Hi Everyone!
This is my first post, besides the "Introduce yourself" post, as I am new here! I joined this site because a few months ago I adopted my first EVER kitten- a beautiful pure white Siberian I call Okemo. He is an absolute dream, so easygoing, loves everybody, and best of all I'm not allergic to him at all (severely allergic to cats)! I travel ALL the time but it's no problem-- he comes with me! In fact he is so good that he sleeps OUT of the carrier in my lap for the entire flight! The first time he did this was when he was only 3 months old, can you believe that? I got him to help with my anxiety and he has been a great companion cat. He even soothes the anxiety of all the people on our flight, lol!
Okay, so enough of me talking about how great my cat is. Here's my issue: Okemo is amazing! He's totally social though, and I feel terrible that he doesn't have a friend cat. I go to art school and I am gone a lot, I do work from home but It's not really like I can give him attention while I work (much to his chagrin- he always sits on my drawing tablet). I can't get another cat of my own, because I can only fly for free with one cat, and he already is enough to handle, time wise and monetary wise. However-- my wonderful boyfriend of 4 years wants a cat SO bad! He adopted a kitten a while ago, but she was really high in allergies and he had to take her back. He was so torn up about it, he wasn't himself for weeks (the kitten got adopted a week later with two of her siblings, don't worry)! I want to get him a Siberian kitten for his birthday (July). My allergies are way worse than his and I have no reaction to my Siberian. Here are the details:
- We DO NOT live together. We're 19 years old and he is a computer science major while I am a Sequential Arts major. Being at the best school for our education is more important to us than being close for now.
- We have plans to move in with each other after NEXT school year, we'll both be 20 and will have been together for 5 years so we feel that is appropriate even though we are young.
- He struggles with anxiety as well so I think a therapy cat would help him. Since we have a bit of time until live together our cats have the opportunity to be introduced very slowly.
So please help! Should I get him a kitten? I know he wants one really badly, and yes he does have the money to support it, just like I have the money to support Okemo. I don't want to make a decision that will make our lives harder in the long run. Also, if you have a boy cat is it better to get a girl?
Okay, sorry for the long post and thanks so much if you actually read it all!
This is my first post, besides the "Introduce yourself" post, as I am new here! I joined this site because a few months ago I adopted my first EVER kitten- a beautiful pure white Siberian I call Okemo. He is an absolute dream, so easygoing, loves everybody, and best of all I'm not allergic to him at all (severely allergic to cats)! I travel ALL the time but it's no problem-- he comes with me! In fact he is so good that he sleeps OUT of the carrier in my lap for the entire flight! The first time he did this was when he was only 3 months old, can you believe that? I got him to help with my anxiety and he has been a great companion cat. He even soothes the anxiety of all the people on our flight, lol!
Okay, so enough of me talking about how great my cat is. Here's my issue: Okemo is amazing! He's totally social though, and I feel terrible that he doesn't have a friend cat. I go to art school and I am gone a lot, I do work from home but It's not really like I can give him attention while I work (much to his chagrin- he always sits on my drawing tablet). I can't get another cat of my own, because I can only fly for free with one cat, and he already is enough to handle, time wise and monetary wise. However-- my wonderful boyfriend of 4 years wants a cat SO bad! He adopted a kitten a while ago, but she was really high in allergies and he had to take her back. He was so torn up about it, he wasn't himself for weeks (the kitten got adopted a week later with two of her siblings, don't worry)! I want to get him a Siberian kitten for his birthday (July). My allergies are way worse than his and I have no reaction to my Siberian. Here are the details:
- We DO NOT live together. We're 19 years old and he is a computer science major while I am a Sequential Arts major. Being at the best school for our education is more important to us than being close for now.
- We have plans to move in with each other after NEXT school year, we'll both be 20 and will have been together for 5 years so we feel that is appropriate even though we are young.
- He struggles with anxiety as well so I think a therapy cat would help him. Since we have a bit of time until live together our cats have the opportunity to be introduced very slowly.
So please help! Should I get him a kitten? I know he wants one really badly, and yes he does have the money to support it, just like I have the money to support Okemo. I don't want to make a decision that will make our lives harder in the long run. Also, if you have a boy cat is it better to get a girl?
Okay, sorry for the long post and thanks so much if you actually read it all!