I'll try to keep this as short as I can. My girlfriend and I have had our one cat, Goobie, for around 3 - 4 years now. She's not an overly social cat to my girlfriend. She has the same colors as a Russian blue, but I'm pretty sure she's a gray tabby. For reference, if you've seen the Cinderblock videos on r/all, she's just a normal sized version of Cinderblock.
Anyways, Goobie loves ME, the guy, she will let me hold her, rub her. She sleeps on me and next to me every night. However, she's pretty much off limits to my girlfriends affection. When my girlfriend attempts to touch her it irritates her, no growling or hissing, just playful bites that indicate "Haha, please don't."
Anyways, with that out of the way, you can see why my girlfriend wants a second kitten. I have my animal, which I adore but I also totally understand why she wants to bring a second cat into the equation. Only thing is I don't know how Goobie is going to handle this. She's been a single cat her whole life. We have some stray cats in the neighborhood who will come up to our windows and Goobie is a little standoffish to the cats. Rubbing up against the window, or swatting at the window. No hissing really, just some light huffs and puffs. Does anyone have a similar situation to this, or think it would be OK to bring a kitten in? I would obviously attempt to separate them in different rooms for several days. Maybe put their food bowls next to the door. Then I'd swap the rooms and let them get used to each others smells. then eventually let them meet each other in person.
Does anyone have any experience with this? With one cat kind of being a asshole and introducing a second animal into the home? Any advice would be appreciated!
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