My kitty needs a friend

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Um, how old is 3.5 months in cat years?

she wants to borrow the car.....

about 2 I think.

ah. that explains much. not looking forward to her teen years, but at least i know she was joking about the car.
and that explains the sudden onset of "no."

Yes, thank you for excusing me and i really do appologize......
I would give my left nut to be able to have a kitty or puppy right now...... but i cant take that on...... what to say about my reaction......... my neighbors keep dogs and cats... its makes me want to cry because i see whats going on here... ....... The dogs are kept for FIGHTING..... i can prove it , but i know it...... ive seen the scars on thier faces when they get out and come to my house..... I saw a neighbor shoot a stray ......and reported it..... for naught ,,, THe bastard is a fireman in this town.... (((( cops, firemen, animal control , city employees all wacht out for echother.)))))And if you could see the "free pets " column in the local paper ,,,,,,,, my god...... ! !! !!
I know if you love your pets,,, they will know it... and you will know they know it. i wish for myself i could meet St. Francis...( patron St. of animals). I have many questions , and for you, so many years of comfort with your furry, unconditionally loving friend.s....... Tom

Apology accepted!

I can see how you came to the conclusion you did based on the horrible expereinces going on next door.

About 4 years ago, one of my cats passed away (at the age of 25!) so I thought about getting a companion for the remaining cat, who is also getting up there in years. In her youth she had a reputation for being rather feisty so I didn't know how it would work. Anyway I went to my vet thinking I would get a nice sedate OLDER cat to keep her company. They showed me a six month old kitten that had been brought in after being hit by a car. She still had a pin in her hip from the accident that couldn't be removed because of bone growth. So nobody apparently wanted her. Needless to say, she went home with me.

I was really concerned about how the two cats would get along, but it worked out just fine. I didn't have to keep them separated or anything. There were no fights, just a little growling and hissing from the older one when the younger one got too close. At that time she was only half the size of the older cat, now she is twice her size and they still get along. The young one defers to the old. In fact, I think having the younger one around helped bring the older cat out of the depression she had fallen into when her companion died.

So they can be introduced successfully.

We introduced another cat into our household - but the cats were still young - 4 and 5 months old.
My daughter explored the net for the best way to introduce the new cat. At first, the original cat was most put out and very jealous.
We took our time to introduce them - and some of the time the introduction process did seem cruel - but now they are very good friends - they will sleep together, wash each other, and eat from the same food bowl.

For the first week we kept them in separate rooms of the house - swapping rooms to allow them to get used to each others scents. Then we allowed them to see each other through glass doors - and also they spent sometime playing with a closed door between them - playing with each others paws. We then introduced the new cat while he was safely in a cage - we did this process slowly allowing them limited time together and still keeping them separate.

Quite a drawn out process - but worth it. Evidently if they fight - they may never get over. We were very slow to let them be together unsupervised.

Good luck.

Put them together across the room from each other; if they don't like each other then put them in separate rooms and get some more cats! Get lots of cats, and don't be afraid to let them outside and have more kittens. If you end up withj too many kittens there are many pet stores that will take them; there hasn't been a pet store that hasn't taken our kittens.