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doeydo · April 2014

Personally, I would get two females or a male and a female. I would worry about two males becoming territorial or something.

AddieCake · April 2014

We have 2 males, and they are not territorial. They are BFFs.

rajahmd · April 2014

AddieCake said:
We have 2 males, and they are not territorial. They are BFFs.

We also have two males and there are no territory issues. Both have been fixed, so that might be part of it. One actually acts like he's part dog. They occasionally play fight, but never anything serious.

HisGirlFriday13 · April 2014

Our SPCA (and I imagine most of them) won't adopt out non-fixed cats of either gender. But my parents had a male cat that sprayed EVERYWHERE. Just started one day, spraying, no reason why, no changes in his life. So I'm really worried about that.

We'll go and see which kitties we bond with and go from there.

jalyndani · April 2014

@HisGirlFriday13 If these little guys are neutered before you adopt them (at a young age), you won't have to worry about them spraying their territory.

I have a male cat and a female cat, both 11 years old, and both were rescued/adopted from separate local entities. Even though they've been raised together since they were 8-10 weeks old, they fight like crazy. My female thinks she's a damned queen with her tortoiseshell diva personality, and the male thinks he's a dog. They're incredibly weird, and I love them both. (Both were spayed/neutered young and we never had a problem with the male spraying anything.)

Kitties make me happy. And puppies too. Oh hell, just about any baby animal makes me happy.

jdluvr06 · April 2014

Try to adopt one of each. Male and female cats can be very territorial. When I was talking to the rescue group I got my babies through they said that female cats are the more territorial ones. Also be warned, in my experience, female cats are more vocal.

majesty318 · April 2014

I have 3 males. None spray - all were neutered between 6 months & 1 year old. Two are buddies; one hates all other cats regardless of sex.

I volunteer at an animal shelter and sometimes it does seem like males are friendlier or torties are bratty or the other stereotypes... but other times not at all. It really depends on personality.

ohannabelle · April 2014

I love older cats. True, nothing in the world is quite as cute as a kitten, but when you meet an older cat, their personality is established. Typically calmer than kittens, which suits me. And they're less likely to be adopted, which is another point for me.

Sometimes sweet kittens grow up to be assholes.

This is Lucy. My daughter plucked her out of a garbage can on the mean streets of East LA. At the time, she was small enough to fit in Kate's pocket, and she had no idea Lucy was the spawn of Satan.

They flew home together last year, and Lucy is not popular with Alaska Airlines. She is a yowler.

She also climbs curtains, claws furniture, breaks dishes, walks in paint, eats houseplants, wakes people up at any given hour, is an aggressive in your face snuggler, and terrorizes Fluffy, who is an old, old, tabby who just wants to sleep. Lucy refuses to eat from a dish, and prefers to knock the cat food out a piece at a time, and dunk it in the water bowl. It makes the water ugly, which offends Fluffy. She loves to play in the fireplace ashes, and leaves gray pawprints everywhere.

In this picture, Lucy is keeping the world safe from paper towels. She knocked them off the kitchen counter, and she has killed them all.

I think she's bitter because she knows she's funny looking.

HisGirlFriday13 · April 2014

jdluvr06 said:
Try to adopt one of each. Male and female cats can be very territorial. When I was talking to the rescue group I got my babies through they said that female cats are the more territorial ones. Also be warned, in my experience, female cats are more vocal.

Define 'vocal.' Like purring more? Or singing me the song of their people at 3 a.m.?

(Can you all tell I was raised with dogs, not cats?)

artbyallie · April 2014

HisGirlFriday13 said:

Try to adopt one of each. Male and female cats can be very territorial. When I was talking to the rescue group I got my babies through they said that female cats are the more territorial ones. Also be warned, in my experience, female cats are more vocal.
Define 'vocal.' Like purring more? Or singing me the song of their people at 3 a.m.? (Can you all tell I was raised with dogs, not cats?)

