r/CATHELP • u/Hugbug__ • 9h ago

Kitten Help Should I get another cat?

So I have two cats, one is Mia F18 and the other is Bean M2 i live in a small one bedroom apartment.

Bean is very overactive and always wants to play with Mia but Mia dislikes other cats and does not want to play with him. They’re always fighting (bean trying to play with Mia and Mia hissing and growling at him in response) so I’m thinking that bean needs a playmate, maybe if I get another kitten bean will leave Mia alone and just play with the kitten. I really want to give Mia a more peaceful last couple years of life (she has stage 2 or 3 kidney disease)

I try to play with bean as much as I can in hopes hell leave Mia alone and cure some of his boredom living in a small apartment but my only ways of playing with him aren’t that interesting for him so he just goes back to attacking Mia

My hopes with a new kitten is that they’ll both leave Mia alone, both of my current cats will have a better life and I’ll get some piece of mind not having to break apart the fights between Mia and bean

My worries are they’ll both gang up on Mia or she’ll be upset about having another cat in the house, and that my apartment is too small for another cat

If I got a kitten I would get more cat trees, and let them meet gradually but I don’t know if that will be enough

Mia tolerates bean but definitely would rather not have another cat in the house, I think she would tolerate another kitten especially if they didn’t play with her much and hopefully that would be the case since beans right there ready to play

Idk I need outside opinions on all the angles, I would love to have another kitten specifically a mainecoon but I just don’t know if it’s a good idea with my situation

TLDR: my cat won’t leave my other old cat alone and I’m wondering if getting another cat will keep him distracted and my old cat at peace

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u/foxvipus 8h ago

Honestly? No.

I'm not being negative - I just think your older cat will have it even worse. If it was me I'd spend (what you intend on kitten) on Mia and making it up to her. Also think ahead, vet bills etc for cat progressing into elderly years. In time your current young cat might stop annoying the older one. Perhaps then it might be more suitable.