Do you have 3 cats?

Question

How do they get along? Is it difficult to have 3 cats get along with each other without them fighting or one being left out? In your experience, what is better to have: 1 cat, 2 cats, 3 cats, or 4? I have 2 kittens, boy and girl, and i was wondering if it would be ok to get another cat or kitten.

Answer 1

I don't have any cats! I hate cats.

Answer 2

It not only depends on the personality of the cats but the owner too. If you are around alot and can show each of them equal attention they should be alright. Also the biggest fighting deterrent would be to have them all spay/neutered.
They are territorial animals and when they are sterilized they will settle in and accept other cats better. Tortoiseshell cats are the worst about not accepting other cats and prefer to be the only cat in the household.
Do you realize that for every 1 person born, there are 7 puppies and kittens
born? At best, 1 will find a forever home.
And don't forget, that every "Free-to-good-home" litter takes homes away
from animals already at the shelter.

STOP letting your pets; or your friends, relatives or co-workers pets
contribute to the problem.
If you love animals, it is NOT ENOUGH to merely say "My pets are fixed".
Vow to educate and enable others to fix their pets too.
Spaying just 1 female dog or cat, will prevent 6 others from ending up in a
shelter the following year.
Please be part of the solution, NOT the problem!
Thank you. ^..^

Answer 3

We have 4. They are all strays and the first 3 got along fine for years. Then eldest daughter bought home number 4 several years ago. Now there is bedlam in the feline community. The first were all desexed males and the fourth is a desexed female. I don't know if that had anything to do with it but she really is a *****. All were desexed asap and 2,3and 4 that meant very young. No I was older but ruled the roost very effectively without being agressive. Now I have trouble with bulimia and spraying from cats that haven't shown such behaviour for at least the first 8 or 9 years of their lives. Probably no help but I would go for same sex maybe if you want any more. Or better just quit while they are getting along.

Answer 4

You're suppose to have one box for each cat you have but we have 4 boxes for 6 cats. We clean them once a day. You might want to start doing that especially with the new one coming along soon. When you get the kitten, gently put it in the litter box every half hour or so for a few hours. That's so it can get used to where it is and what it's like. Help it scratch at the litter. I've fostered many kittens from birth. This always seems to work for me.

Answer 5

First concider your situation
YOU HAVE TWO KITTENS
which means they were born not too long ago
which means adding another would be impulsive
(3 cats in one year)
Is this your first time owning cats?
They aren't collectible
They're a full time (lifelong) responsibility
The good thing about this though is getting them all at once...they shouldn't fight or decide which one is the alpha...unlike if you had two adult cats and brought another adult in
eg.
(one cat gets along with the newcomer the alpha hates him)
it is easy to have cats get along if they are all at young age
OR if it's a rescue cat who is accustomed to many cats
Please concider adopting a cat w/o a home...some of them are young (a year old or less)...which is still a baby but more desperate need of a home

Answer 6

We have four cats, all male, ranging in age from 6 yrs to one year of age. It has been our experience that as long as the new addition is a kitten under the age of 6 months, things go pretty smoothly. The older cats usually acted like kittens for awhile. I hope this helps

Answer 7

3 cats will get a long fine after they figger out who is where in the position in family thing they do. does no ttake long. i had 7 cats once in a 2 bedroom apartment--they got along fine, there was no question of who was the boss kitty--i was momcat--suzy was topcat and the rtest had to deal with it. they did.

it is all dependent upon how you introduce the kitties to each other. and the age of the noob--baby helps--they will take care of a baby and teach the baby where in the family baby stands...it is all good.in cat families, female cats are always in position above the males. having a female kitty enter a family of male kitties will turn the males into insecure sniveling whining creatures who do not know how to keep their little lives together. they will not adapt. bringing as male into a female kitty's home is much easier......she will take care of him.bringing a male into your kitty fasmily would be the easiest way t o increase your kitty family size--but have the new kitty be younger than the others--preferably a baby. it will work out fine--

it is up to you how many cats fit into the space you have for living--good luck and have fun with the kitties

Answer 8

We had 3, Never a problem.

When the older one diied, we considered getting another cat . However, cat # 2 developed bladder stones which requires a special diet, and cat # 3, is quite overweight, which Also requires a special died. So, to get another cat, would mean 3 cats each on a seperate diet. However, we need a kiten to chase out fat kat to give him some exercise.

If your heart says "get a 3rd cat, then do so.
Good luck!

Answer 9

~I prefer having only 1 cat. Right now we have my mother's cat and ours, both are adults. My mom's cat refuses to get along with our cat, he's so nice too. Both are fixed and over the age of 3.
I agree with getting another cat when they're kittens. I personally wouldn't want more than one. That's 3 times as much crap in the litter box, advantage, food, cat litter and vet costs.
My friend has 3 cats, siblings, they don't get along all the time.
Good luck.~

Answer 10

I have 3 cats, two girls and a boy, and they get along just fine. It took awhile, though, for them to work out their dominance issues. After about a month they gradually stopped hissing at eachother and now they are the best of friends. I adopted mine as adults, it should be even easier if they are ktitens.

Answer 11

depends on their personalities,i have 4 cats 3 like each other and sleep together in a kennel but they dont like my new cat that i had from a kitten a year ago,they wont let him sleep with them and hiss at him,so he sleeps in the house.If you get another cat whilst they are all still young you shouldnt have any problems