more to go wrong if it does go wrong. The pp who said about the remaining cat being clingy that it it exactly! I love her and don't feel annoyed with it. But she is definitely clingy now. Bless her.

I'm thinking about daisy now. Missing her little face. It's so hard.

We got a female kitten a few months after losing a cat. Our other cat is quite young though, only 3yrs. But very docile.

It took about 2 weeks for her to slowly get used to the kitten, now they play a lot together, older cat knows how to put kitten in her place when she's too much, without being nasty.

I’ve always had cats. Currently I have one aged 6 and one aged 1. Both females this time. In my experience, cats accept a kitten more readily than they do an older cat. I mean, my 2 aren’t best pals but they’re learning to rub along together. I once had a mother, son and daughter and that was the best combination because they would curl up together and wash one another. There’s currently a power struggle going on where my older cat is determined to remain dominant. But they’re OK together. I love them both. I couldn’t be without a cat. Go get Daisy a new playmate.

Yes we got a kitten when our cat was three but had only just been adopted. He is very docile. She is less so but they cuddle up and groom each other and look for each other around the house and garden. It has worked out really well.

1 of our brother dcats(8) died last April.

Dcat was depressed. Pulling fur out and howling and following us around. Guilt wore me down and we got a dkitten in Dec.
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