posted 02-19-2004 11:33 AM         

I don't know how old your current cat is. I hear it's suggested to get one of the opposite sex because they'll adjust better. We have 2 boys and 2 girls with no problem.

Our cats love each other. They play a lot and like it was just mentioned, it's not really any more work having two cats rather than one. Heck, we don't see too much work with 4 cats (although we smother them with attention.)

While it's great to adopt older cats, I would also say in your situation, you may be better off with a young one since it will have to adjust to not only another cat, but your dogs. Maybe if you found an adult cat that was used to dogs and other cats, there wouldn't be a problem.

But, we had to watch over my sister's adult cat for a time and my cats would not accept him, even after 4 months.

We love having multiple cats and they are always entertaining. (Then again, I'm sure 4 dogs are pretty enetertaining!)

posted 02-19-2004 09:17 PM         

For the other 4 months she spends time with my mothers 3 cats and two dogs. She doesn't mind the cats. It usually only takes a day or two for them to become re aquainted. She doesn't much like the dogs though. I gues they are too nosy.