Crazy Cat Person needs advice from other Crazy Cat Persons.

[Whiskey]

(all images are from my photobucket)

So, this is my pig, Sully.


I got him from the local animal shelter about six months ago. I think he gets lonely at night when I go to work because when I pull into my parking spot I get this,,



So heres my ordeal. I'm going to get another cat. In and of itself, is not a problem. However, Sully was neutered late. He's not aggressive (more of a big baby than anything), but he does love to hump his blanket. He does have a bit of testosterone left, obviously, but itll chill out over time. The big brat is 2 or 3 years old, so he's still a baby and likes to play. I really don't want to adopt a kitten because a) kittens are assholes and b) kittens ALWAYS get adopted.

When I adopted sully he had been there for MONTHS if not more. I went back over a couple weeks after checking out cats and he was always there. He was always friendly, always came to the cage for a pet, but he was older than six months, orange (why do people hate orange cats?), half his tail is missing and he walks a little funny. I'm guessing he was hit by a car or something similar.

So, I don't know if I should get a female or a male. The only reason I ask is because of the humping and I don't want him humping on a female (they'll both be fixed, but still dude, get a room). I can introduce him to the new cat at the shelter to see if they even remotely get along, but I don't know if the bit of testosterone he has left will be a problem. The only reaction I've ever seen him have to another cat is "OMG WHAT IS IT HELP LET ME IN THE HOUSE WTF"

Pig McStubbyTail thanks you for your input.

[KiaKat]

I'd be more concerned about the testosterone causing aggression towards another male. But personality is the big factor.

Quick question: are you sure he was completely neutered? Sometimes cats can have one (or both) testicles left in the abdomen, and vets don't always make sure they got everything, especially if they're an overworked shelter vet. I'd have him checked out carefully before adopting another, and also get a blood screening on him. From what I remember, testosterone production halts the moment the testes are removed, and there shouldn't be enough left in the bloodstream to keep causing problems six months later.

In terms of the humping, start trying to break him of it now, if it's purely a behavioural issue. But double check with your vet and make sure it is just behavioural.

[poofy_puff]

Just try to use your best judgment. Two of my cats are gay. They're both adult neutered males and I have seen them having gay sex together. So just try to pick out a cat whose temperament seems compatible. Some shelters let you bring your cat in or bring the other cat home on a trial basis to see if they get along. Talk to the people at the shelter and see what they have to say.

And thank you for adopting older, "defective" cats! I do rescue and fostering so I can appreciate that very much.

[Whiskey]

I scheduled an appointment with my vet to get the whole "has some balls left" thing checked out. Paying someone $45.00 to feel up my cat. >.>

Aaaand... our shelter doesnt do meet and greets for cats. Dogs, yes. Cats, no. Boo. Theres another private no-kill shelter here that does meets but they charge double for the animals. Its not really that big of a deal, but that extra 45$ could buy my cat food.

I love my pig :3 He knows hes a pig too.

me: mamas pig?
Sully: mowww?
me: pig pig pig?
Sully: mowwwwwwwwww. *falls over, shows belly, awaits scratches*

good pig :3

And thank you for adopting older, "defective" cats! I do rescue and fostering so I can appreciate that very much.

I volunteered at the shelter where I got Sully for over a year. Theres one candidate there right now (well, two) that I like. One is an obnoxious, loud, emaciated female that just wants to be held and use me as a resting place. She bit me, lightly, and attacked my sleeve (not arm). She looks so angry in her shelter photo She was super sweet and immediately started purring when I pulled her out of her cage.


Then theres an older female who's a lot calmer and just sweet.


Kinda leaning towards the upset kitty. We'll see if she's still around after I get Sully checked out on Wednesday. She probably will be, because she seems so bitey and mean in her cage. I'd be mean and bitey too if I was stuck in there.

[Elspeth]

no advice really but just have to say your kitty sounds wonderful. I love the picture of him on the car. I swear I can hear him say, "where were you I am hungry"

Give him hugs and a belly scratch for me

[Whiskey]

no advice really but just have to say your kitty sounds wonderful. I love the picture of him on the car. I swear I can hear him say, "where were you I am hungry"

Give him hugs and a belly scratch for me

I will picspam the crap out of this thread with pictures of my cat. And that is exactly what he's saying. He only waits outside if I don't leave my sliding glass door open while I'm gone. He goes outside, plays, then can't get in the house. I live on the second story. He scales the building to get inside, if its not open, he waits. I almost ran him over one day because he was sitting IN my parking spot.

[poofy_puff]

Can you take both of those girls?

[Whiskey]

No, I live in a 1 bedroom apartment. They'd have no space if I had more than 2. Plus the extra litter boxes, food dishes, etc.

[poofy_puff]

3 is not much more work than 2. I had 4 cats in a studio apartment once (kitchen downstairs, bedroom/livingroom upstairs... probably about 400 sq feet) that shared one litterbox. If your landlord knows you have a cat already, they probably won't notice whether you have 2 or 3 (I mean, they can know you have 2 but probably won't notice the third).

Right now, I have 26 that live in the house. Some of them go outside, others stay inside. Then there are about 10 or so that live outside full-time for various reasons (there is shelter available for them). I have 9 litterboxes that get cleaned once a day in winter and once every other day in summer. They basically all get along as a group, but there are a few isolated personality conflicts. about two-thirds of them are feral or semi-feral and the friendly ones are older, from before I got into hard-core rescuing, many of whom were inherited from my mother who also did rescue before she died in 2001. There are also a bunch of strays living outside who come to eat and have yet to be trapped and sent to the vet.

