Hello! I just found this forum a few days ago and am so impressed with the level of knowledge and compassion you all have. So excited to be a part of this community! I've been a cat lover my whole life, but have always been a one cat kinda girl - my 19 year old Whiskers, who I got for my 6th birthday, passed away 2 years ago.
I recently moved somewhere that I could have pets again, and took in my landlord's cat Sugar, a sweet 14 year old neutered "boy" who was at the bottom of the pecking order in my landlord's house. hhhhhhhhhhhhhbjjhjuy (That was Sugar saying hello as he walked across the keyboard).
I adopted a new kitten, Walden, about 2 weeks ago. Walden was discovered crying in a crawlspace behind the storage closet in the local fishermen's union. It was just him, no mother or siblings to be found. The vet estimated he was 5-6 weeks old when I took him last week, so he's a tiny little guy. A total lover, though. Right now he's passed out purring in my lap after an energetic play session.
Walden is a kitten, and has a lot of energy. Sugar is an old lap cat and doesn't. They get along pretty well, though sometimes Walden is a bit much for Sugar and Sugar will bat Walden's ears and run away from him. Walden adores Sugar, but Sugar is only tolerant of Walden. I was thinking of adopting another kitten or young adult cat closer to Walden's age so Walden will have someone to play with and Sugar can continue to sit on my lap in peace. Would adding another kitten into the mix help Sugar by taking Walden's attention off of him, or would it increase Sugar's stress by adding yet another pet into the mix? In addition, I live in a studio cabin that's about 24' x 24'. Is this too small an area for 3 cats? Thanks in advance for any advice. Hopefully I'll be able to give some soon as well!
