# What? ANOTHER ONE? You want another CAT?!! I can't handle this! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719 "2003-09-05T13:37:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/41 "2003-09-07T13:13:14Z")
Just for you **Maureen** - [She’s](http://www.orecatay.com/images/photos/princess_sweet_pea.jpg) gett’in big huh? She’s definitely a sweet pea. My wife is standing right here saying there is no doubt to the IF we are getting the new one, just a when… _shruggs_ ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/42 "2003-09-07T13:19:37Z")
Oh and **finette** - The treehouse is winter ready. We scrapped the idea of a bridge and went for the staircase. It’s lovely to sit up there and write, or do whatever, on occasion it get’s a bit lonely as my ultra courageous, uber brave dog won’t go up there!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/43 "2003-09-07T16:39:11Z")
Dammit, **Phlosphr** , that’s unfair, posting pictures like that. I wantakittenwantakittenwantakitten… Yes, **Guin** , do start bombading him with kitty emails. Or I’ll just show him Minmei’s new picture. I’m going to change the computer background to tiled-with-kitty-pics. That’ll show him. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/44 "2003-09-07T18:28:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*Just for you **Maureen** - [She’s](http://www.orecatay.com/images/photos/princess_sweet_pea.jpg) gett’in big huh? \*\* She certainly is. What an adorable little fuzzbucket! I see she’s making herself queen of the castle. And, you don’t seem to be railing as hard against kitty #2 as you were against Minmei. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/45 "2003-09-07T19:02:43Z")
To be honest if she wasn’t so damn cute, I’d probably take a harder stance, and her sister is almost identical to her… _Sigh_ my wife was on the phone with the breeder this afternoon… Fine! I’m gett’in another dog damn it!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/46 "2003-09-07T23:05:17Z")
I seem to remember telling you in the first thread that two kittens are way more fun than one, and easier to take care of, too. And there’s nothing cuter than two kittens sleeping together! ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/47 "2003-09-08T00:35:30Z")
She MUST have a little brother or sister!!! And good luck on finding one that cute… Do it quickly, though: the younger the cat, the easier it will be for them to accept another feline, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/48 "2003-09-08T01:39:19Z")
Look at it this way…two kittens will tire each other out. Besides, you know that deep down, YOU want another kitten too. And yes, Minmei is just adorable. I hadn’t realized that she was Balinese, I thought she was Siamese from the earlier pic. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/49 "2003-09-08T02:31:15Z")
Welcome to your new class mighty one 🙂 May the furballs be with you! I can’t imagine what kinds of things kitties can hide in those log walls! I have enough fun treasure hunting behind the sofa and the fridge. We knew you were powerless to resist the little blue kitten eyes 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/50 "2003-09-08T02:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\* I hadn’t realized that she was Balinese, I thought she was Siamese from the earlier pic. \*\* I wondered about the long hair- is a Balinese somewhere between a Siamese and a Himilayan (bad spelling, I’m sure)? My stray-cat half-breed Siamese kitten jumped/slipped into the bathtub tonight – hysterical. I wasn’t in the bathroom, had just given my son a bath – and I heard splashing followed by an explosion of said cat out of the bathroom, resembling a large wet rat. ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/51 "2003-09-08T04:20:38Z")
At my house, we have 3 cats right now. One we got when he was a kitten. Then when he was about 3-4 years old we got a female who was maybe less than a year old. They still don’t get along, especially now that she’s fixed. 😉 However, we kept one of their kittens and wouldn’t ya know it, mother & daughter are inseparable. I think it depends on the cat. Because our male was silly and playful until the older female moved in on his space. Now he’s an old grouch. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/52 "2003-09-08T04:24:35Z")
Oh @#$%! I mean our male is fixed. Our female is in heat and I haven’t slept in **three nights**! Freudian slip! Wishful thinking! My brain is completely fried… ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/53 "2003-09-08T05:03:01Z")
The answer to the question, “Should we get a kitten?” is invariably yes, sooner or later (usually sooner). Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/54 "2003-09-08T14:37:18Z")
Being a person who’s had both cats and dogs, I have to offer the opinion that dogs, as pack animals, are more likely to require a companion than cats, who tend to be more solitary. Having said that, kittens sre sooooooo cute, so go get that baby kitty! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/55 "2003-09-08T19:39:44Z")
Poor sap… ---
**Author:** ![Peg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Peg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peg)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/56 "2003-09-09T00:21:19Z")
Looks like you’re going to get a kitten anyway, but for what it’s worth, my cat hates other cats. She does not like to share attention. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/57 "2003-09-09T02:15:03Z")
We have two young cats, litter mates brought up together. They play with each other, hence much less “cat wants to play, human doesn’t” trouble. And the cat-wrestling show is most amusing to watch, especially when they get confused about whether they’re grooming each other or fighting, and switch modes at 5 second intervals. One great advantage we’ve found is that they learn on each other that biting and scratching hurt. So when they play-wrestle with our hands, they are the most gentle cats I’ve ever met. They have the knack of play-biting and play-scratching without actual harm down to a fine art. They both hate other cats coming into the garden. it’s clearly a territory thing. I would think a new cat would take some time to be accepted. When one of them dies (not for 15 years i hope) we plan to get two more kittens. Kittens get accepted more easily by older cats, I’m told, but this is hearsay. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/58 "2003-09-09T07:13:30Z")
Suuure you guys aren’t getting a kitten. Just like **Dr.J** was never going to live in a house where the four-legged animals outnumbered the two-legged animals. Riiiight. That’s why he keeps talking about how Dolly and Claudia want a puppy, and how Eponine wants a kitten. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/59 "2003-09-09T12:32:26Z")
> [@](#): > > I wondered about the long hair- is a Balinese somewhere between a Siamese and a Himilayan (bad spelling, I’m sure)? A Himalayan is a Persian with a colorpoint gene…the personality and body type is that of a Persian. A Balinese is a semi-longhaired Siamese. Some say that there’s some Persian blood in the the Balinese, and others say that the longhair gene was a random mutation in the Siamese breed. A Balinese has a Siamese temperament and body type, which are vastly different from a Persians. Persians are very laid back, and have a stocky body. Siamese are quite active and vocal, and have a slim body. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719/60 "2003-09-09T13:08:16Z")
I do not know much about breeding with-in cat families. But I have heard ours looks Balinese. So she very well may be. The breeder mentioned something, but I wasn’t paying too much attention, as I was just astonished that **Phlosphr** was getting a cat…I was reckoning with other things…🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-another-one-you-want-another-cat-i-cant-handle-this/199719.md?page=4)