Oh, and yes, my house does smell like cat I have these two heavy-duty Austin-Air PetMachine air purifiers, one for each level of the house, and they work really well, but I can still notice the smell of cat when I come back from vacation or whatever, before my nose re-adjusts.

[MaggieTheCat]

Our oldest boy gets horny pretty frequently, but only for stuffed animals.

Funny and maybe somewhat awkward/gross story ahead!

Before I moved in with my husband, I lived in Wisconsin and he lived in Texas. We dated for about a year and a half before I moved in with him, and we took turns flying to see each other during that year and a half. One time when he was visiting me, we were at the airport on his last day of his visit, killing a little time before he had to go through security. I was pretty upset since I didn't want him to leave, so he said, "I think you need a kitty." We went into the airport gift store and he bought me a life-size stuffed beanie baby type cat. It was my favorite! His name (according to the nametag that came with him) is Jumbles and he came with me when I had my gall bladder removed and my boyfriend/now-husband couldn't be there himself.

Anyway, when I moved down with my husband, I of course brought Jumbles with me. The first time our oldest cat, Ash, saw him, he fell in love. That was a bit over a year ago...Jumbles is now a very squashed, very less fuzzy stuffed cat since Ash has stomped on him, dragged him around the house, humped him, and generally just molested him almost every day since they met, usually multiple times a day. Ash used to sleep with him every night (he changes where he sleeps every few weeks but I'm sure he'll go back to sleeping with Jumbles eventually.) Funny thing is, is that we have two other cats, one boy and one girl, and Ash is totally uninterested in either of them romantically.

[Boggles]

I have a stuffed moose teddy. He stands about 18 inches high and is a moose sat on it's backside teddy bear style.

I have a 2 year old kitten named Bertie who is about 7 inches high. He was exposed to dope as a foetus and as a new born and his first solid food was a bag of dope. I got him at 4 weeks old and he is somewhat brain damaged but incredibly affectionate.

Bertie loves the moose and enjoys kneading it. This make the moose fall face down. Bertie then starts humping it! The moose hasn't looked the same since!

[Fire_on_High]

We'd been feeding a stray intact tom and decided to try and make him a house cat, BEFORE neutering...so ideally he'd be ok with the need to stay inside and keep his incisions clean and safe. Didn't work out in the end, but...

We had 4 indoors cats already going into this...2 unrelated females, and 2 brothers, all long fixed. The boys ADORED their "country cousin" playmate. I have pics of the 3 of them curled up together, they wrestled and chased and roughhoused and in general seemed to really get along fantastically.

The girls....were more skeptical. Paws dislikes everyone in a fairly general sense...she won't go out of her way to go after anyone, but she makes it clear she really wishes they'd all f-o and quit trying to social groom her or play with her, or steal HER rightful attention. Kelli was frantic bc this small, bedraggled "kitten" REFUSED her grooming!

So, the night before the neutering appointment, we're trying to pen Moo up in the bathroom to keep him away from food and water, and he got a bit upset...which freaked the other 4 cats out so bad there was nearly a massive fight. We gave the issue up for now and do what we can to simply keep him fed, flea treated, vaccinated, and as well cared for as possible with a half wild stray.

He's actually super friendly and sweet, rather a cuddle whore. He loves to lapsit, purrs like an engine at idle. Just...not keen on the whole indoors thing.

EDIT: To give you an idea of the relative sizes involved...3 of the 4 are comfortably ~15 lbs, big framed with sturdy builds, and the antisocial little girl is around 10-11 but a cobby build and lots of fur. When Moo first showed up, I thought he was so young his balls had JUST dropped. The vet said he was a year or two old at the time, and while I thought the vet was on crack then, I'm forced to conclude he might just have been right, as a full year later and with very generous feeding, Moo's still only the size Inky and Murloc made at a couple months old.

[poofy_puff]

At least males don't get pregnant. Spaying ONE female is worth neutering about a hundred males... It's still better to neuter the males though because they fight less. You can just do it - take him to the vet, leave him in the bathroom overnight so that the anaesthesia wears off completely, and let him back outside the next day. They tell you to keep them inside for a few days to be on the cautious side - and it IS necessary to keep females restricted until their incision heals - but we let boys back out right away all the time, as long as it's in the same location where they've been living all along.

[Whiskey]

We'd been feeding a stray intact tom and decided to try and make him a house cat, BEFORE neutering...so ideally he'd be ok with the need to stay inside and keep his incisions clean and safe. Didn't work out in the end, but...

My pig was a stray for a bit (he was a housecat for a while at some point. He was potty trained, knows begging, is sarcastic, and a big baby) so now I can't keep him indoors to save my life. I got him some tags (which I should have done a while ago) and now I have to find somewhere to get flea medicine that isn't crazy priced (screw you, petsmart!) just in case.

I'm having second thoughts about Angry Kitty from The Shelter. I'm worried that she'll be aggressive with Sully. She seemed friendly when I picked her up. I know no one else will take her, with how she acts in her cage, and I guess I'm having the same thoughts. She was super sweet when I picked her up..

and the shelter won't do a meet n' greet either

[The Gatekeeper]

I also work with a rescue. I currently have 11 cats in the house. 2 are fosters. As far as getting a friend for your Piggy, it will mostly be based on how you introduce them. The shelter may know how the cats do with other cats, but probably not unless they've been fostered. If you can isolate new kitty in your bathroom for a few days & let the work things out under the door that would be ideal. Let Pig go in and sniff around & new kitty out to do the same. Gradual introductions can help things go smoother.