I'm considering rescuing a cat, but wonder how different it is from taking in a dog. I adopted my 2 yorkies about 4 1/2 yrs ago and I was anxious about that, even though I knew their original owner.
I used to breed Siamese cats. My male died suddenly at the end of Nov. and my female has struggled since then. To complicate matters, my daughter left for her 1st yr of college & this has just made my female miserable. If I'm home - she's on me - right now she's between me and the laptop.
So part of considering adopting a cat is for her, to keep her company & maybe make her less needy. But a little bit ago, Roxie was looking at me saying we need love too mom, so only being one person and having 2 dogs, 2 cats - will this be just too much
I have been checking rescues, even out of state, looking for a Siamese. Thinking I would even take in a senior, as my female, Madeline, is 15 1/2. Now I've found a possibility close to home. The problem is he is a stray and no one knows anything about him. They have his age at 3 1/2 yrs. He is beautiful - he looks like he could be related to my 2 - he looks a lot like my Alexander that I lost.
My biggest concerns: that my female doesn't like me or him & get mad instead - and attacks him
2) What if he sprays?? My male never did and I don't think I could deal with that behavior.
3) He has all his claws - eek, I would have to have the fronts removed - I don't want me, the yorkies or the furniture clawed. Plus if he came at my female, she doesn't have her fronts to defend herself
4) He's at a kill shelter, so I need to act fast - problem is, I am most likely going to be out of town for 2 days next weekend
What advice can you offer??? Sorry this is so long. Here's a link to him:
http://www.arl-iowa.org/aspx/general...x?pid=1&cid=34 His name is Beckett