Cat Confidential

[Hreow]

Of course you get that impression - she deals with "problem" cats and it's a book that helps you know how to spot and fix issues before they happen. There are also heaps of cats living perfectly happy lives in a big pile of mates.
It's the same effect as if you read the papers - easy to get the impression that all youths are bad, everyone steals, cheats and would kill for a fiver etc. instead of the more likely average bunch of no-saint-but-far-from-hardened-criminals with a few bad eggs.

I have yet to see a post here by someone thinking of planning in an extra cat, who hasn't taken into account that it may not fit with the existing cat/crowd. It's a puzzle, but if you care and if you know your cat(s) well enough to make informed decisions (and it still seems like a good idea), then I'd say it's well worth trying, no?

[dinahsmum]

Good point - well made.
We haven't been a single cat household for over 30 years and haven't had any problems in the past, so there's no reason why the arrival of two hooligans should change that!

[Donna]

Obviously there are more chances of things going wrong with the more cats you have - but that doesnt mean to say it will happen... just more likely than if you lived with a single cat (which in turn can have problems of being an only cat!)

[Booktigger]

There were a few things I disagreed with, I can't remember them all now as it was the end of last year I read it, but I think part was the multi-cat household (Esp as she has one), and I think there was a comment about FIV that I disagreed with.