emilianoksa
28-03-2008, 05:31 AM
Our Persian female, Leila, has just completed a journey across three continents.
We bought her as a kitten four years ago in Saudi Arabia. My wife and I normally go for short haired cats, and bought her only out of compassion. Arab pet shops can be distressing places to visit and are best avoided.
We are now completely converted to the breed and devoted to our gentle, timid, amorosa little girl.
Thatīs why we subjected her to a harrowing journey from the Middle East via London to South America, where we live, rather than give her away to another cat loving family. We just couldnīt live without her.
She survived the journey and has adapted well to a new environment. We always wanted her to have a companion, but couldnīt justify the cost of bringing two cats out of Saudi Arabia. We have other financial demands too - mainly from our five chilfdren, most of whom, mercifully, are grown up now.
We would now like to intorduce a kitten to our Leila, in the hope that the companionship of another cat will enrich her life.
Iīve read a lot about the potential difficulties of this, and the best ways to prepare.
What Iīd like to ask you is this: would the sex of the kitten make a great deal of difference? Leila is gentle, timid and affectionate and disappears quickly when she sees another cat. I would never contemplate bringing anothe adult cat into the house.
Iīm prepared to try with a kitten however, and I wondered if sex woudl be an issue. Toms are generallly such big softies, in my experience, and females can be very difficult.
Do you think it would be worth a try to bring Tom into the family, or would we be more likely to have success with another female?
Advice would be greatly appreciated.
We bought her as a kitten four years ago in Saudi Arabia. My wife and I normally go for short haired cats, and bought her only out of compassion. Arab pet shops can be distressing places to visit and are best avoided.
We are now completely converted to the breed and devoted to our gentle, timid, amorosa little girl.
Thatīs why we subjected her to a harrowing journey from the Middle East via London to South America, where we live, rather than give her away to another cat loving family. We just couldnīt live without her.
She survived the journey and has adapted well to a new environment. We always wanted her to have a companion, but couldnīt justify the cost of bringing two cats out of Saudi Arabia. We have other financial demands too - mainly from our five chilfdren, most of whom, mercifully, are grown up now.
We would now like to intorduce a kitten to our Leila, in the hope that the companionship of another cat will enrich her life.
Iīve read a lot about the potential difficulties of this, and the best ways to prepare.
What Iīd like to ask you is this: would the sex of the kitten make a great deal of difference? Leila is gentle, timid and affectionate and disappears quickly when she sees another cat. I would never contemplate bringing anothe adult cat into the house.
Iīm prepared to try with a kitten however, and I wondered if sex woudl be an issue. Toms are generallly such big softies, in my experience, and females can be very difficult.
Do you think it would be worth a try to bring Tom into the family, or would we be more likely to have success with another female?
Advice would be greatly appreciated.