Re: 2 cats -should they be same sex or not???

On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:31:34 UTC, "Susan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I am a brand new subscriber and have a question - we have had cats for
> years, but never 2 until last year when we adopted a year old female, part
> Russian Blue, after having to put down our 18 year old cat.  She was a
> shelter cat and had free run of the shelter, so she was lonely and we got a
> 4 month old male a couple of months later.  He was very dominant right off
> the bat and ambushed her constantly.  They got along and played alot, but I
> know there were times when she was not at all happy with the constant
> ambushing.  We also have 2 Labrador Retrievers and I believe Morris thinks
> he's a dog and gets along famously with them.  Anyway, the female cat
> disappeared about 2 months ago.  Morris is about a year old now and he's
> really lonely.  We're going to adopt another, but I'm curious whether it's
> better to have 2 cats of the same sex or doesn't it matter if they are
> neutered to begin with.  Any thoughts?  Susan

Cat disappeared how?  Was it an outside cat? (If so, why would you
want a pet you let go outside? That isn't a pet, that's a boarder.)

Once they are neutered, it doesn't often much matter. Though I
personally have found  that, if you are going ot have 2 cats
only, it's often better to have same sex, or at least, litter mates.

LT