I really don't think this is a gender thing. My cat of 20 years (she passed last April) wasn't very vocal. And our new cat only is when she's wanting to be fed. In fact, new cat's purring is inaudible, so you only know if she is by touching her. And we got her from the local Humane Society last August. She's 6 (7 now maybe? I just know her birthday's in March; I'd have to check her papers for the year) and spent three years in the shelter. We were told on meeting her that she would likely prefer being an only cat, so at least for now she is.

I'd recommend an adult cat or a pair of adults over kittens, partly because shelters have a harder time adopting them out, and partly because they're less likely to do annoying things and more likely to sit calmly in your lap.

jdluvr06 · April 2014

HisGirlFriday13 said:

Try to adopt one of each. Male and female cats can be very territorial. When I was talking to the rescue group I got my babies through they said that female cats are the more territorial ones. Also be warned, in my experience, female cats are more vocal.
Define 'vocal.' Like purring more? Or singing me the song of their people at 3 a.m.? (Can you all tell I was raised with dogs, not cats?)

I have all females cats and they tend to make more little noises than any of my male cats did. Not anything bad. Just little noises, most of the time it is cute. Also in my experience they are more likely to meow when they want something. It will depend on the cat on if they wake you up in the middle of the night. I've had both male and female cats that have and ones that haven't. None of my current cats wake me up.

pinkshorts27 · April 2014

I agree with previous posters and recommend the older cats. My cat is nicknamed diablo gato (accurate nickname) and she wasn't as much as a kitten. Every older cat we have adopted has kept its personality. And then you would know if they were howlers or not ahead of time.

jdluvr06 · April 2014

I would recommend getting an older cat as well if this is your first. I get kittens now bit I've had cats my whole life. My mom used to foster them. Kittens can be a bit more difficult.

CamiSelene · April 2014

We have a cat and a dog (both males). I've had the dog since he was a puppy and we adopted a 1 and a half year old cat last year. Those two are BFFs. I swear the dog thinks he's feline and the cat thinks he's canine! On the "vocal" note, I think it depends less on the gender and more on basic personality. Our cat gets very vocal around dinner time but that's it... well, his purr is quite loud too. As in, we know when kitty is coming for a snuggle at night because we can hear his purr the minute he walks in the room.

SP29 · April 2014

Cats are the best!

I have two. The oldest is 18, a male, got him as a kitten. Got the second cat as a kitten as well, a female, who is now 14.

The male is very friendly. He meows when he wants something. He will wake me up at 6 am wanting food. Then he'll sleep for hours during the day by himself.

The female is more solitary. She gets along with the male (grew up with him) but she doesn't like it when when my other cat tries to groom her, and though she'll sleep on the bed with him, they don't touch. She doesn't wake us up ever, but she is more needy and will meow wanting to be pet. She is more "talkative"- it's cute though, and she doesn't do it at night.

I would get two together though. Older cats will be less playful, which you might like, and of course are more difficult to adopt out. Though you may find an older cat who does not like the company of other cats or is shy/skittish due to whatever has happened in its life.

I would also recommend a cat tree (or two) so they have an area that is theirs (and you can reward them for going there, versus other areas you may not want them- i.e. tables). And toys they can hunt- cats were made to hunt, kill, eat, groom, then sleep. So if you can keep them stimulated (particularly before bed), they are less likely to be waking you up at night.

TheGrimReaper · April 2014

I clicked on this lengthy thread entitled "CASH BARS" hoping that, at two pages, it contained drama. How the hell did this turn into a multiple page thread about cats?

To stay on topic, my cat is the greatest.

AddieCake · April 2014

TheGrimReaper said:

I clicked on this lengthy thread entitled "CASH BARS" hoping that, at two pages, it contained drama. How the hell did this turn into a multiple page thread about cats?

To stay on topic, my cat is the greatest.

My fault! I was annoyed at OP for commenting in the gazillion page "announcement" on the topic and then starting a new thread on it minutes later, so I derailed it. I do what I want!

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